Cardiff City skipper Joe Ledley confessed to be "flattered" by reported interest from Premier Leaguers West Ham about paper gossip that they are about to make a £5M bid for the Kairdiff Kid.Talking to BBC, Joe insisted, "nothing is happening" but added, "It is great to be linked to a Premier League club and if I continue playing well, then who knows what might happen? I must continue to do what I've been doing on the pitch. I've got to put all of the speculation to the back of my mind, it's flattering and proof that I must be doing something right. It is not down to me anyway, it's down to the club so I will just concentrate on playing well and helping the boys against Arsenal."
With former Cardiff player and Welsh international mates at West Ham in Danny Gabbidon and James Collins plus close friends Aaron Ramsey, Chris Gunter and Gareth Bale also in the area, he may be interested but Cardiff turned down an higher offer - £6M - for the star midfielder last August from Stoke City which, privately, was believed to have devastated the player.
Joe seems to be no closer to discussing a new contract with Cardiff and with less than 18 months remaining on his present deal, any bid will seriously test their resolve and ambitions. City fans will be bracing themselves as they don't want to lose Joe and if it happened so close to Deadline Day in the transfer window, it leaves little or no time to replace him although I'm sure Dave Jones will have plans in place.
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