Peter Ridsdale believes Cardiff City have made good progress in their bid for the permanent signing of Wayne Routledge from Aston Villa and that a 
deal is tantalisingly close.
Aston Villa have accepted City's bid, believed to be around £300,000, and allowed the club to talk to the lightning fast, tricky crowd favourite who has made a massive impact at Ninian Park and whom many fans believe will be a more important capture for the club than returning loan hero Michael Chopra.
Routledge himself has previously indicated he would love to stay with The Bluebirds but a distraction remains in the form of Championship rivals QPR who have more money to burn than City and are believed to be willing to pay Routledge more than he earns with his Premiership club.
City are expecting an answer from the player tomorrow and would dearly like to tie up a deal fast also enabling Routs to be available for the F.A. Cup campaign which starts 24 hours later.
deal is tantalisingly close.Aston Villa have accepted City's bid, believed to be around £300,000, and allowed the club to talk to the lightning fast, tricky crowd favourite who has made a massive impact at Ninian Park and whom many fans believe will be a more important capture for the club than returning loan hero Michael Chopra.
Routledge himself has previously indicated he would love to stay with The Bluebirds but a distraction remains in the form of Championship rivals QPR who have more money to burn than City and are believed to be willing to pay Routledge more than he earns with his Premiership club.
City are expecting an answer from the player tomorrow and would dearly like to tie up a deal fast also enabling Routs to be available for the F.A. Cup campaign which starts 24 hours later.
Meanwhile, Dave Jones has apparently ruled out City making a bid for Michael
Chopra who would love to stay on at City. Chops has been recalled by Sunderland who have problems of their own. It is believed they may be interested in selling the player to raise cash but Cardiff cannot meet the demands at present. Instead, they hope to get Chopra on loan for the rest of the season and agree to sign him permanently if promoted this summer so it is at an impasse. 
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