A week ago, Bluebird followers breathed a sigh of relief as Birmingham City signed Coventry's Scott Dann for a package fee of £4M which appeared to end their interest in Cardiff City's talisman centre-half Roger Johnson after the club had declined bids of £3.5M & £5M with only a small portion of that money offered upfront.
However it emerged earlier this week that The Brummies had maintained their interest in Johnson and now City fans are worrying again as national papers claim the clubs have now agreed that £5M fee (with Birmingham now doubling their upfront payment to £4M) and that the player wishes to leave for his chance in the Premiership as well.
It has been clear that Cardiff's end game has been to sell Joe Ledley and cash in on Ross McCormack this summer (and there's every chance of those deals taking place) but that they wished to retain Johnson who is tied to a long-term contract and promote him to Captain as a sweetener. Now the club are faced with the prospect of losing all three stars.
It would signal a huge influx of cash - how much of that would be reinvested in the team is anyone's guess but nobody believes Ridsdale's claim that it will be every penny. However can we ever hope to push on if we lose our star players year after year and gamble of free transfer/low fee replacements hoping for one or two to be jewels?
Neither Birmingham or Cardiff have commented on any development so we will just have to wait and see but this does sounds ominous I'm afraid.
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