CARDIFF CITY this evening announced the capture of centre-half ANTHONY GERRARD from League One Walsall. The player who will be 23 years old this weekend made 157 league starts for The Saddlers scoring 7 times and had been in demand.
Walsall had turned down several offers in the past year for a player contracted to them until 2010 and announced only this morning that they had declined a £200,000 bid from Scunthorpe United so it's a safe bid Cardiff City topped that offer for a man who has twice been voted their player of the season and has been hugely popular for his whole-hearted committed displays.
Gerrard along with yesterday's signing Mark Hudson effectively means City have replaced Darren Purse and Roger Johnson although Slovakian Maros Klimpa is on trial and may yet be signed as a further centre half who also has an ability to play in midfield. The move surely signals the end of the Bluebirds road for Darren Dennehy who has never fitted in at the club and was loaned to Hereford United last term.
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