Rumours started before the weekend but have gathered plenty of pace today that City striker come wideman ROSS McCORMACK is on the verge of a swap deal with Ipswich's Jon Stead plus £500,000 heading to Cardiff City.
McCormack had a superb 1st season at City after a £120,000 move from Motherwell scoring 23 times and forcing his way into the Scottish national side with man of the match and goalscoring starts.
He seemed to go to his head as he wanted out last summer and a move to the Premier League but, despite interest, no bids were made. The player had a well documented drink drive ban last season after crashing his car in the early hours after an away game and there were always rumours aplenty that he was very fond of Cardiff nightlife which appeared to be the the detrmiment of his career.
However that suffered as Chops and Jay Bothroyd became the club's best strikers forcing McCormack onto the bench and having to play wide which again brought rumblings of him wanting away and also not seeing eye to eye with Dave Jones.
Potentially, with the prospect of being a bit part player again this term, the move could do him good. Fans however will have mixed views about Stead who has never quite delivered early promise and failed in his big Premier League move to Spurs.
However he is a 1 in 3 goal man, provides good competition for our strikers and scored a cracker in Ipswich's 3-1 opening day win at Middlesbrough on the weekend.
There are also soundings that Hull City's 6'4" Nigerian central midfielder Seyi Olofinjana has agreed terms to come to the club. He has moved to Wolves, Stoke and Hull for fees totalling nearly £8M in the past 5 years. He signed for Hull for £3M 12 months ago and featured in half their Premier Leage games at The Tigers were relegated. Needing to cut costs, it is believed Hull are happy to release him on loan or for transfer with them plenty a substantial portion of his wages as he is tied to a long-term deal.
Other names are being linked as Dave Jones appears to be going flat out with his aim to bring in 4 players this week ... watch this space!
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