Tag: Cardiff

24 August 2026 Off

Cardiff City: Brian Barry-Murphy expects to make signing soon

By Total Football News

“Fingers crossed something will happen soon.

“We work as a team [on transfers]. We make sure that the players we bring in can improve the squad and that we don’t waste any money on behalf of the owners and the supporters, who contribute so much to the club.

“I wouldn’t say a number [of how many players I want]. It’s obvious that we are trying to improve the squad. We

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17 August 2026 Off

Cardiff City v Wrexham: Changing times as Welsh blockbuster awaits

By Total Football News

The worldwide buzz is far from the norm, and certainly a far cry from the most recent league meeting between the duo on 22 March 2002 – when goals from Scott Young, Peter Thorne and Danny Gabbidon earned the Bluebirds a 3-2 victory over the Red Dragons.

Just shy of 16,000 supporters were at Ninian Park on that occasion, and nearly double that amount will be in attendance at Cardiff

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14 August 2026 Off

Cardiff City: Boss Barry-Murphy aims to prove doubters wrong

By Total Football News

Asked what would constitute a successful season for his side, Barry-Murphy said: “We don’t know. I think one of the beauties of this season is that, for a lot of us, we’re going into the unknown.

“Our feeling is that we can surprise a lot of people. We have a real hunger and appetite to improve on what we did last season.”

Barry-Murphy is preparing for a blockbuster start to

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5 August 2026 Off

Jack Moylan: Cardiff City set to sign Lincoln City midfielder

By Total Football News

Cardiff City are set to sign midfielder Jack Moylan from Championship rivals Lincoln City.

The 24-year-old was a key figure in the Imps’ promotion to the Championship, scoring 11 goals and made providing six assists as they beat the Bluebirds to the League One title.

Moylan’s impressive campaign led to a first call up to the Republic of Ireland national team, in which he scored a hat-trick on debut in

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13 January 2026 Off

Harry Tyrer: Cardiff to sign Everton keeper once embargo lifted

By Total Football News

Cardiff City are set to sign goalkeeper Harry Tyrer from Everton.

The 24-year-old will have his medical on Tuesday before joining on a permanent contract.

Cardiff are under a transfer embargo but are hopeful it will be lifted by the end of the week, once they have submitted their accounts.

Once the embargo is removed, the League One leaders will be able to officially confirm the signing of Tyrer.

Following

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16 June 2025 Off

Brian Barry-Murphy named new Cardiff boss

By Total Football News

It ends Cardiff’s prolonged search for a new manager having sacked Omer Riza just weeks before their relegation from the Championship was confirmed in April.

Charlton Athletic’s Nathan Jones and Wales captain Aaron Ramsey, who had taken temporary charge after Riza’s departure, had been targeted by Cardiff during the process.

But Barry-Murphy emerged as the frontrunner for the role after advanced talks last week and will now be given the

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12 June 2025 Off

Aaron Ramsey: Cardiff confirm departure of Mexico-bound Wales captain

By Total Football News

Cardiff have held advanced talks with former Manchester City academy coach Brian Barry-Murphy as they close in on naming a new manager.

But they have issued a retained list of players before the start of their League One campaign in August:

Jak Alnwick, Luke Armstrong, Cian Ashford, Joel Bagan, Josh Beecher, Calum Chambers, Rubin Colwill, Joel Colwill, Jesper Daland, Isaak Davies, Jake Dennis, Kion Etete, Will Fish, Trey George, Luey

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1 June 2025 Off

Charlton Athletic’s Nathan Jones a contender as Cardiff City hope for manager appointment this week

By Total Football News

Des Buckingham and Ian Evatt, former bosses of Oxford United and Bolton Wanderers respectively, have both been interviewed.

Cardiff have also held talks with Leicester City assistant coach Brian Barry-Murphy and Wales captain Aaron Ramsey, who took charge of the Welsh club’s final three games of this season on a caretaker basis.

But Ruben Selles, who was considered for the job when Cardiff sacked Erol Bulut last year, has ruled

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22 May 2025 Off

Cardiff City hope to have new boss by end of May as interviews start

By Total Football News

Cardiff are trialling a new process for this appointment, creating a sub-committee – including former Swansea City sporting director Mark Allen and a representative of the Wasserman agency – to compile a longlist and then shortlist of potential candidates.

Chairman Mehmet Dalman and chief executive Ken Choo have now started interviewing those contenders.

Club owner Vincent Tan, who has faced fierce criticism from Cardiff fans lately, will have the final

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