' CORNELIUS SIGNS FOR CARDIFF CITY £8 MILL '

" Cardiff City sign Danish striker Andreas Cornelius from FC Copenhagen for £8m "
27th Jun 2013

Cardiff City manager Malky Mackay has clinched the signing of Andreas Cornelius from FC Copenhagen for a record £8m


Cardiff City have swooped for Denmark striker Andreas Cornelius.

And is understood to be a record breaking move to bring the FC Copenhagen frontman with an £8.5m fee believed to have been agreed to land the 20-year-old.

The Bluebirds hope to complete personal terms and formalities on the first transfer of the summer for a player who has been monitored by a string of Premier League sides.

Everton and Stoke had both previously linked with Cornelius, who rose to prominence in his homeland having made the breakthrough last season.

Cornelius, a 6ft 4 frontman, had previously outlined his desire to move to the English top-flight having said: “The Premier League is a great competition.

Cardiff City striker Andreas Cornelius in action for Denmark
”The Copenhagen youth team product gained Europa League experience last term while hitting 20 goals in all competitions helping his side to the Superliga title and establishing himself as the main striker in the Danish national side.

Cardiff boss Malky Mackay was determined to land a main frontman to add to the firepower of Frazier Campell and Nicky Maynard for their debut Premier campaign.








" Cardiff City have swooped for Denmark striker Andreas Cornelius. "


And is understood to be a record breaking move to bring the FC Copenhagen frontman with an £8.5m fee believed to have been agreed to land the 20-year-old
Cardiff City Football Club have today reached an agreement with F.C. Copenhagen for the services of Andreas Cornelius, the 20 year old striker set to join the club for an undisclosed fee on completion of his medical.
Andreas was top league scorer in his first full season in the 2012/13 Danish Superliga, scoring eighteen goals in thirty two appearances, while also playing and scoring for the club in the Europa League last season. As a result of his contributions, Andreas was named 2013 F.C. Copenhagen Player of the Year.
A left footed powerful striker, the forward has also represented Denmark at full international level after making his way through the under 18, 19 and 21 ranks.




Cardiff City Football Club have today reached an agreement with F.C. Copenhagen for the services of Andreas Cornelius, the 20 year old striker set to join the club for an undisclosed fee on completion of his medical.

Andreas was top league scorer in his first full season in the 2012/13 Danish Superliga, scoring eighteen goals in thirty two appearances, while also playing and scoring for the club in the Europa League last season. As a result of his contributions, Andreas was named 2013 F.C. Copenhagen Player of the Year.

A left footed powerful striker, the forward has also represented Denmark at full international level after making his way through the under 18, 19 and 21 ranks.

Cornelius will now be taking his medical

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/footba ... elius.html

Looks like he's been watched by a few clubs for a while. Could be a very interesting signing.

Another one that flew under the radar from all.

Good signing and one that no media outlet had suggested you gotta love the way MALKY works

Top league golascorer in your first full season is some feat....Even if it isnt a top league it's still impressive... Lukaku also done this in his first season in Belgium

6ft4, 20 years old, top scorer in his first season (18 in 32 games), so how much we looking for this guy? How much are we paying? Any one know

Boom, just like that....out of the blue

GREAT SIGNING!!

Sounds good-first of many hopefully.

Malky special, under the radar!

nobody seen this one coming

Love the way Malky goes about his business. Just like Mutch last season

Malky special, under the radar!

I love the way he deals with his transfers

nobody seen this one coming

I did told u all on the 23rd may - viewtopic.php?f=2&t=113547

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HE'S BIG, HE'S A DANE, HE HAS A TRENDY NAME CORNELIUS, CORNELIUS!

Great signing, he's one hell of a player

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andreas_Cornelius

I'm excited by this signing!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SxBhbE_1330

8.5 million according to terry Phillips

8.5m

HE'S BIG, HE'S A DANE, HE HAS A TRENDY NAME CORNELIUS, CORNELIUS!

YES!!!!!!!!!!

Love it when a random name pops up

Never seen him but he seems big, strong and powerful, and an eye for goal. Just the type of player we need

all we need now is ince to feed him the crosses and he'll score. Great in the air big strong and canscore with both feet, what a signing see the videos on my earlier thread

Oh we do like surprises

Check his YouTube video lads

He's the real deal

Eddie Johnson looked class on youtube, and so did Yann Kermogant

Inside knowledge about Cornelius!

I am from Denmark and follow our top flight every week. Cornelius is the future striker of the danish national team. He is a powerful and strong left-footed striker who has had a break through this season in the Superliga (Best division in Denmark).

He is already a regular in the Danish national team and has been really good for FCK (the league winners in Denmark this season and by far the best team. His strengh is his airplay and a powerful left strike. He is still only 20 and has only been playing regular first team football in 1½ year in FC Copenhagen.

I am exited about the prospect of him for the future but I am not sure he can make the imidiate impact I was looking for in a new striker for this amazing forthcoming season. But I am in no way sure he can't either. It is going to be very interesting.

I have hated him until now, because he played for FC Copenhagen which is a club my club Aalborg BK hates. So I am not overly exited about seeing him in our jerseys. But as we all know - we football fans often tend to have a short memmory if he becomes a big succes, as I feel he can be. But as i mentioned earlier, he is only 20 and has only been playing at a top level for under 2 years.

It's going to be interesting to see if he can have an immidiate inpact at CCS!

Oh we do like surprises

Check his YouTube video lads

He's the real deal

told you so pmsl

Inside knowledge about Cornelius!

I am from Denmark and follow our top flight every week. Cornelius is the future striker of the danish national team. He is a powerful and strong left-footed striker who has had a break through this season in the Superliga (Best division in Denmark).

He is already a regular in the Danish national team and has been really good for FCK (the league winners in Denmark this season and by far the best team. His strengh is his airplay and a powerful left strike. He is still only 20 and has only been playing regular first team football in 1½ year in FC Copenhagen.

I am exited about the prospect of him for the future but I am not sure he can make the imidiate impact I was looking for in a new striker for this amazing forthcoming season. But I am in no way sure he can't either. It is going to be very interesting.

I have hated him until now, because he played for FC Copenhagen which is a club my club Aalborg BK hates. So I am not overly exited about seeing him in our jerseys. But as we all know - we football fans often tend to have a short memmory if he becomes a big succes, as I feel he can be. But as i mentioned earlier, he is only 20 and has only been playing at a top level for under 2 years.

It's going to be interesting to see if he can have an immidiate inpact at CCS!

Glad we can have someone whose more or less an expert on him, I think we can understand that no he won't score goals instantly but I think we can blend him in, he will get a few assists on the way but he can really compliment Maynard/Campbell etc. Are Denmark close to qualifying for the World Cup? THREE players playing at the World Cup from Cardiff would be great

Highly rated, Never heard of him before I hope he justify's his price tag £8m is a lot of money. He has loads of potential by the looks of it though

looks very promising!!

Hey guys. I'm a Danish Cardiff fan, and has been following Andreas Cornelius during the last year, as I am also a football journalist.

Andreas Cornelius is a very talented player, but he has his limitations as well.

Strengths: Physically strong, quite good technique, good finishing, positioning in the opponents area, nose for goals, heading. In addition it is worth mentioning that he seems like a lad with both feet on the ground. He doesn't whine when he is brought down, which I know is popular in British football.

Weaknesses: Speed, lack of routine, has a tendency of falling out the game.

All in all, I think he can be a good signing. My only scepsis is, that Cardiff currently holds six forwards?

Looks a great signing .... fantastic prospect and a great kick-start to our transfer dealings.
Malky throwing down the gauntlet in his usual quiet and effective manner. That's a lesson to all managers in how to do a deal.