GAVIN WHYTE:
Aged 26
Then there is Gavin Whyte, a player whose Cardiff City career has stalled over the last 18 months. Well, it struggled to kickstart after Neil Warnock left, truth be told. The Northern Irishman has enjoyed a stellar season with Oxford United in League One, narrowly missing out on the play-offs.
The winger played his part, too, registering 10 assists and a goal while playing on the right, left, centrally and up front for the Us. Some believe he has found his level in League One, while others believe he has not been given a fair crack of the whip in the Welsh capital.
Morison will want to have the option of playing with wingers next season, hence the arrival of Ollie Tanner, but it is unrealistic to expect an 18-year-old plucked from non-League to make a sustained impact during what will doubtless be a brutal maiden campaign in the Championship.
Whyte, meanwhile, is 26, slap-bang in the middle of that age range Morison is trying to recruit, has many League One and even Championship games under his belt and is a crucial part of Northern Ireland's international set-up, scoring three goals in 20 appearances for his country.
Cardiff wanted more of an output from him in the final third and it is more than fair to say he has improved on that front. Whether he has the quality to make a real difference at Championship level is still the big question mark and no doubt Morison and his staff will be mulling over.
The player himself, who is also contracted until 2023, might even think it best for a fresh start elsewhere. The last time Whyte was asked about his future was in March, when he kept his cards extremely close to his chest, saying: "I haven’t really thought about it too much, I’m just taking it in the moment.
“I can’t really look too far ahead, I love being here and I just want to play as many games as I can until the end of the season. The reason I came here is because I loved it so much when I was first here. It’s a great club, great people, great fans and I felt at home when I first came here.”
There will, of course, be many moving parts for Cardiff in this transfer window. The futures of both Sang and Whyte might seem small fry at the minute, with so many other plates currently being spun, but they are nevertheless big calls which will have to be made shortly.
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