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Thursday 23rd November 2023


Erol Bulut admits Kieffer Moore really interests him and always has.
“I still want Kieffer”



City are away to Preston where Bulut will want to get his train back on track after his last 2 games without a win and a shock home defeat to Norwich City.

Siopis had a Minor groin injury, just wasn’t risked by Greece.



Erol Bulut:

“I won’t rush both of them back, they are running well.”

“I hope both Ramsey and O’Dowda will now be back in January. “

“Ramsey will be available for Wales in March I think!"




EROL BULUT:



And how is Aaron Ramsey doing?

EB: "He was running today with O’Dowda, around the field, it was looking good. So I hope as soon as possible. I didn’t talk with the medical department about when they will be available. But they were running today with good speed.

"If you rush them back, it can happen that he will have to get a surgery. This is something none of us want. We have to be careful and take them back fit. If we take them too early it will be their season finished, maybe, I don’t want to risk this.

"The medical department is working hard every day with those players. But it’s natural that it takes two months, so we cannot bring him back. Now, this injury has a time. It was starting really well. Then he took a rest for 10 days and now it’s looking good. I hope both Ramsey and O’Dowda in January. He will be available for Wales in March I think!"













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Is Kieffer one of those targets?

EB: "He’s one of them."

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EROL BULUT:

what's the injury situation? How is Manolis Siopis?

Erol Bulut: "With his international team, he had a small problem. But today he trained and he didn’t show any problems and he trained. It looks like he will be with us in the game (at Preston).

"All the players are important for us - we don’t want injuries! We had a few injuries before and our game style changed a bit. That’s why we need all the players. We are happy when we don’t have injuries."

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EROL BULUT:


Kieffer has not had many games at Bournemouth - could he here?



EB: "If we can get Kieffer, we would not leave him on the bench. We would use him. That’s why I want him!

Also against Croatia, he hadn’t been playing but he played a great game."

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NOVEMBER 2023:

04/11/2023 Stoke City 0 Cardiff City 0 Crowd 23,089 Away Support 1,723

11/11/2023 Cardiff City 2 Norwich City 3 Crowd 21,271 Away Support 860






25/11/2023 15:00 Preston North End v Cardiff City

28/11/2023 19:45 Cardiff City v West Bromwich Albion

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Erol Bulut :

“Kieffer Moore was a player I wanted to buy or loan at the start of the season and greatly admired.”

“I still want Kieffer.”

“We need to pay special attention to the crosses he delivers today. He's tall and has very good feet.”

“Kieffer impresses me and a player like Kieffer is what we need in January”

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EROL BULUT:

Frustrated after Norwich?

EB: "It was a strange game. Until the first substitution, everything was going well. Those players who I was bringing in, those players before brought us many points, but they didn’t against Norwich, it was directly the opposite!"

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How pleased are you with how your time at Cardiff has started?

EB:"When you asked me if I was satisfied. Yes I am. I want to be around the play-offs, so close to them. And if we can make those transfers in January, I will push for the maximum.

"I will also let my players know about that. They know already that we want to be around where we are."

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EROL BULUT:

Kieffer’s record here was good...

EB: "20 goals? If he can make 12 for us in the second half that would be good!"

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How is the appetite from the board for going big in January?

EB:"I think they see also how much progress we have made here from last year to now. I think they appreciate it. How confident the players are and how the club is going. I think they want also to invest in a few transfers. When we stay in the place where we are right now."

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Are you ready for nine games in 30 days?

EB: "It will be the first time for me! I need all the players. In Germany there is a two or three week break. In Turkey it’s the same!

When I see first of January we have to play - everyone in Europe thinks what is going on there?!"

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Sense there's a big opportunity now?

EB: "In my opinion, we have to invest in January. In the play-offs or in 10th, you have to invest. We all want to get better and better. We have to get stronger and better. We have to keep our level until the end of the season, this is important."

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If you brought Kieffer in would you have to change tactics?



EB: "Maybe a little bit different than how we are doing now. Even Kieffer Moore, if we can get him, he can play how we are playing now. He has that quality.

"The style what we are playing right now, around the striker, the players are important. Maybe one more we will add in that attacking part. We will be more comfortable in our attacks and finalising.

"We have created chances but not finalised them. That’s the point."

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EROL BULUT:

Preston, had a great start, then had a blip…

EB:"This will happen to many teams! We still have 30 games to play! Many positions will change. When you had a drop, you have to wake up quick."

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Is Kieffer one of those targets?

EB: "He’s one of them."

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Erol Bulut:

“I won’t rush both of them back, they are running well.”

“I hope both Ramsey and O’Dowda will now be back in January. “

“Ramsey will be available for Wales in March I think!"

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Erol Bulut has revealed his admiration for Greece captain Anastasios Bakasetas amid transfer links with Cardiff City, but believes wages might prove prohibitive.

Turkish and Greek media linked the player, who has 10 goals in 63 caps for Greece, with a move to Cardiff in the summer, with his former midfield partner at national and club level Manolis Siopis having already made the switch from Trabzonspor.

And in recent days, Mediterranean reports have suggested Bulut is keeping tabs on Bakasetas, who scored a cracker for Greece this week in their 2-2 draw with France and has also been linked with Greek side PAOK, ahead of a potential January swoop.


However, despite Cardiff having navigated some difficult financial waters to get Siopis to Cardiff, it appears the Bluebirds would have to produce more economical gymnastics to get Bakasetas, who has three goals and an assist in 10 games for Trabzonspor this season, to Wales.


Erol Bulut:

"He is a player I brought to Alanyaspor when I was there. We got to the cup final and got into the Europa League, with Siopis, at Alanya with me," Bulut said of the attacking midfielder.


"Also when I was manager at Fenerbahce I wanted him there, but we couldn't make it happen, so he went to Trabzonspor. In Trabzonspor he won the cup and he is playing well.

"I think the amount he is earning in Trabzon, for our club, it's not possible to pay those wages. That's why this deal looks difficult for us. He is a great player and I know him very well. We have been a long time together, we pushed him to where he is right now and he knows this. I know what he can give to a team."

But clearly Cardiff would need to be ambitious in January if they are to get players of Bakasetas' calibre in the club. And Bulut agrees.

"I think [the board] see also how much progress we have made here from last year to now," Bulut added. "I think they appreciate it, the position we are in, how confident the players are and how the club is going.

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Erol Bulut:

“I want to be around this [area] in the league table, so close to the Play-Off positions. I’ve told the players and they know already that we want to be up there, and for this we have to work hard. It’s not enough to play two games and then relax; we cannot relax.“

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