Cardiff Keen For More After Breaking Transfer Duck

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Cardiff City caput coach Brian Barry-MurphyImage source, Huw Evans Picture Agency

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Cardiff City caput coach Brian Barry-Murphy won his first competitory crippled successful charger of nan Bluebirds against Peterborough United

Chris Wathan

BBC Sport Wales

Cardiff City caput coach Brian Barry-Murphy is targeting further additions aft nan League One nine made a belated first signing of nan season.

But nan Bluebirds leader says he is prepared to beryllium diligent aft accepting he has placed caller demands connected recruitment strategy.

Goalkeeper Nathan Trott became nan first caller presence nether summertime assignment Barry-Murphy's erstwhile nan 26-year-old completed his season-long indebtedness from Copenhagen.

The erstwhile Manchester City academy coach – who admitted breaking nan transportation duck was "a large relief" - is now keen for more, pinch a "ballpark figure" of 3 other bodies betwixt now and nan transportation model closing.

But he warned: "I'm not going to usage nan connection 'close' again – it's an ongoing process.

"I've put a batch of demands connected nan a batch of things successful a short play of clip so... location has to beryllium an constituent of patience for myself to make judge we get nan correct group into nan nine astatine nan correct time."

As good arsenic Trott's signing, Barry-Murphy green-lit a new statement for 23-year-old winger Ollie Tanner, pinch plans nether measurement to necktie down different young players.

"It's very important that we show nan players present really weighted they are, not conscionable pinch words but pinch actions," said Barry-Murphy.

"Ollie has been outstanding successful pre-season. The measurement he plays nan crippled is very in-tune pinch nan measurement I spot nan crippled being played, truthful to spot him perpetrate to nan nine is really beneficial to maine and I'm really grateful he feels tin beryllium portion of nan nine moving forward.

"I made my feelings really clear connected really overmuch we worth nan players successful nan building and hopefully location will beryllium others to travel Ollie's example."

'We mean business'

In position of outgoings, president Mehmet Dalman has reiterated that cardinal elder players specified arsenic strikers Yousef Salech and Callum Robinson are not needed to beryllium sold pursuing their relegation from nan Championship.

And Barry-Murphy added: "It (was) really reassuring. It gives a really aligned motion to some nan soul workings of nan dressing room and each that we mean business erstwhile we're looking astatine moving nan nine forward."

Having beaten Peterborough United 2-1 successful their opening crippled nether Barry-Murphy – and their first astatine League One level successful 22 years – Cardiff now recreation to Port Vale pinch skipper Calum Chambers disposable again aft suspension.

Former West Ham United goalkeeper Trott is besides successful statement to make his debut having already trained pinch his caller team-mates. Defender Perry Ng and midfielder Alex Robertson stay injured.

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