Cardiff plot £9m Ross McCormack transfer after selling him to Leeds for £350k in 2010

Mirror 16/6/14
By Bill Cooper
The Yorkshiremen have rejected £5m bids for their top striker from two Championship rivals but now Bluebirds plan to nearly double that sum.
Cardiff are ready to pay £9million to re-sign striker Ross McCormack - four years after off-loading him to Leeds for just £350,000.
The Bluebirds' boss Ole Gunnar Solskjaer wants McCormack to fire his relegated team back to the Premier League at the first time of asking.
And he is set to succeed where Derby and Fulham have failed by making the Elland Road outfit an offer they can’t refuse for their unsettled skipper.
Solskjaer has already made five summer signings - including three strikers in Federico Macheda, Adam Le Fondre and Javi Guerra - as he sets about digging into the £23m parachute payment City are receiving after tumbling out of the top flight.
The Cottagers, who took the drop alongside City, and beaten Championship play-off finalists Derby have both had £5million bids for the 27-year-old rejected by Leeds' new owner Massimo Cellino.
The Italian millionaire will find it tougher to turn down Cardiff’s planned offer for Scotland international McCormack, who bagged 29 goals last season.
The former Rangers marksman, for whom the Bluebirds had a £4m bid turned down in the January transfer window, has notched 58 times in 154 outings for the Yorkshire side overall.
He signed a new £20,000-a-week four-year deal only 10 months ago, but has become restless following the sacking of manager Brian McDermott last month.
Now he is set to join the Solskjaer revolution in Wales, with Cardiff chairman Mehmet Dalman admitting:”One of the criticisms we had last season was the fact we didn’t have enough firepower up front.
“Our owner, Vincent Tan, is prepared to pull his chequebook out and support these things. That shows the determination we have to come back from last year’s disappointment.”
Macheda and Guerra have arrived on free transfers from Manchester United and Spanish side Real Valladolid respectively, while Le Fondre cost £1million from Championship rivals Reading.

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