Cardiff City are about to start next phase of transfers after flurry of activity

Cardiff City's early-season transfer work has served as a timely pick-me-up for Bluebirds supporters.

The end of the campaign seemed to drag on forever, with supporters largely desperate for it to end so they could witness the big summer rebuild in full flow. Well, after months of talking about it, manager Steve Morison wasted no time in getting bodies through the door, players he and his recruitment team have monitored for months now in the knowledge of how crucial this off-season would be.

City have so far unveiled Ebou Adams, Jak Alnwick, Ollie Tanner and Jamilu Collins, securing four transfers in a week and we are still only in May. The names are perhaps a little less known, but we are assured they have been targets for some time and they all fit the bill for how Morison sees his team playing next season.

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However, the end of the Premier League season, coupled with the deadline passing for EFL clubs to submit their retained lists to the governing body, signals phase two of the Bluebirds' summer recruitment plan. It will all be a little more fluid and potentially reactive now to other clubs' and players' situations.

For the above reasons, we understand that this week will be far quieter on the transfer front. Perhaps that's obvious to some, it had to slow down at some stage otherwise there would be 40 signings by mid-June. But while the first four through the door were certain of their futures, all of them wanting to make the step up in standard, it was perhaps easier to plan their arrivals.

Now Cardiff need to add experience and talent to their ranks and that is when things get more competitive. Players, though, will at least now know the lay of the