Cardiff City headlines as flop finds new club, boss explains Bacuna absence and new addition revealed

Here are your Cardiff City headlines for Friday, February 18.

Blackpool legend Brett Ormerod believes the Seasiders' clash with Cardiff City will be a tricky test and picked out January signing Jordan Hugill as one of the dangers.

Hugill has scored two goals and provided an assist since arriving at the end of last month and has made an immediate impact.

But he is only a small cog in a wheel which has been turning increasingly smoothly in recent weeks and Ormerod, who scored 61 league goals in more than 200 games for the Tangerines, believes Blackpool have a job on their hands this weekend.

"It’s a trip to Cardiff City this weekend, which will be tough as they’ve picked up in recent weeks," he wrote in his Blackpool Gazette column.

"They got a good result at Bloomfield Road at the start of the season and they were in and around the play-offs at one point.

"They have a big, strong team with some powerful lads, they’re really good at set-pieces and cause you all sorts of problems.

"After that performance, you were thinking they would be right up there this season, but it’s just totally fallen away while Blackpool picked up.

"It’s always a tough game there. They’ve signed Jordan Hugill, who looks to be doing fairly well, so they’ve still got a lot of dangerous players and I’m sure it will be a very difficult game."

Cardiff and Everton flop Oumar Niasse has linked up with former Bluebird Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink.

Niasse on Thursday was announced as a new signing for League One outfit Burton Albion after a trial period with the club.

Lest we forget, the Senegal striker was once a £13.5m signing for Everton back in 2016, but was released by the Toffees in 2020.

His spell at Goodison Park included a loan stint with Cardiff in