“It’s a no-brainer” – Cardiff City fan pundit urges Bluebirds to make decision involving 31-year-old

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Cardiff City have a plethora of players who are coming to the end of their contracts this summer, and when they are mathematically safe from the Championship relegation battle then you can assume that talks will accelerate between all parties.

The likes of Joe Ralls and Will Vaulks are on the verge of seeing their deals expire, and the same can be said for veteran defender and club captain Sean Morrison.

Morrison has been a Bluebird since 2014 when he signed from Reading and was a regular for the club in their 2018-19 Premier League campaign.

The 31-year-old has always been a goal threat as well from set pieces, scoring 33 times for the club since his arrival, and like many Cardiff players he was going through a positive spell of form under Steve Morison until he faced Barnsley at the beginning of February.

An ACL injury picked up early in that clash at Oakwell cut short Morrison’s season, with Cardiff’s manager stating that he will be out of action for around nine months whilst he recovers.

That makes a decision on whether or not to extend the centre-back’s contract a difficult one, but FLW’s Cardiff fan pundit Ben Johnsey believes that the club should show some loyalty to a figure that has given them a lot of good moments and renew his deal.

“Sean Morrison has been a huge part of the side for six or seven years now and he’s the captain and on the brink of probably becoming sort of a legend of this club,” Ben said.

“And with how we treated previous players when Mick McCarthy was in charge – the likes of