Steve Morison makes Cardiff City transfer strategy admission involving relegation

Cardiff City boss Steve Morison has admitted that the Bluebirds securing their Championship safety has been a huge help to him in devising his summer transfer strategy, speaking to talkSPORT.

They looked set to be safe for quite some time following an upturn in their form in the latter stages of January, with their five winter loanee recruits all making a good impact in the Welsh capital as they continued to move away from the relegation zone.

However, they mathematically secured their place in the second tier for next season last weekend when they beat strugglers Reading at the Select Car Leasing Stadium, with goals from Alfie Doughty and Will Vaulks turning it around for the visitors in the second half.

This can enable the club to build for the summer, with the second-tier side’s manager clearly needing replacements to come in for the five temporary players who look set to head back to their respective parent outfits at the end of this term.

It could be quite a frustrating summer with Morison’s transfer budget likely to be limited once again, a situation he is likely to be in for the foreseeable future with chairman Mehmet Dalman painting a gloomy picture of the club’s finances last October.

But the fact the former finally knows for certain which league his side will be in next season is a relief for him, as he explained when speaking to talkSPORT.

He said (via Wales Online): “You’re planning for next season to be in the Championship, but ultimately you might not be.

“But now you can go full steam ahead because you know you’re going to be in the Championship.

“So your conversations now are, right, now you are signing Championship players, or players from abroad, or players who are just dropping down from the Premier