The best and worst case transfer scenarios for Cardiff City as Wolves and Bournemouth emerge as key players

We are just days away from the closure of the January transfer window.

Cardiff City got some good work in early, with Leeds United's Cody Drameh and Manchester City prodigy Tommy Doyle brought in to bolster this ailing squad.

But the club hope their work is not done just yet. They know a crucial few days lie ahead and it could go a long way to salvaging the wreckage which has been their 2021/22 campaign.

The ultimate goal, of course, is to avoid relegation. Well, given the way this current crop have played so far this term, they need help in order to make that happen.

Here, we look through the best and worst-case scenarios for Cardiff before the window closes on January 31.

The first deal they need to get over the line is Ryan Giles. The Wolves wide man was recalled by the Molineux club at the start of the window as Bruno Lage assessed his squad during the peak of the Omicron Covid variant.

However, it now looks increasingly likely he will be allowed to leave again to gain more valuable game-time in the Championship in a bid to force his way into first-team contention at Wolves next season. Dion Sanderson on Tuesday was allowed to leave Wolves for QPR for the rest of the season, you'd expect Giles to be in that same bracket.

Cardiff believe they are at the front of the queue to take him back, despite a number of Championship clubs understood to be interested in him. After all, why wouldn't they be? He left lowly Cardiff as the league's highest assister.

Giles enjoyed his time at Cardiff and shares a good personal relationship with coach Steve Morison, with whom he played together at Shrewsbury Town back in 2019. This is the first deal that needs to be checked off.

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