What Cardiff City's best XI now looks like after eight new signings as depth added but transfer priority remains

Cardiff City's early-summer signing spree has grabbed the attention of not only Bluebirds fans but supporters from across the division.

Steve Morison made it clear towards the tail end of last season that he was excited for the window to open and for new faces to come in and freshen things up. Well, that has certainly been the case after no fewer than eight signings and the window having been open for little more than a week.

There have been few Hollywood names, such is the budget the club are currently working within during this off-season, and there are a number of unknown quantities, the quality of whom will only really be known when the season begins in earnest at the end of July.

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Supporters would like to see more quality added before the window closes, that's for sure, but the early work which has already been conducted at least gives us a glimpse into what will be a much-changed Cardiff XI next season. Whether that is for the better remains to be seen, but few could argue that there was a plethora of deadwood which the club needed rid of and they have successfully done that.

We can expect more signings, next week and perhaps even beyond. It must be stressed that Cardiff have used none of their loan allocation and are hopeful of using all five slots, like they did back in January, so one expects at least half a dozen, or more, to come through the door before the transfer window closes. That, it feels, is where next season becomes a success or a failure.

Amid the relatively unknown quantities from abroad and the lower leagues, Cardiff have also had some experienced Championship pick-ups, adding depth in areas which have sorely needed it.

On that point,