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Youngster set for loan
Ollie Tanner is set to seal a loan move away from Cardiff until the end of the season.
The winger, 20, who was signed from seventh-tier Lewes FC in the summer, has shown flashes of quality during his fleeting appearances for the first team and for the under-21s as he adjusted to life as a Championship footballer.
But manager Mark Hudson believes the next step in his development is for him to go on loan for the back half of the season and get some first-team minutes into his legs.
"When we brought Ollie in we had a long-term plan for him. It's not just six months or a year, it's longer than that," Hudson said.
"We knew he had been out of regular first-team football for a long time, which is the continual day-to-day. We have got him to be able to train and play; so train, then play 90 minutes, train, then play 90.
"The early part of the season, it was 60 minutes and then he couldn't train. We were starting to build him up, body-wise. He had an impact in the Aston Villa game, it was a great goal, he has got quality, no doubt.
"There will possibly be a loan for him with a view to him then coming back with even more experience at a better level.
"There will be people wanting him for sure, because he has shown he has got that cutting edge. I'm not going to talk about at what level or football clubs, but it will have to be the right club for him, because I'm not just going to send him anywhere."
Asked if any other young players might be heading out on loan next month, Hudson added: "We have got a plan for players. Some players will go, because they need experience, to get the rhythm. We have expressed to each individual, it's nothing to hide."
Hudson on embargo latest
Hudson continued to toe the party line when it comes to the club's hopes of overturning the transfer embargo under which Cardiff have been placed.
With the straightest of bats, when asked about the embargo on Friday morning, Hudson replied: "There's lots going on behind the scenes. We are in the process, it's with the lawyers and the chairman, they are fighting away to try and get the embargo lifted.
"If we have a window, we do, if we don't, we don't. We've got the players we've got and I trust them. They know us as a coaching group and it's something we are looking to develop.
"You look at the likes of Kion [Etete], who has developed since he has come in and taken his opportunity. We have good players in the building."
Cardiff 'in discussions' over Morrison deal
Mark Hudson has confirmed the club are still in talks with former captain Sean Morrison over a potential deal to keep him at the club.
The centre-back, 31, is currently on a return-to-play contract as he continues his rehabilitation following knee surgery after he sustained an ACL rupture at Barnsley earlier this year.
He has played several times for the under-21s, even sporting the captain's armband on Wednesday against Sunderland, prompting many to wonder whether we might see him in action in the Championship for Cardiff over the next few months.
Asked about the prospect of keeping Morrison at the club, Hudson said: "We are in discussions with Sean at the moment. He is coming back from injury and has a return-to-play contract.
"It's whether we are able to offer him something or not. I speak to Sean regularly. We are all the same page with that."
Ebou Adams return date revealed
Gambia international Ebou Adams is finally set to get his Cardiff career up and running next month after a successful procedure on his knee.
The central midfielder, 26, needed a "clearing-up" operation on the front of his knee, a setback which was not needed after he missed the first few months of the season following an injury which saw his pectoral muscle rip off the bone, and was set to go under the knife last week.
Fortunately, the operation went swimmingly and he is set to be in contention, finally, for his first competitive Bluebirds appearance in January.
"Ebs (Adams) has ripped his pectoral off the bone in the first two minutes of the game, had a flare-up, a setback, he hasn't featured. It can take its toll, mentally," Hudson said.
"[The operation] went well, it went really well. They didn't have to go right into the knee, it was just something at the front and they've cleared it up.
"He is back up and around and has been back in the training ground and he will be pushing to be back around January, I think, and he will be like a new signing."
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