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'Irons in the fire if I need to react' – Steve Morison's verdict on Cardiff City's deadline day and the youngster who could go

Cardiff City's transfer deadline day looks set to be busier than they had hoped.

Bournemouth are closing in on the capture of Bluebirds striker Kieffer Moore, which could prompt a bit of a bit of a knock-on effect for the Welsh capital club.

Cardiff have been linked with a number of strikers in the past couple of days, with Preston North End's Sean Maguire, Bristol City's Nahki Wells and Lewes youngster Ollie Tanner, who reportedly turned down a move to Tottenham, all having been linked by different outlets.

And while Morison was tight-lipped on potential targets, the manager did say the club would "react" if anyone, namely Moore, left the club.

"It's not like the other day where I've done three offers and I'm going to get a phone call after," he said when asked about the linked players.

"We have spoken to loads of people. But that whole process where we were trying to get Jordan and Alfie, someone must be giving this information to someone.

"Yes, we have enquired about lots of people, but I've got the one I wanted.

"I enquired for him, I couldn't have him, so then I enquired about Uche [Ikpeazu], for example. By the time I got back inside there was a thing being released that we were about to sign Uche!

"There are loads of irons in the fire if I need to react to anything. But as of now, no."

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In terms of other outgoings, Morison expects only younger, academy players to be let out on loan.

"If anything there'll be some going out, in terms of, people needing to develop and needing to get better," the manager added.

"It might be better for some of them to go and learn with other teams and they can take the ups and downs of those players' performances over the next 20 games.

"Whoever is in the hot seat come the summer will have a much better gauge on whether they are ready for next season. Whether they are ready for this team and this level of football because they don't take any prisoners out there."

The likes of Sam Bowen and Kieron Evans have been mooted as potential deadline-day loan departures, but Morison said there had not been any interest in the midfield duo.

He did, however, namecheck Oli Denham, the young centre-back, as a player who could potentially leave before Monday's 11pm deadline.

"Possibly. But there's not been any interest," he said of Bowen and Evans.

"We have had a couple of enquiries about a couple of the younger players, like Oli Denham, people like that. We will see what happens in the next 24 hours.

"It's a really good place to be (at Cardiff). It's a really good environment and a really good football club. They are going to learn loads.

"So if they are to go it's going to have to be for the right reasons. If you're frustrated or got the hump because you're not playing, you need to realise you've been put in this situation and we are trying to help us get out of it, but you need to be around and available for when you do get your chance."

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