Quote:
Cardiff City set to sell striker Andreas Cornelius back to FC Copenhagen
29 Jan 2014
The struggling Bluebirds striker is heading back to the club Malky Mackay signed him from for a club record £8.5m last summer
Ole Gunnar Solskjaer is not keeping Andreas Cornelius at Cardiff City
Cardiff City are ready to cut their losses on £8.5m flop Andreas Cornelius - by selling him back to FC Copenhagen.
And the Bluebirds are willing to take a £5m hit on the striker after opening negotiations with his former club about a shock January deal. The Danish Superliga club revealed the move on their official Twitter account.
Translation: The club is close to closing a deal with Andreas Cornelius. More to follow in the coming days ..
Bluebirds boss Ole Gunnar Solskjaer has made his feelings clear on 20-year-old Cornelius after bringing in Kenwyne Jones from Stoke and remaining keen on signing a second new striker in the final 48 hours of the transfer window.
But he has been told he has to try and raise some cash after shelling out for Manchester United defender Fabio da Silva and his trio of Norwegians – as well as a loan fee for the proposed Wilfried Zaha deal, all following a £30m spend in the summer.
And with Cornelius surplus to requirements, Cardiff are ready to accept they got it wrong with the powerful young frontman and are prepared to take a massive loss on a player who was a record signing at the time of his arrival.