Bulut makes Ramsey Wales game admission

EROL BULUT believes Aaron Ramsey should forget about international football this summer and concentrate on getting ready for Cardiff next season.

Ramsey has had a rotten season with regards to injuries, suffering knee, calf and now hamstring problems concurrently throughout the campaign.

The latest injury, Bulut revealed, was a grade two hamstring tear, which rules him out of the rest of the campaign. Bulut said the problem will sideline him for a minimum of three weeks.

“He had a grade two strain which means three weeks minimum, which means the season is finished for him,” said Bulut. “A long time he has been away. For a long time, many of our main players have not been with us. This breaks our neck this season.

“We are in a good run then we get injuries. It’s not easy to replace them.”

This latest problem throws his involvement in Wales’ summer game against Slovakia on June 9 into doubt. And Bulut admitted he’d rather Ramsey not be involved after his injury-ravaged campaign.

“I think for him, we have to be honest, he had an injury, he came back and got another injury and now he needs to get fit,” Bulut added.

“I think he needs to prepare himself for the new season and not think about the national team, whether he will play or not. Health is most important for a football player, so he needs to focus on getting fit and starting the new season well with Cardiff City.”

■■ Southampton boss Russell Martin believes Cardiff not having anything to play for makes them a “dangerous” proposition for his side.

The Bluebirds were comfortably beaten in the reverse fixture at St Mary’s and come into this clash with 12 injuries and around 14 senior players available.

Couple that with Bulut’s situation still up in the air and the club not fighting against relegation nor battling for promotion and punters will give Cardiff little chance this weekend.

However, Martin is taking no liberties. When asked whether Cardiff having nothing to play for gives Saints an advantage this weekend, ex-Swansea boss Martin said: “No, I think it’s dangerous. I think that nothing to play for thing is just a bit of a throwaway comment in football.

“There are thousands of people there watching them. Some people will be out of contract, some people will be on loan, and some people will be given opportunities maybe at this stage of the season that haven’t had many.”