Will signing of Wild boy give Cardiff hopes a big boost?
BUT WHAT SORT OF A RECEPTION WILL HE GET AS HE LEADS HIS SUNDERLAND TROOPS IN CARDIFF?
CARDIFF City are understood to be close to signing Norwich City winger Yanic Wildschut in the January transfer window.
The Bluebirds are confident they can wrap up a loan deal that could even see the Dutchman being available for tomorrow’s clash with Sunderland
But who exactly is Wildschut and why do the Bluebirds want to bring the wideman to Cardiff City Stadium?
Here’s everything you need to know about the potential new recruit... Who is Yanic Wildschut? Yanic Wildschut is a 26-year-old Dutchman who currently plays for Championship side Norwich City. What position does he play? Wildschut is a winger and can operate on both flanks.
He is also capable of playing more centrally, and his versatility would no doubt be a huge plus for the Bluebirds. Which clubs has he played for? The Dutchman is a product of Ajax’s famed youth academy, although he never featured for the Eredivisie giants’ first team.
His professional bow came with FC Zwolle while he first came to prominence in the UK at Middlesbrough, whom he joined in 2014 after spells with VVV-Venlo and Heerenveen as well as a loan period at ADO Den Haag.
He moved to Wigan Athletic – who he joined on loan in the 2015-16 season – two years later having made just 16 appearances in all competitions for Boro. Wildschut joined Norwich for a fee believed to be in the region of £7m during the 2017 January transfer window, putting pen to paper on a two-and-a-half year deal with the Canaries. What is his goal return like? The wideman’s most productive campaign in-front of goal for a single