Cardiff will sell goal ace Zohore one day, but he’s priceless now
THERE is an age-old saying in football that every player has his price. Which is obviously true. Witness Gylfi Sigurdsson, Philippe Coutinho and Neymar.
On a much lower scale we have Kenneth Zohore and Cardiff City.
Hull and Brighton, amongst Zohore’s suitors, are hardly Everton, Barcelona or PSG, although there are plenty of others eyeing the Bluebirds front-man.
But it doesn’t really matter who it is.
Right at this moment in time, Zohore is priceless to Cardiff and the club have no intention of selling.
One day they will, with Warnock pledging: “It will only be to a top 10 Premier League club,” before pointing out: “And I can tell you, it’ll be for a lot more than £10m, too.”
His way of dismissing what he feels is a derisory bid from Hull.
Anyhow, why on earth would Zohore wish to go to Hull?
Of course, Cardiff’s refusal to countenance their reported offer will be music to the ears of Bluebirds fans more accustomed to seeing their top players moved on for hefty sums of money.
Dating back from John Toshack in the early 1970s, through Danny Gabbidon, Rob Earnshaw, Graham Kavanagh, Joe Ledley, Aaron Ramsey and, more recently, David Marshall, the Bluebirds have historically sold their leading stars when other clubs come calling.
Vincent Tan could also be forgiven, in a way, for wishing to recoup some of his money by accepting the £10m on the table from Hull.
But Cardiff will continue resist and there are various reasons why.
The first, and most important one, is that it would send out completely the wrong signals to the fans. This is most certainly not the time to do that.
Under Warnock’s guidance, the Bluebirds have had a much-needed reconnect with their supporter base this season.
You simply can’t quantify what that means that in monetary terms. It is bigger than anything. Priceless.
Selling Zohore would instantly undo much of that good work, demoralise the fans, crush the newfound love affair, halt the magnificent momentum being built.
Zohore, more than any other player on the books, can’t be sold for that reason alone, but there are other grounds too.
Cardiff have roared to the top of the Championship and have intentions of staying there or thereabouts. If Zohore goes, who is going to fire the goals?
Football is not a one-man game, but he will be the difference this season between the Bluebirds challenging for promotion and being merely a mid-table team.
Hull and Brighton are completely the wrong clubs anyway. Warnock feels Zohore is a lot better than that. If he scores the 20-plus goals many anticipate this season, Zohore will become a £20m-plus player in