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Erol Bulut is keen to bring the striker back to the Welsh capital
Ike Ugbo, on loan at Cardiff City, has had a mixed start to the season, with three goals but limited game time and no goals since August.
Erol Bulut, the Cardiff manager, has expressed interest in bringing back Kieffer Moore, which could push Ugbo further down the pecking order.
This news may be concerning for Ugbo, who wants to maximize his playing time to further his career prospects and secure a longer-term opportunity elsewhere.
Following a disappointing 2022/23 season, the summer transfer window was always going to be an important one for Cardiff City.
Last season saw the Bluebirds narrowly avoid relegation from the Championship to League One, finishing just one place, and five points above the drop zone.
Indeed, had it not been for the six-point deduction handed to Reading for breaching Profit and Sustainability rules, Cardiff themselves, would now be playing third-tier football.
As a result, the club from the Welsh capital will have been eyeing a strong summer in the market, in order to avoid a repeat of that situation.
In the end, Cardiff would add nine new players to their first-team squad before the market closed at the start of September, under new manager Erol Bulut.
So far, those changes do seem to have worked, with the Bluebirds now currently ninth in the second-tier standings, just two points adrift of the play-off places, and 13 clear of the bottom three.
But despite that, one of those summer signings who may feel as though things have yet to really get going for him in the Welsh capital, is Ike Ugbo.
How have things gone for Ugbo since joining Cardiff City?
Back in July, it was announced that Cardiff had completed the signing of Ugbo, on a season-long loan from French side Troyes, following their relegation from Ligue 1 at the end of last season.
Since making that move, the striker has experienced something of a mixed time of things in the Welsh capital.
With three goals so far, Ugbo is currently the club’s joint-top scorer in the Championship as things stand.
But despite that, the 25-year-old has seemingly yet to fully establish himself within the Bluebirds’ first-team.
Although he has featured in 14 of the 16 league games Cardiff have played this season, the striker has started only nine times in the league.
