Source: Bournemouth_Echo
Cherries: (Updated) Cardiff join Burnley in race to sign Bartley
CARDIFF City have joined the race to sign sought-after Cherries midfielder Marvin Bartley, the Echo understands.[LNB] The Championship high-fliers and Eddie Howe's Burnley are both understood to have tabled bids for the former non-league star.[LNB] Echo sources claim Clarets boss Howe has made Bartley his final target ahead of the January transfer window closing this evening.[LNB] And the Echo understands the Turf Moor club have this afternoon made their interest official and tabled a bid for Bartley.[LNB] Bartley has been the subject of intense transfer speculation in recent weeks, with Cherries chairman Eddie Mitchell already turning down a bid from Championship club Scunthorpe.[LNB] And it now appears Mitchell could face a fight to keep Bartley with Dave Jones's Bluebirds keen to take the former window fitter to Wales More to follow...[LNB]
