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Ridsdale expects to spend

03 Oct 2008 - 11:11:13

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Cardiff City chairman Peter Ridsdale has promised that manager Dave Jones will have cash to spend in the January transfer window.

Jones is keen to add a new striker to his Bluebirds squad and Ridsdale is ready to open the club's chequebook to secure the right man.

He told Wales Online: "We intend to strengthen the squad if the manager wants to.

"If we need to strengthen I'd expect the manager to tell me who he wants and, at that stage, I'd expect us to make the money available.

"I also don't rule out loan deals before January if it's a player Dave Jones believes will go straight into the first team. But we must not under-estimate what we have now.

"It's early for Jay Bothroyd and Ross McCormack in terms of a partnership, but the pace people said was missing last season was evident against Coventry City on Tuesday."