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Cardiff City are lining up a move for Danish striker Yousef Salech, WalesOnline understands.
The Bluebirds are in the market to add goals and pace this month and they hope the 22-year-old could aid their attack. Salech, who is thought to be available for around £3-£4m, currently plays for Swedish top-flight side Sirius.
Salech was a prolific goalscorer with Hellerup IK in his native Denmark throughout youth football before sealing a move to Brondby in 2001. He went on loan in the second tier in Denmark with HB Koge and scored 15 in 24 appearances, but netted just once in 12 outings on loan at Belgian Pro League side Beveren last term.
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But after sealing a move to Sirius, the Danish-Palestinian has found form and has scored 13 times in 29 games for the Swedish club. Sign up to our daily Cardiff City newsletter here.
Standing at 6ft 4ins, the forward has a physical and aerial presence which saw him become the subject of transfer interest from a number of teams during the summer transfer window, including Egyptian side Al Ahly, and Croatian side Dinamo Zagreb this month.
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Cardiff are yet to make a signing this month and have two weeks to bring in the reinforcements they require. However, forking out a sizeable fee for Salech would likely affect them being able to go back in for Peterborough’s Ricky-Jade Jones.