Cardiff City Eye Up Move For Robbie Fowler

Cardiff City have launched an audacious bid to sign Robbie Fowler.

Just 24 hours after Reds boss Rafa Benitez urged clubs to believe in the man nicknamed God, the Bluebirds made a bold bid to lure him to Ninian Park.

Cardiff have offered a one-year package, with private investment secured through a sponsorship deal which has seen local Welsh companies club together.

Fowler must still take a substantial wage cut to facilitate a move, and after discussions with Cardiff boss David Jones earlier this week will mull over his options.

Fowler, 32, has made it clear he is looking for first-team football after leaving Anfield this summer, with SPL giants Rangers and Celtic believed to be interested.

But the Championship club have made the first firm bid to secure Fowler’s services.

Cardiff chairman Peter Ridsdale has already signed Fowler once, back in 2001 during his time in charge of Leeds, when he took the striker to Elland Road for £11m.

Fowler – who has bagged over 200 Premiership goals – is believed to be one of three internationals the Bluebirds have been locked in talks with this week.

Ridsdale said: “We offered them what we think are attractive packages and are hopeful they will decide to come to Cardiff City.

“I think the calibre of the players the club is approaching shows how much we’ve progressed.”

Only yesterday Reds boss Benitez expressed his surprise at the lack of interest in Fowler after the striker revealed he had received no offers since leaving Liverpool.

Benitez said: “I was surprised. Maybe people don’t know how good a professional Robbie is.

“I worked with him, Bolo Zenden and Jerzy Dudek, and the three of them were fantastic. Everyone knows the quality they have, but they were also real professionals.”

Fowler said an emotional farewell to Reds fans when he captained the club in the final Premiership match of the season against Charlton.

His last goals in a Red shirt came at the Kop End, when he converted two penalty kicks in the 4-0 defeat of Sheffield United in February.

He ended his Anfield career with 183 goals in 369 appearances, the fifth highest goalscorer in the club’s history.

Only Ian Rush, Roger Hunt, Gordon Hodgson and Billy Liddell scored more.

Source: Liverpool Echo