Cardiff City ‘open to the possibility’ of selling star as Wrexham and Birmingham City among Championship clubs circling
Cardiff City suffered disaster last season as their Championship status was stripped from them as they were relegated to League One after a poor campaign.
The Welsh giants had been flirting with relegation from the Championship to League One for a number of seasons, and it was finally confirmed in the 2024/25 season.
Cardiff were relegated to the third tier alongside Plymouth Argyle and Luton Town last term, and a Welsh footballing legend was then interested in buying a share of one of those sides.
Surprisingly, Gareth Bale was interested in buying Plymouth, but his attention has now turned to Cardiff, giving hope to many Bluebirds fans whose morale is at an all-time low due to the relegation and the club’s current financial situation.
New manager Brian Barry-Murphy will want this situation settled quickly so the attention from the board turns to on the field matters ahead of the new season.
While this may be a positive for the future of Cardiff, the club may have suffered some less than encouraging news from a member of their squad recently.
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Cardiff City are ‘open to the possibility’ of selling Calum Chambers
A number of Cardiff City players have become the interest of Championship sides after the Welsh giants were relegated to League One.
As per information from our Chief Football Correspondent, Graeme Bailey, EFL Analysis can exclusively reveal that Cardiff City are open to the possibility of selling Calum Chambers.
It is understood that the England international is of interest to a number of Championship clubs, including but not limited to Wrexham, Birmingham City, and Watford.
As the interest continues to grow around the Cardiff City player, he may be interested in a move away from the Welsh capital to play in a more prestigious division than League One.
Who is Calum Chambers?
Chambers featured in 41 matches last season for Cardiff, playing a number of different positions; however, he primarily operated at centre half.
The 30-year-old only joined the club last season, making the move from Aston Villa due to his lack of minutes with the Premier League side.
| Club | Appearances | Goals | |
| 2012-14 | Southampton | 25 | 0 |
| 2014-22 | Arsenal | 122 | 5 |
| 2016-17 | Middlesbrough | 26 | 1 |
| 2018-19 | Fulham | 33 | 2 |
| 2022-24 | Aston Villa | 36 | 1 |
| 2024-present | Cardiff City | 42 | 2 |
Chambers has international experience, having made three international caps for England, and has played at the highest level for a number of clubs.
He also demonstrated his star quality in the Championship with Fulham, winning their Player of the Year in 2019 when the London club earned promotion.
It is understandable why Championship sides are circling to acquire the signing of the defender due to the experience and quality he would add to any Championship club.
Expert explains Gareth Bale’s role in Cardiff City takeover as Vincent Tan to ‘reject bid’ from his consortium
Gareth Bale has Championship experience from his Southampton playing days, and he’s looking for a return to the EFL to become a new Cardiff City co-owner.
Disaster struck for Cardiff City last season, with the Welsh giants relegated from the Championship down to League One for the 2025/26 campaign.
Cardiff were relegated to the third tier alongside Plymouth Argyle and Luton Town last term, and it was concerning Argyle that we first saw Gareth Bale’s name linked with an EFL takeover bid.
It emerged earlier in the summer that Bale was interested in buying Plymouth. However, it has now come to light that the Real Madrid legend is involved in a takeover bid of the Bluebirds.
With Bale’s consortium reportedly set to have their initial approach rejected, an EFL expert has predicted the role Bale would have at Cardiff.
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Expert predicts role Gareth Bale will have in Cardiff City takeover
EFL Analysis’ football finance expert Adam Williams has already explained that Bale’s consortium would make a £117m move at Cardiff, in an attempt to shift the debt off the balance sheet.
In late June, Bale confirmed his Cardiff intentions and set sights on promotion to the Premier League, which would put an end to the current regime’s tenure.
However, Sky Sports now report that Cardiff owner Vincent Tan is set to reject a £20m bid from Bale’s consortium, which was under the value of the initial £40m reported fee. Despite this, Bale’s group is likely to come back with another bid.
Cardiff are the ‘worst run EFL club’ according to Ali Maxwell of the Not the Top 20 podcast, and his co-host George Elek has now explained the role Bale will play at Cardiff if the takeover bid materialises.
Elek told Dragon Sports: “He confirmed a couple of weeks ago, talking to Sky Sports, that he was interested in buying Cardiff City and the latest rumors are that a bid of £40million has been tabled.
“Now the first thing to look at is is this a continuation of a trend that we’ve seen in football ownership with celebrity owners. Tom Brady being one of those with Birmingham City, JJ Watt another, Luka Modric of course now a co-owner of Swansea City.
“My hunch reading Gareth Bale’s quotes and seeing the way that he’s almost fronting this consortium is that it’ll be less a case of him being a minority shareholder and basically a name to go alongside the consortium,
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