Cardiff Set to Sign Jack Moylan After Title Race Heartbreak
Cardiff City are set to prise Jack Moylan away from Championship rivals Lincoln City – just months after the midfielder helped deny the Bluebirds the League One title.
At 24, Moylan arrives as more than a prospect. He was the heartbeat of Lincoln’s promotion push, driving them past Cardiff to top spot with 11 goals and six assists in a standout campaign. When the Imps needed a moment, he often supplied it.
That surge of form did not go unnoticed beyond club level. It earned him a first call-up to the Republic of Ireland national team, where he announced himself with a ruthless hat-trick on debut in a 5-0 win over Grenada. One cap, three goals, and a clear message: he can carry his club form onto a bigger stage.
Now he is poised to link up with a familiar accent in the dugout. Cardiff boss Brian Barry-Murphy, a fellow Irishman, will be tasked with folding Moylan’s creativity and goal threat into a squad already reshaped this summer.
Moylan is on course to become Cardiff’s second signing of the window after goalkeeper Nathan Trott arrived in May. Trott shored up the last line of defence; Moylan is being brought in to sharpen everything in front of it.
Cardiff’s preparations have already produced a statement result. A 4-1 win over Italian giants Roma turned heads and injected belief into Barry-Murphy’s dressing room. The challenge now is to carry that edge into competitive action.
Upcoming Fixtures
- Swindon Town visit Cardiff City Stadium in the first round of the EFL Cup on Saturday, 8 August (15:00 BST), a fixture that should offer an early glimpse of how the new pieces fit together.
- Then comes the one the supporters have ringed in red: a league opener against Welsh rivals Wrexham under the lights on Monday, 17 August (20:00 BST). If Moylan’s move is completed in time, the player who powered Lincoln past Cardiff in the promotion race could make his first Championship steps in a derby cauldron.
From tormentor to potential talisman. Cardiff are betting that the man who hurt them last season can help define the next one.
