Skip to content

Transfer news: Rotherham striker Alex Revell to travel to Cardiff for talks after deal is agreed

Alex Revell of Rotherham battles with Fulham's Lasse Christensen
Image: Alex Revell: Set to join Cardiff

Rotherham have accepted a bid from Cardiff for striker Alex Revell.

The Bluebirds lodged the offer earlier this week, with the 31-year-old expected to head to south Wales for a medical and to discuss personal terms on Thursday.

Revell has been a figurehead of the Millers' recent rise from League Two to the Championship, where he has scored four goals this term.

Bluebirds boss Russell Slade is keen to bolster his attacking options and knows Revell well, having managed him at Brighton and Leyton Orient, while also being on the Wembley touchline as the Millers man scored two goals in last season's League One play-off final against his O's side.

Revell, who joined the Millers in 2011, has been a favourite of manager Steve Evans but, despite his success for the club, has come under fire from a section of fans unhappy at his lack of goals.

The striker, who has scored 34 times in 170 appearances, is out of contract in the summer and it is believed talks over a new deal had gone quiet.

He missed Saturday's harrowing 5-1 FA Cup defeat to Bournemouth, attributed to a chest infection, and it was the first time in 121 games he has not been included in the matchday squad, going back to October 2012.

Around Sky