Cardiff City have confirmed their coaching staff for the 2025-26 season.
Having named former Manchester City Elite Development Squad boss Brian Barry-Murphy as head coach last month, the Bluebirds have announced a further six appointments to the coaching team.
Lee Riley will operate at assistant head coach while Kevin Gibbins and Gavin Ward - the latter joining on an interim basis last year - are head of performance and goalkeeping coach respectively.
Rob Clarke is the club's new data analyst while Luke Foulkes is the lead first team analyst and Matt Jenkins is first team analyst.
It continues what has been a real period of change for the Cardiff City Stadium club following relegation from the Championship.
A glut of experienced stars including Aaron Ramsey, Joe Ralls, Dimitrios Goutas and Yakou Meite have left the Bluebirds - who are yet to make a signing in the summer transfer window.
But Ali Maxwell from the Not The Top 20 Pod believes there could be further departures from the Welsh capital as Cardiff continue to balance the books having dropped into the third tier.
"Dropping down from the Chmpionship to League One comes with around a £10m drop in revenues," said Maxwell.
"From a player point of view, it's hard to say exactly who could be sold.
"Not that many of Cardiff City's players did enough last season to have tonnes of interest from higher up the pyramid.
"Yousef Salech is an obvious one, and Alex Robertson as well, but I would imagine those are the two players that Cardiff as a club are most keen to keep hold of because of what damage they can do at League One level."
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Given the significant number of player exits already, Maxwell believes Cardiff could be in the market for a goalkeeper, while Luton Town's Mads Andersen could be a potential centre-back target.
Further up the pitch, Maxwell identified Bristol Rovers man Kamil Conteh as a possible midfield addition while Barnsley's Jon Russell is another who could fill the void left by Robertson should the former Man City starlet move on.
Goals were a major problem for Cardiff last term, with the Bluebirds netting just 48 times in 46 Championship fixtures.
Maxwell says Peterborough United's Malik Mothersille and Reading's Kelvin Ehibhatiomhan are among those the Bluebirds could look to recruit to bolster their hopes of securing an immediate return to the second tier.
And in what has already been a summer of change in the Welsh capital, Maxwell says an improvement in the club's recruitment is vital for future success.
"In terms of player sales, they've been really poor for a long time," added Maxwell.
"It just leads to money being wasted, poor squads being built consistently, and that's the cycle Cardiff have to stop."
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