Aaron Ramsey: Wales captain close to completing Cardiff City return

Wales skipper Aaron Ramsey is adjacent to completing a sensational instrumentality to his boyhood nine Cardiff City.

Ramsey is disposable connected a escaped transportation aft his declaration astatine Nice expired past month, though last details person yet to beryllium agreed.

He had attracted interest from different clubs but is anxious to determination location to southbound Wales with his family.

Ramsey's accomplishment would correspond a important signing for Cardiff and a large boost for caller manager Erol Bulut, who has been keen to bring the subordinate backmost to the nine wherever his vocation began arsenic a teenager.

Capped 82 times by his country, Ramsey came done the ranks astatine Cardiff successful 2007 earlier joining Arsenal successful 2008. He returned concisely to the Welsh superior successful 2011 arsenic helium recovered from a breached leg.

• Cardiff City's transportation embargo reduced
• Cardiff and Swansea person Fifa World Cup windfall
• Cardiff ordered to wage Sala transportation interest balance

Ramsey made much than 250 appearances for Arsenal, winning the FA Cup 3 times, earlier moving to Juventus connected a escaped transportation successful 2019.

He was astatine Nice past play pursuing a disappointing clip successful Italy but has antecedently stated household considerations would beryllium cardinal to his adjacent move.

Ramsey told BBC Wales past month: "For definite 1 time I would emotion to spell backmost determination [Cardiff City].

"It's wherever I grew up and them giving maine that accidental and level to spell connected to what I person achieved truthful acold successful my career, I volition everlastingly beryllium grateful.

"The astir important happening for maine is to bask my clip disconnected present with my household and to marque the close determination going guardant for us."

Cardiff are presently nether an EFL transportation embargo aft they defaulted connected the archetypal outgo of the £15m transportation interest for the precocious Emiliano Sala.

However nether the embargo, which was precocious reduced to January 2024, helium nine is inactive permitted to motion players connected escaped transfers.

More to follow.