The striker has been tipped for a possible departure this summer
Yousef Salech insists he’s happy at Cardiff City, despite speculation around his future in the capital.
The Dane emerged as one of only a handful of positives during an otherwise disastrous relegation from the Championship last season, netting eight goals in 20 league outings.
Salech signed a four-and-a-half-year deal at the club after joining for around £4m in January, but with Cardiff sinking into the third tier, he’s been one of several players tipped as a possible target for a number of Championship clubs this summer. Sign up to our daily Cardiff City newsletter here.
However, he claims he’s fully focused on the upcoming League One campaign, which gets under way with the visit of Peterborough United to the Cardiff City Stadium on Saturday.
“I’m really happy at Cardiff,” he said. “It obviously wasn’t long ago I joined, and I’ve enjoyed every part of it so far. So I’m happy at Cardiff.
“I don’t speak to any clubs personally, but if the club does or an agent does, that’s their job. I’m just coming into training every day and trying to improve and do my best for the team.
“Obviously. As a striker you want to score goals and help the team win games. Especially now that we went down a division there. Obviously the goal for the whole club is to get back up and to do it the best way possible.”
The striker says he’s also been impressed by new boss Brian Barry-Murphy, whose methods he believes are already starting to bring out the best in the current group.
“I’ve enjoyed it a lot,” he continued.
“I think all the players have too. We’ve been training very specifically on what we want to improve and how we want to play the games.
“I see a big improvement in that throughout the pre-season, and every day in training.
“Hopefully we can bring that onto the pitch on Saturday. Join the Cardiff City breaking news and top stories WhatsApp community.
“He has a very clear structure and a way of seeing how football should be played, and it’s been about getting that under our skin.
“We know our basic positions and how to run for each other and at what moments, how to offer the best solution for each other on the pitch.
“We’re creating a lot of chances now in pre-season, and it feels like we are very dangerous as a team right now.”