Town target Michael Chopra says he is “well hacked off” with the situation at Cardiff City and could quit the crisis club. The Blues are understood to have been chasing the former Sunderland frontman all summer.

Cardiff’s finances appear to have improved little despite a takeover by a Malaysian consortium at the end of last season. They are still to entirely pay an outstanding PAYE tax debt and are subject to a transfer embargo having failed to pay £500,000 due to Charlton for defender Mark Hudson.

Yesterday, SPL side Motherwell revealed that a second payment of £100,000 for right-back Paul Quinn has also not been paid. Cardiff have renegotiated when they will pay Sunderland £1.5 million owed on last summer's £3 million Chopra deal, while the club has requested that players defer their bonuses and appearance fees during the ongoing crisis.

To make matters worse, manager Dave Jones has been linked with the Fulham job, although Cardiff have denied that an approach has been made.

Chopra says he is becoming increasingly fed up with what appears to be a worsening situation: “I’m well hacked off. If this club does not bring in new players, I’m off.

“I’ve had a enough of this. Nothing is moving with just a couple of weeks to go before the new season.

“I can see that we will struggle this season if people at board level don’t get real and sort this matter out soon.”

The one-time Newcastle trainee says the Malaysian consortium had promised investment which would take the Bluebirds into the Premier League, but so far there is little sign that this will be forthcoming: “I was under the impression that the new board were coming in and spending money to take this club to the next level.

“But I don’t see that in any shape or form and it's very frustrating for me and the players who want to do well for this club next season.

“I’m happy playing for Cardiff, but I’ll be off if this continues. I’m ambitious and I want this club to meet those ambitions. If they can’t, what’s the point?"

Town boss Roy Keane is a long-time admirer of Chopra, who played for him at Sunderland, and the Blues are understood to have made a number of offers - reportedly of up to £4 million - to the Bluebirds for the 26-year-old over the course of the summer, but with a fee yet to be agreed.

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Smithy added 09:25 - Jul 23 “I've had a enough of this. Nothing is moving with just a couple of weeks to go before the new season. “I can see that we will struggle this season if people at board level don't get real and sort this matter out soon.” and things are very different here aren't they???
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Luke8644 added 09:27 - Jul 23 great bit of news here if true, but rather chav like language "well hacked off" sounds wrong but oh well, good news hopefully we can sign him now
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wellhungphil added 09:27 - Jul 23 So we settle the 1.5million with Sunderland and relieve Cardiff of the burden of his wages. Sounds fair!
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Nthsuffolkblue added 09:31 - Jul 23 Smitty, if you don't know the difference between a club which pays players and one in cardiff's mess perhaps you shouldn't be on this board! I don't think Cardiff will settle for just the £1.5 mill (although if it gets as far as administrators they might). However, £4 mill does seem excessive for a player who wasn't even their top scorer last season. Hopefully the finances mean we will get him at a sensible fee.

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keanosatractorboy added 09:31 - Jul 23 Sign him up keano u sorted out his personnel life sort out his football life with our club :)
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stinkiusminkius added 09:31 - Jul 23 So does this make Chopra ... (a) a driven ambitious player that wants the best for his abilities. Or (b) a greedy mercenary who wants to make sure he gets paid and jumps ship at the first sign of trouble. You decide!!!
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TrumptonBlue added 09:33 - Jul 23 Sounds just like kind of the pull-together-in-a-crisis team-player sort of guy we need.
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bluepeter added 09:41 - Jul 23 Told you so! Remember that I saud that the silence was proof of a deal.
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bluepeter added 09:45 - Jul 23 Luke, I think that was a newspaper pun CHOPra HACKED off?
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Luke8644 added 09:53 - Jul 23 it wasnt the pun, it was the "WELL hacked off", it would have still been a oun without it, so rather needless, chav like language
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dej2210 added 09:56 - Jul 23 Get him now keano.. He likes you....Would be a great partnership with Connor Wickham. Together they would be the top scorers in the championship, as last years stats have proved that we had most shots at goal last season.. Come on the town!!!!!
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corshamblue added 09:57 - Jul 23 Luke, we aim to sign him to score goals not write the match day reports. With 20 Goals a Season and a foil for CW he sounds just PURRRFICK to me. As a footnote, £4m is paying over the odds.
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salforduniblue added 09:59 - Jul 23 Come on Michael, coming to the warming embrace ...
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campowasgod added 10:00 - Jul 23 Very Strange : Chopra likes Keane Keane likes Chopra They have worked together before Keane has bought him before Cardiff are broke (they have not even paid for him yet !) We have offered decent money Sounds like a no brainer SO WHY NO DEAL ???
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corshamblue added 10:05 - Jul 23 Cardiff smell a payday!
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OnlyOneSirBobby added 10:09 - Jul 23 to be honest...i couldnt give a monkeys how he talks, if he scores goals thats all i want!! hes proven he can score in this league, and with him and wickham up top, i will feel a whole lot better about our chances!! and i think anyone who doesnt get paid or continues to have their bonuses (and i expect he probably earnt a few with his goals last season) postponed is going to get pretty cheesed off...i know i would!!

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svendust added 10:09 - Jul 23 His comments in full explain he was promised investment and perhaps that's why he decided against coming to town a few weeks ago but now perhaps he's changed his mind? http://www.walesonline.co.uk/footballnation/cardiff-city-fc/2010/07/23/i-ll-quit
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Jesney_Havoc added 10:09 - Jul 23 Another mercenary who wear a dog turd on his shirt so long as he's well-paid. Football is eating itself.
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dej2210 added 10:10 - Jul 23 campowasgod your so very right.. What going on.. I suspect we are willing to pay, but at the right price.
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Tractorog added 10:11 - Jul 23 Well said Corshamblue There is only one question ... if he comes, will he score the goals we need? I don't care if he is the pull together sort of person in a crisis because strikers generally aren't. I want a "I want to score and I back myself every time, put me on the pitch and give me the f***ing ball" person. I don't care if he sounds like a chav - he plays for Cardiff the home of Gavin and Stacey for goodness sake! - just so long as his goals do the talking on the pitch. If I'd not been paid money i was owed by my employer - I'd complain a bit too... frankly if he did not I'd worry he did not have the temprament.

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RetroBlue added 10:15 - Jul 23 I note in that cardiff article , he says "he's happy to continue to play for Cardiff".....which begs the question , has any deal with Town been done then?
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dej2210 added 10:22 - Jul 23 also may aswell get whittingham aswell....this would surely seal the championship for us.. come on!!!!
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RetroBlue added 10:24 - Jul 23 I think Forest have already tabled a bid !
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robdaful added 10:28 - Jul 23 Would be a brilliant signing please come to us Chopra! Good call dej2210, Whittingham would be good too. RetroBlue - they haven't have they? :(
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SeriouslyDelusional added 10:36 - Jul 23 Come on Cleggy, sign him up!
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