Cardiff Targets Jack Moylan After Breakout Season at Lincoln

Cardiff City are set to prise Jack Moylan away from Championship rivals Lincoln City, moving for one of last season’s standout performers in the lower leagues.

The 24-year-old attacking midfielder drove the Imps’ charge out of League One, finishing the campaign with 11 goals and six assists as Lincoln edged Cardiff to the title. He didn’t just decorate games. He decided them.

That surge of form propelled Moylan onto the international stage. The Dubliner earned a first call-up to the Republic of Ireland squad and announced himself in emphatic fashion, hitting a hat-trick on debut in a 5-0 win over Grenada. One game, three goals, and suddenly his name was circulating far beyond Sincil Bank.

Now he is set to work under a familiar accent. Moylan will link up with Cardiff boss Brian Barry-Murphy, a fellow Irishman tasked with reshaping the Bluebirds after they fell short in the promotion race that Lincoln ultimately won.

For Cardiff, this is a targeted move. Moylan would become their second signing of the summer after the arrival of goalkeeper Nathan Trott in May, adding creativity and end product to a squad that has already shown hints of a new edge.

That edge was on full display in their most recent outing, a 4-1 dismantling of Italian giants Roma. It was only a pre-season fixture, but the scoreline turned heads and injected real optimism around Cardiff City Stadium.

Upcoming Matches

Next comes competitive action. Cardiff host Swindon Town in the first round of the EFL Cup on Saturday, 8 August (15:00 BST), a chance for Barry-Murphy to bed in his ideas – and, potentially, his new midfielder – in a knockout setting.

Then the stakes rise again. The league campaign opens with a Welsh showdown against Wrexham under the lights at Cardiff City Stadium on Monday, 17 August (20:00 BST).

If Moylan arrives in time, a player who helped deny Cardiff a title last season could find himself central to their attempt to claim something bigger this time around.