Cardiff City star joins Bolton on loan after signing new deal

The Bluebirds forward will play the rest of the season in League One

Kion Etete has completed a loan move to Bolton Wanderers after signing a new two-year extension to his Cardiff City deal.

WalesOnline reported earlier this week that the Trotters were leading the race for his signature and following the appointment of Steven Schumacher as their new boss, have followed through on the transfer.

Following the announcement of Callum Robinson, Callum O'Dowda and Jak Alnwick all signing new deals, Etete becomes the fourth player today to commit his long-term future to the club - but will spend the second half of the campaign on loan in a bid for minutes and goals.

The Bluebirds are well stocked in the striker department right now, with Robinson on fire and new signing Yousef Salech having made a positive impression following his arrival from Swedish outfit Sirius. Sign up to our daily Cardiff City newsletter here.

With Isaak Davies soon to be returning from injury and Roko Simic having been recalled from KV Kortrijk, Omer Riza is keen to address the balance of his squad and as such has sought to loan out Etete, particularly in light of their battle to sign Tottenham striker Will Lankshear, too.

The towering forward has endured a stop-start time of it since arriving at Cardiff from Tottenham in 2022. Injuries, a lack of form and sparse game-time have all culminated in seeing him play just 63 times in all competitions over two-and-a-half years.

Etete has been out all season with a hamstring injury which he sustained during the pre-season trip to Austria. He has appeared on the bench once in the league, earlier this month against Watford, while he played 45 minutes in the FA Cup win over Sheffield United. He will hope to get those minutes up in the second half of the campaign.

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