Cardiff City: Brian Barry-Murphy optimistic over transfers

Brian Barry-Murphy is optimistic Cardiff City will make further additions to their squad before Tuesday's transfer deadline.

Krystian Bielik impressed in the Cardiff defence after being thrust straight into the starting side for Saturday's 2-2 draw with Sheffield United.

Poland international Bielik became only the Bluebirds' fourth summer recruit in midweek, but Barry-Murphy expects more business in the final stages of the window.

"I feel confident [more deals will happen]. We have time yet.

"We've been pretty consistent, we want to improve the squad. The players that we've brought in we feel have done that, but there's more to come."

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Bielik, who arrived from West Bromwich Albion, followed Lincoln midfielder Jack Moylan in joining Cardiff.

The Welsh club have also signed goalkeeper Nathan Trott on a permanent deal after his loan spell last season and re-signed Calum Scanlon on loan.

Bielik, a centre-back who can also operate in midfield, produced a promising performance in an entertaining game against the Blades.

The 28-year-old limped off in the closing stages but Cardiff are confident he was suffering with cramp rather than an injury.

"I thought he did a great debut, really good," Barry-Murphy said.

"He has not played a lot so he was probably feeling the pace of the game I think throughout the first half, but in the second half I thought he showed his real quality and calmness and composure.

"I was slightly concerned when I saw him go down but I think it's just pretty bad cramps, so hopefully he'll be OK."

Cardiff went ahead inside 80 seconds against United through Jack Moylan only to trail after seven minutes following a Tom Cannon penalty and Callum O'Hanlon's neat finish.

But they were level before half-time thanks to Cian Ashford and were unfortunate not to find a winner in the second half.

"We knew the strengths of Sheffield United and we knew what we had to do to try to be effective in the game," Barry-Murphy said.

"When you lose two quick goals it's easy to go away from that game-plan, but the players showed a lot of courage and a really strong mentality to still play really brave football, really committed football and created good chances

"We created chances in the second half to win the game but we just didn't take them."