Gary Madine in emphatic Cardiff City transfer claim as fight details emerge

Madine reveals he never wanted the £6m Cardiff move in 2018 and would have stayed at Bolton; he also made his charity boxing debut this week.

Former Cardiff City striker Gary Madine has admitted he never wanted to join the Bluebirds in January 2018, despite the club paying £6 million to sign him from Bolton Wanderers. Speaking to The Bolton News ahead of his charity boxing debut, the 36-year-old said he had asked former Bolton manager Phil Parkinson for a new contract or pay rise to stay, but the club's financial troubles forced them to accept Cardiff's offer. Madine scored just one goal in 28 appearances for Cardiff and is now regarded as one of the club's costliest transfer mistakes.