Jack Moylan

Moylan built his reputation in Irish football before English clubs came calling, scoring freely enough to earn a move across the water and then kept scoring once he arrived, which is rarer than it sounds for a player adjusting to a new country. He operates just off the front line or drifts wide, always looking to get at a defence directly rather than waiting for an opening to appear on its own. That directness, more than any single technical trait, defines how he plays.

The fee Cardiff paid for him only raises the obvious question of whether goals scored at one level of English football repeat themselves at another. Plenty of attacking midfielders who thrive lower down struggle once defenders close space faster and recover quicker behind them. Whether Moylan's instinct for finding half a yard survives that jump is the story worth watching closely through his early months.