Cardiff City are preparing to launch a £9 million bid for Leeds United and Scotland forward Ross McCormack according to the Daily Mirror.

The recently relegated Premier League side are preparing to launch the £9 million bid just four years after selling him to Leeds for a measly sum of £350,000.

Ross McCormack is subject to renewed interest from Cardiff

Bluebirds boss Ole Gunnar Solksjaer is hoping to add the former Rangers player to his squad in a bid for automatic promotion back into the Premier League.

He did have a £4 million bid for the Scotland international rejected in January but it now seems they have the funds to offer more.

McCormack, finished this past season as the Championship's top goalscorer having scored 28 goals in 46 league appearances and has been subject to interest from an array of English clubs including Newcastle United, Fulham and Derby County.

Solksjaer has already signed five players, three of which are strikers. It is thought his side are now in pole position to sign him as fellow Championship side Fulham prepare to bid a £7 million offer.