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Cardiff were resigned to losing Roger Johnson

Published 00:00 18/06/09 By By Football Spy

Cardiff have sold Roger Johnson to Birmingham in a £5million deal.

Blues boss Alex McLeish upped his offer after a £3.5m bid for the centreback, 26, was rejected.

And a Bluebirds insider admitted: "Johnson was always going to leave after the club failed to get into the Premier League last season. He is clearly good enough to step up."

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