Sol Bamba update with former Leeds United captain eyeing step to Cardiff City milestone against Whites

Bamba suffered a cruciate knee ligament injury in March 2019 and only returned to the Bluebirds side as an 85th-minute substitute in the 4-2 win at home to Birmingham City at the beginning of November.

The 35-year-old centre-back made another seven appearances before the Championship season was suspended due to the country's fight against coronavirus with Bamba making one start and two appearances from the bench in the league as well as four starts in FA Cup ties.

Cardiff's first game back will be against Bamba's former side Leeds who will visit the Cardiff City Stadium for a 12 noon kick-off on Sunday, June 21 for a game live on Sky Sports.

"Sol is fine," said Cardiff boss Neil Harris.

"He has done every session, we are really pleased.

"We appreciate he is not getting any younger in years.

"He is doing everything the players do, but you don't expect Sol Bamba to run with a player like Dion Sanderson, for example, who is 14 or 15 years younger.

"We have to be respectful of players who are at different levels and ages. But Sol has trained every session and has been great around the pitches as ever."

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