Here are your Cardiff City headlines for Thursday, January 16.

Riza quizzed on Collins and Kanga

Omer Riza did not rule out the notion of Jamilu Collins and Wilfried Kanga leaving the club this month.

Collins has not featured for the Bluebirds since November 30, the 2-2 draw away at Coventry, while he has played just once for Riza since his first game in charge away at Hull City.

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Given the 30-year-old left-back is a senior figure within the squad, it is reasonable to presume he might leave this month and when asked about that possibility, Riza said: "Potentially, he could be going out to another club.

"It all depends on whether he can find a club or whether we can find a club for him. With players going out, there's potential that's happening soon."

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However, it looks likely that Kanga will be out the exit door sooner rather then later. With Cardiff closing in on the signing of striker Yousef Salech from Swedish club Sirius, the Bluebirds were keen to release Kanga back to his parent club, Hertha BSC.

And reports in Croatia today claimed Dinamo Zagreb were closing in on completing a permanent transfer for the Ivorian striker.

According to 24sata, Zagreb are going to fork out £2.5m for the forward to take him on a three-year deal from Hertha.

"At the minute, with transfers, players are coming in and going out," Riza said when asked about Kanga. "There are things happening - I can't talk about individuals because nothing is guaranteed, but it's looking like there could be movement."

Tsunoda: It's been tough, mentally

Ryotaro Tsunoda has admitted the eight-month injury lay-off he had to endure took its toll on him, mentally, but expressed his relief at being able to take to the field once again.

The centre-back was loaned out to KV Kortrijk from Cardiff for the second January in a row earlier this month and was thrown straight in at the deep end, playing 90 minutes in the club's defeat by Standard Liege last weekend.

“It felt great to be back on the pitch,” he told Belgian outlet HLN. “I surprised myself, because I didn’t expect to reach such a good level straight away. I had a really hard time mentally, but all the effort was worth it.”

The 25-year-old is yet to play for Cardiff despite having been contracted to the club for more than a year, with the first half of this season seeing him undergo rehabilitation from a hamstring injury he suffered last April, which required surgery.

“That is indeed a bit bizarre, but of course my injury threw a spanner in the works," he said about not having yet played for Cardiff.

"I decided to return to Kortrijk, because I probably wouldn’t have played many minutes in Wales. Here I did have a chance of a starting place. Fortunately I still know a lot of the guys from last year. I was once again received wonderfully in the group.”

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Riza's warning to players

Riza has warned players not to let the occasion get the better of them in the South Wales derby, hammering home the importance of having 11 players on the pitch.

The Bluebirds have fallen foul of ill-discipline in recent years, with club captain Joe Ralls and this year's top scorer, Callum Robinson, having been given their marching orders in the fixture.

Speaking ahead of the clash, Riza said: “The squad is in a good place. There is a good togetherness, there’s a good work ethic and intensity level. We’ve been performing well. We’ll be taking that into this game and hopefully we’ll be even better than we have been.

“Something that I’ve mentioned to the boys is that we want everyone on the pitch. One less player is one more problem. We’re aware of that and we’ll be sensible. We’ll be approaching the game to win, to make it difficult for the opposition and that’s what we’ll be looking to do on Saturday."