Cardiff City can 'kick on' regardless of signings - goalkeeper Alnwick
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Jak Alnwick signed a contract extension in September that will keep him at Cardiff until 2025
Goalkeeper Jak Alnwick says Cardiff City can challenge for the Championship play-offs regardless of new signings during the January transfer window.
Erol Bulut's side began 2024 with a 2-1 win away to Queens Park Rangers.
They currently sit ninth in the Championship, three points beneath the top six positions.
Club owner Vincent Tan has hinted there will be money made available to strengthen the squad but warned they "can't pay silly money".
"I think we can kick on regardless of signings," said Alnwick.
"I think with the squad that we've got, we have shown that we can go away to the biggest teams in the league.
"We went to Leeds earlier this season and got a draw. We went to Leicester and got beat in the last minute but we've shown we can compete.
"Sometimes a couple of new faces are always nice, but obviously that's down to the club, not to me, but we are in a good place.
"And as you can see, you put a little run together and you can be right up there so it's down to us to keep on going.
"We had put some good foundations in last year. We said this year we really want to kick on. It's the halfway point of the season.
"We knew it was going to be tough [against QPR], but winning games like that sometimes goes a long way - rather than passing teams off the park and winning three or four nil - it was scrappy, but we got there."
After starting the season as the first choice goalkeeper, Alnwick lost his place to on loan Arsenal keeper Runar Alex Runnarsson.
But with the Icelandic international out injured, Alnwick has returned to the first team and produced an impressive save from Sinclair Armstrong's late effort in the game at Loftus Road to help Cardiff hold on for the win.
"That's what I'm there to do. I've said all along, when I signed my contract, if I can make big saves at peak times, that's what I want to do," added Alnwick.
"It was scrappy, it was flicked on and I got blocked on the line and then I just clawed it out.
"I don't want to have to do it, hopefully we can win games two or three nil, but if I have to make a big save now and again I'll do that.
"I played a lot and then came out the team and now I'm back in. It's back to business as usual. Nothing changes, I play my game and play the team's game and it is a team game at the end of the day.
"We are going to have to rotate squad players, different players are going to be injured and suspended. I knew I'd be coming back in at some point, so it's about being ready again."
