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Towering defender with eye for goal

by
The LeaguePaper Team
29 August 2021

ADEN FLINT
PLAYER PROFILE
CARDIFF CITY CENTRE-BACK
By Chris Dunlavy

HIGH JUMP: Cardiff’s Aden Flint beats Barnsley’s Cauley Woodrow to a header
PICTURE: Alamy

WHEN Aden Flint returned to face Bristol City following a £7m move to Middlesbrough in 2017, Robins manager Lee Johnson was asked how he’d cope with the centre-back’s aerial power.
“Well, we might just have to put Jay Dasilva on Lloyd Kelly’s shoulders, put a big shirt over them and see what happens,” he quipped.
Johnson was only half joking. Most of the time, it really does...

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