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Ole Gunnar Solskjaer will complete his first two signings as Cardiff city manager today.

Midfield players Magnus Wolff Eikrem and Mats Moller Daehli will become the new manager’s first captures of the January transfer window, with their respective clubs, Heerenveen in Holland and Solskjaer’s former club Molde, confirming deals were close to completion last night.

Senegalese international striker Mama Biram Diouf, who is with German club Hannover, and Molde goalkeeper Oliver Nyland could also be on their way to Cardiff.

City are also being linked with moves for Blackpool’s Tom Ince, Crystal Palace player Jonathan Williams and Manchester United’s Wilfried Zaha, who could be available on loan.

Solskjaer is also keen on Diouf and Nyland, while any interest in Ince, Williams and Zaha may take longer to develop.

It is expected that Solskjaer and City chairman Mehmet Dalman will be together at Cardiff City today to announce Eikrem and Daehli as the first new players under the new management.

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Norwegian international Eikrem, 23, watched Cardiff’s 2-1 FA Cup win at Newcastle and Heerenveen manager Marco Van Basten has confirmed a deal has been agreed for a transfer thought to be at around £2m.

Solskjaer knows Eikrem well, having managed him at Molde before a move to Dutch club Heerenveen.

The Bluebirds boss has also succeeded in his pursuit of Daehli, an 18-year-old former Manchester United academy star.

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Both Eikrem and Daehli have been in South Wales for a couple of days, staying at the Vale of Glamorgan Resort Hotel, and had their medicals yesterday.

They played under Solskjaer for Manchester United reserves and are expected to be unveiled at a Cardiff City press conference today.

A deal for Diouf, who is back in training with Hannover after missing a number of sessions, is not yet imminent, but Cardiff won’t waste time making their move with Stoke City among other clubs keen.

The 26-year-old joined Molde in 2007 and in his first season they won the Norwegian First Division, earning promotion to the Norwegian Premier League.

He was signed by Manchester United in 2009, but was allowed to stay with Molde on loan until January 2010 when he made the move to Old Trafford.

Diouf scored on his home debut for United and was an unused substitute for the League Cup final victory against Aston Villa. He moved on to join Hannover a year ago and has scored five goals in 12 appearances this season.

He also played 26 times for Blackburn in the 2010/11 season on loan, scoring three Premier League goals.

Diouf is out of contract with Hannover at the end of this season and has apparently refused Hanover attempts to discuss a new deal,

He was back training with his club yesterday, but up to that stage had not completed a full training session under new coach Tayfun Korkut.

Dirk Dufner, Hannover’s general manager, said: “This is not anything we have agreed with him.”

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A third player who was at Norwegian club Molde with Solskjaer could also be on his way to Cardiff. He few out from Oslo Gardermoen airport yesterday, although there was no official news of his destination.

David Marshall is currently Cardiff’s number one keeper, while Joe Lewis and Simon Moore are also in the first team squad.

While Solsjkaer lines up new signings he believes will make a Premier League impact with the Bluebirds there will inevitably be players going out and changes to the coaching staff.

Nicky Maynard, who was left out of the matchday 18-man squad at Newcastle, looks set to go out on loan and there are likely to be other departures.

A number of players, including Joe Mason, Joe Ralls, Craig Conway and Kadeem Harris are back in training with Cardiff after loan spells, and City’s coaching staff will make decisions on their players during the current transfer window.

Solskjaer, who has been in the job less than a week, has already added assistant manager Mark Dempsey and goalkeeping coach Richard Hartis to his staff, while David Kerslake, who was caretaker manager for matches against Sunderland and Arsenal, Joe McBride and Jim Holman have left the Bluebirds.

Both Dempsey, a former Manchester United player who celebrates his 50th birthday this month, and Hartis, who is a direct replacement for Holman to work with the goalkeepers, have followed Solskjaer from Molde to South Wales.

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