Cardiff City have completed a £2.5m deal for West Brom winger Peter Odemwingie, WalesOnline understands.
Odemwingie was in Cardiff yesterday undergoing a medical and has now put pen to paper on a three-year contract.Cardiff beat Swansea City and Stoke City to the 32-year-old's signature, with Michael Laudrup instead opting to bring in Alvaro Vazquez on loan from Getafe.
Cardiff's latest signing can play up front or out wide and boasts a superb record of one goal in every three matches for West Brom.
Cardiff are yet to officially confirm the deal but the player yesterday night said: "It's a fresh start, a whole new beginning,"
"I've joined a club with a strong determination to achieve their goals.
"I'd like to thank the West Brom fans and staff for everything. I'll definitely take with me the positives and great memories.
"Cardiff City showed great intent to bring me here. I have to thank the manager and everyone involved in making this transfer happen.
"There are talented and dedicated players in the team, everyone is moving in the right direction and I also want to make a strong contribution as well."
Odemwingie hit the headlines in January after famously driving to QPR's Loftus Road ground on deadline day to close the deal.
That move fell apart as West Brom refused to accept the bid and Odemwingie was subsequently fined £75,000. He has pretty much been out in the cold at The Hawthorns since then.
The Nigerian becomes Mackay's eighth summer signing following the captures of Gary Medel, Steven Caulker, Andrea Cornelius, John Brayford, Simon Moore, Kevin Theophile-Catherine and Uruguay youngster Maximiliano Amondarain.
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