Cardiff City: Malky Mackay closes in on Sevilla's Gary Medel Cardiff City manager Malky Mackay says they are close to completing a deal to sign Sevilla midfielder Gary Medel. Reports from Spain suggest a bid of 13 million Euros (£11m) has been accepted by the Spanish club for the 51-times capped Chile international. Medel was at Cardiff's friendly against Athletic Bilbao on Saturday. Gary Medel was here as our guest today. I'd say we're at 95% there with him becoming a Cardiff City player," Mackay said. The 26-year-old is a tough tackler nicknamed "pitbull" who was sent-off three times in 31 appearances last season. Medel has seen the red card seven times in 90 appearances for Sevilla since joining from Boca Juniors in 2011. He has also earned plaudits for a series of impressive man-marking displays against Barcelona's Lionel Messi. Should Medel join Cardiff it would be the third time this summer manager Malky Mackay has broken the club's transfer record. Cardiff previously paid £7.5m for Denmark striker Andreas Cornelius and £8m for England defender Steven Caulker. However Mackay has missed out on a number of other targets during the summer. High-profile bids for Blackpool's Tom Ince and Toulouse midfielder Etienne Capoue both failed in-spite of their clubs agreeing fees from the Bluebirds.