CARDIFF CITY are in line for a cash windfall after Wigan sealed promotion to the Premiership.

The cash-strapped Bluebirds - more than £30m in the red - sold skipper Graham Kavanagh to the Latics last March and are now due an extra payment because of their promotion.

"We had a little clause in the deal (for more money) if he played a certain amount of games and they went up," said City boss Lennie Lawrence.

"Both of those have occurred, which is good for us and I'm pleased for Kav."

While Lawrence confirmed the amount involved is unlikely to be the difference between a player staying at the club or going, any extra money is welcome.

He faces the task of trimming his playing squad over the summer to reduce a wage bill that City can ill afford.

"Players' contracts go on until the end of June so nothing is likely to happen until then," Lawrence added. "It is difficult to predict the changes that will take place but the wage bill has to be reduced somehow.

"I cannot discount any offers that come in for my players, but no one will leave Cardiff City unless the deal is in the best interests of the club."