Cardiff City: Bluebirds become Dragons

Cardiff City manager Malky Mackay has today decided to quit the job and football altogether so that he can pursue a better family life. Mackay guided Cardiff to promotion from the the Sky Bet Championship last season as they were crowned champions of the second tier.



Mackay said that he 'deeply regrets being forced into making this decision, but with two kids and my wife at home, I have to set my priorities straight. I would like to thank everyone at the club for my brilliant 2 years here. Most of all, I think that the fans were brilliant while I was here and I really can say that they are the main reason I have enjoyed the club so much over the past.'

Cardiff will now have to be on the lookout for a new manager, and former manager Dave Jones, who guided Cardiff to two successive play-off appearances, looks to be odds-on favourite to return. Other names thrown into the hat at the moment are Phil Neville, who has just started a coaching role at Manchester United, and Neil Warnock, who left Leeds earlier this year.

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Cardiff City are set to announce the return of manager Dave Jones to the club. Jones is currently unemployed after a disappointing stint at Sheffield Wednesday.

The news came after Malky Mackay quit football on Tuesday in order to be more involved with his family. Jones had previously spent six years at Cardiff. In that time he guided Cardiff to their first FA Cup final since 1927, losing to Portsmouth. He also guided Cardiff to a play-off final in 2010, and the play-off semi-finals in 2011, where they lost to Blackpool and Reading respectively.



Jones spoke to the media outside his home last night: "Nothing is certain yet, but I think that we have come to an agreement over the numbers. Hopefully, I can be speaking to you tomorrow as manager." It remains to be seen what sort of style that Jones will try to imply, but he may be forced to play a more direct, fast style of football as Cardiff are the new boys to the Premier League.