Surprise new name 'placed on shortlist' for vacant Cardiff City manager job

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05-05-2025

Surprise new name 'placed on shortlist' for vacant Cardiff City manager job
The Bluebirds are on the lookout for a new manager following the sacking of Omer Riza
Salford City director of football Ryan Giggs chats with Salford City manager Karl Robinson
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Salford City's Karl Robinson has been linked with the manager's role at Cardiff City.
The Bluebirds are on the lookout for their next manager following the sacking of Omer Riza last month, with midfielder Aaron Ramsey having taken the last three games as interim boss, during which time the club's relegation to League One was confirmed.
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Vincent Tan issued a statement to supporters last week to reassure them that the search for the next manager was already under way, however the statement did not imply that any other appointments, such as a director of football, were particularly imminent.
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Ramsey himself said that it would be beneficial for the club to act quickly in getting in a new manager and to ensure the right backroom staff were also appointed. Join the Cardiff City breaking news and top stories WhatsApp community.
And Football Insider claim that veteran boss Karl Robinson, who has vast experience in the Football League, is under consideration for the manager's post at Cardiff City Stadium and has been shortlisted among a number of applicants.
Robinson, 44, has enjoyed lengthy stints at all of his previous clubs. He took charge of MK Dons six years and achieved promotion out of League One in 2015, but suffered relegation the following year.
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He took over from Russell Slade at Charlton in 2016 and spent two years there before being appointed at Oxford United. During his five-year spell with the U's, he lost a play-off final against Wycombe Wanderers and was also defeated by Blackpool in a play-off semi-final. He was sacked in February 2023.
Following a brief stint as Sam Allardyce's assistant at Leeds United, Robinson took the manager's job at League Two Salford City, whom he steered to safety after taking over while they were rock-bottom of the Football League.
Robinson, a former striker who played for Welsh clubs Caernarfon and Rhyl during his playing career, has almost 800 games as a manager under his belt.
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Interim boss Ramsey, whose own future is as yet undecided with his playing contract up this summer, has urged the club to make the next appointment quickly in order to provide everyone with clarity.
"Over the next few weeks, after the season finishes, it's important to get somebody in with the right staff around them, that's the first thing and then you can go from there and add layers to that," Ramsey said.
"Fans need clarity. Players need clarity and then you can build from there really.
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"We need everybody to get right behind this club now and for us all to pull in the same direction for us to get out of this and you need somebody who's going to grab the club and galvanise that.
"What's important now is that the manager, and the staff that he brings in, create an identity that the fans can buy into again and can get right behind. That's the first step and putting that in place, the rest can follow.
"It needs to be done relatively quickly really so there's clarity. Players coming and going need to understand the situation because the longer you leave it, you're eating into your pre-season time and your time working together as a team and that has a knock-on effect into the season as well." Sign up to our daily Cardiff City newsletter here.