Tonight's Cardiff City news as club would be 'lucky' to land boss and manager rules himself out
Tonight's Cardiff City news as club would be 'lucky' to land boss and manager rules himself out
The Cardiff City stories making headlines on Saturday, May 31
Charlton Athletic manager Nathan Jones
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These are your Cardiff City headlines on Saturday, May 31.
Goodman: Cardiff would be 'lucky' to land Jones
Sky pundit Don Goodman believes Cardiff would be "lucky" to land Nathan Jones as their next manager.
The Bluebirds are still on the search for a new boss after Omer Riza was sacked with three games to go at the end of last season. Aaron Ramsey filled in for the run-in but he could not prevent the club from falling into League One.
The Wales midfielder is among a number of names being considered by owner Vincent Tan to take the reins full time in the Cardiff City Stadium dugout, with Jones also on the list of potential hires. Join the Cardiff City breaking news and top stories WhatsApp community
Welshman Jones, a Cardiff fan, has just taken Charlton back up to the Championship, and Goodman believes the Welsh club would be "lucky" to get him in the door, such are the current circumstances.
"I think Nathan Jones is a very, very ambitious, enthusiastic coach who has just worked unbelievably hard to get Charlton Athletic back into the Championship," Goodman told Football League World.
"Would he leave that scenario for Cardiff City, being a Cardiff City fan? You would think if he was not a Cardiff City fan it would not even be a question, really.
"He has got to look at the ownership and how that club is being run. There is a lack of stability. It is a very, very difficult question, but I think Cardiff City would be lucky to get Nathan Jones.
"I am not sure that he would view this Cardiff City, currently, as a project he could commit to, knowing that he would get the support and the time to get it back to where it needs to be." Sign up to our daily Cardiff City newsletter here.
Selles rules himself out
Meanwhile, the BBC report former Hull City boss Ruben Selles has ruled himself out of the running for the job.
Selles was linked with the Cardiff hotseat before Erol Bulut's appointment and came back into the bookmakers' reckoning after he left the Tigers earlier this month.
However, it's understood he wanted to stay in the second tier and the BBC have now added to that train of thought by reporting the Spanish manager has taken himself out of contention.
The likes of Ian Evatt, Rob Edwards, Brian Barry-Murphy and Des Buckingham remain in the Cardiff conversation.
Cardiff candidates in Plymouth running
With Plymouth Argyle also on the hunt for a new boss, following Miron Muslic's departure for Schalke, a number of candidates linked with Cardiff are similarly on the Pilgrims' wanted list.
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The favourite for the Home Park gig is currently David Wagner, but Evatt, Barry-Murphy, Edwards and Selles are all high up in the bookies' reckoning.
With Hull also looking for a manager right now, competition among clubs for new bosses is stern.
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