Cardiff City announce pre-season Euro camp as manager decision update emerges
Cardiff City announce pre-season Euro camp as manager decision update emerges
Cardiff City head to the continent later this summer but with no manager yet in place
Cardiff City interim manager Aaron Ramsey
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Cardiff City have confirmed their summer pre-season training camp plans despite the fact a new manager is now not expected to be appointed until next week.
After suffering relegation to League One last season, the Bluebirds are facing a new era and at present do so without a boss at the helm. Their manager search has been frustratingly protracted, and although the end appears to be in sight with Aaron Ramsey emerging as clear favourite with the bookmakers, there has yet to be white smoke from Cardiff City Stadium. Sign up to our daily Cardiff City newsletter here.
Nevertheless, plans have now been confirmed for a warm-weather training camp, located in Murcia, Spain, in an effort to prepare for the upcoming campaign in the third tier.
The camp will end with a friendly fixture at the Pinatar Arena on Saturday, July 12. However, the opponents for this game have yet to be confirmed.
The club will also be playing additional pre-season fixtures this summer before the commencement of the 2025/25 season, with times, dates and opposition unconfirmed at this stage.
Nathan Jones, manager of Charlton Athletic
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The news comes as it is understood a decision on Cardiff's next manager is not expected until next week now.
With Nathan Jones now firmly out of the running, it appears increasingly likely that Ramsey will be tasked with taking the Cardiff reins full time, as bookies now make the Wales legend heavy favourite for the job.
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During his interim period in charge, following the sacking of Omer Riza, the 34-year-old had to watch his side relegated to League One, the first time Cardiff have been in the third division of English football since the 2002/03 season.
Welshman Jones, who was also heavily linked with the post at his boyhood club, signed a new long-term deal with Charlton on Friday to end all speculation.
Jones said in a statement: "I'm very proud and delighted.
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"I still had three years left but for the club to come to me and want to continue that journey meant a lot to me because it's a club that I love.
"We've just taken one big step, but that's only one big step, we still have a long way to go to achieve our goals and I'm glad that I'll continue to work towards that."
Other names who have been mentioned in connection with the Bluebirds post include Brian Barry-Murphy, Des Buckingham and Ian Evatt.
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