Malky Mackay's job at Cardiff City safe for 'foreseeable future' after Vincent Tan U-turn
Malky Mackay's job at Cardiff City safe for 'foreseeable future' after Vincent Tan U-turn
Move comes after Mackay paid tribute to the Bluebirds' fans,
saying: "just keep supporting your team because you’re a fantastic
group of people."
Tribute: Mackay thanked the fans for their support against Liverpool
Action Images
Vincent Tan has performed a stunning U-turn and told Malky Mackay to stay as Cardiff manager. The Bluebirds’ maverick chairman threatened Mackay with a “resign or be sacked” ultimatum last week.
But, after the 3-1 defeat at Liverpool
on Saturday, where Tan faced a major backlash from the Welsh club’s
supporters, the Malaysian billionaire has reversed his threat in
a remarkable climbdown.
Cardiff’s fans turned on the owner at
Anfield, chanting for Mackay – who insisted he would not resign – to
stay while calling for Tan’s head and they will feel they have been
victorious in the short-term.
The
key to the U-turn came when club chairman Mehmet Dalman, who cancelled a
Christmas holiday to France, acted as a peacemaker.
And
with further talks planned, his persuasive powers appears to have kept Mackay at the Cardiff City Stadium
for the foreseeable future. When asked if the sack threat had been
lifted, Dalman replied: “For the time being, yes it is. The crisis for
the time being is over.
“As things stand Malky is in charge for the foreseeable future and will be until something else happens.
“I
don’t
want to go game by game on this, with people asking if Malky will
be in charge. The emphasis as of today is for us to create space and
dialogue. I have spoken to Vincent Tan and he has agreed I can go into
bat to try to bring a solution to this situation.
“The important thing is we try to find a way through this predicament. There is goodwill on Vincent’s side.
“We need to have further dialogue to see if we can get through this together for the good of the club.”
Mackay
paid
tribute to the Cardiff fans when he said after the Liverpool game:
“Those Bluebirds that were there today, just keep supporting your team
because you’re a fantastic group of people. And the classy way you have
shown how a group of supporters behave home and away in the Premier
League is great credit to the people of South Wales.”
View gallery
PA
"
"
"
"
"
"
"
"
"
"
Liverpool vs Cardiff City
View gallery
And
Mackay also said he had a job to finish. “I am passionate about my work
and have strong determination about what I do in football, about the people I work with and what we have built here.
“The
club
has been on an upward trend for that time as the fans, staff and team
have been pushing in one direction. That’s something I don’t want to see
changed. Make it crystal clear, there is absolutely no way I’ll be
resigning.”
This is the second time Dalman has tried to fix Tan
and Scotsman Mackay’s relationship this season, after head of
recruitment Iain Moody’s sacking
in October.
Cardiff had been linked with approaches for Ole Gunnar Solskjaer and Sven Goran Eriksson among others, claims Dalman rejected.
View gallery
"
"
"
"
"
"
"
"
"
"
No comments:
Post a Comment