Cardiff City manager Malky Mackay is on thin ice at the Welsh club. Relations between Mackay and owner Vincent Tan are seemingly irreparable, after the 41-year-old insinuated he was looking to sign as many as three new players in the upcoming January transfer window. Tan was said to be extremely upset by those comments, while chief executive Simon Lim said last week that not a single penny will be made available for signings in the New Year, with the Cardiff hierarchy publicly refusing to back the manager. That was swiftly followed by Tan handing Mackay a deadly ultimatum - resign or be sacked - and though that has since been lifted, it is still ill treatment of a man who, earlier this summer, led the Welsh outfit into the Premier League for the first time in their history. Mackay has been granted a stay of execution at Cardiff City Stadium after admirably refusing to walk out on the club, but you get the feeling his departure is only a question of 'when'. And, when said time comes, so too will the time to look for a successor for the Scotsman, with several names already in the frame to take over. Here, we take a look at 5 Replacements For Malky Mackay.
Joseph is an accredited football journalist and has interviewed nearly all of the current 20 Barclay's Premier League managers. He is also a correspondent for Bleacher Report and has written for Caught Offside and Give Me Football.
