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| Malky Mackay has been sacked by Cardiff after months of public disagreements with club's owner Vincent Tan. | Malky Mackay has been sacked by Cardiff after months of public disagreements with club's owner Vincent Tan. |
| The news comes just five days after Mehmet Dalman, Cardiff's chairman, said that Mackay would be in charge for "the foreseeable future". Instead Mackay, who led the Welsh club into the top flight for the first time in 51 years, was this morning told that he had been relieved of his duties. Tan, Cardiff's owner, finally got his way. | The news comes just five days after Mehmet Dalman, Cardiff's chairman, said that Mackay would be in charge for "the foreseeable future". Instead Mackay, who led the Welsh club into the top flight for the first time in 51 years, was this morning told that he had been relieved of his duties. Tan, Cardiff's owner, finally got his way. |
| There was a sense of inevitability about the decision, which has been coming for months, ever since Iain Moody, the club's head of recruitment, was sacked in October. Mackay's position was undermined from that point on and his position became untenable when he was issued with an extraordinary email at the start of last week, ordering him to resign or face being sacked. Mackay was adamant that he would continue. | There was a sense of inevitability about the decision, which has been coming for months, ever since Iain Moody, the club's head of recruitment, was sacked in October. Mackay's position was undermined from that point on and his position became untenable when he was issued with an extraordinary email at the start of last week, ordering him to resign or face being sacked. Mackay was adamant that he would continue. |
| Although that ultimatum was withdrawn after the 3-1 defeat at Liverpool last Saturday, following talks between Dalman and Tan, the news that Mackay would continue in his post felt like no more than a stay of execution. That proved to be the case when Tan responded to the 3-0 home defeat against Southampton on Boxing Day by sacking Mackay less than 24 hours later. | Although that ultimatum was withdrawn after the 3-1 defeat at Liverpool last Saturday, following talks between Dalman and Tan, the news that Mackay would continue in his post felt like no more than a stay of execution. That proved to be the case when Tan responded to the 3-0 home defeat against Southampton on Boxing Day by sacking Mackay less than 24 hours later. |
| A brief statement on the club website said: "The Board of Directors at Cardiff City Football Club have today relieved Malky Mackay of his duties. A new first-team manager will be appointed and announced in due course." | A brief statement on the club website said: "The Board of Directors at Cardiff City Football Club have today relieved Malky Mackay of his duties. A new first-team manager will be appointed and announced in due course." |
| Tan later released a subsequent personal statement in which he criticised publicity around Mackay's future that he implied was generated by the manager. "There has been a good deal of publicity generated by, and about, Mr Malky Mackay for the last few months," a statment released to Sky Sports news read. "Indeed, far too much dirty linen has been exposed to the public gaze but, I stress, not by me. | |
| "Indeed, I have deliberately not responded to this, hoping that the club can be judged on its football rather than personalised arguments about who said what to whom. | |
| "I have, however, regretfully concluded that it is no longer fair to the club, its players, its fans and the public more generally for this uncomfortable state of affairs to continue. Cardiff City Football Club means far too much to us all for it to be distracted by this." | |
| Mackay had been appointed Cardiff's manager in the summer of 2011. He led the club to the League Cup final that season, where they lost to Liverpool on penalties, and reached the play-offs. In his second season in charge Cardiff won the Championship title. They are currently 16th in the Premier League, one point and two places above the relegation zone. | Mackay had been appointed Cardiff's manager in the summer of 2011. He led the club to the League Cup final that season, where they lost to Liverpool on penalties, and reached the play-offs. In his second season in charge Cardiff won the Championship title. They are currently 16th in the Premier League, one point and two places above the relegation zone. |
| On hearing of the sacking, Brendan Rodgers, the Liverpool manager who was manager of Watford when Mackay was first-team coach, defended his friend and former colleague. "It's a sad day for him but it's something that he probably felt was on the cards anyway. It's best for him that there is closure on that. He will go down as the man in history who has taken them into the Barclays Premier League ... and ... at this moment in time, the greatest manager in their history. He will recover and come back fighting." | On hearing of the sacking, Brendan Rodgers, the Liverpool manager who was manager of Watford when Mackay was first-team coach, defended his friend and former colleague. "It's a sad day for him but it's something that he probably felt was on the cards anyway. It's best for him that there is closure on that. He will go down as the man in history who has taken them into the Barclays Premier League ... and ... at this moment in time, the greatest manager in their history. He will recover and come back fighting." |
| On Thursday Mackay had insisted that he was doing a good job, in difficult circumstances. "Myself and my staff knew exactly how tough this was going to be this season, as did the players and the media," he said. "We are competing well, there are games we should have won, there are games we should have done better in. | On Thursday Mackay had insisted that he was doing a good job, in difficult circumstances. "Myself and my staff knew exactly how tough this was going to be this season, as did the players and the media," he said. "We are competing well, there are games we should have won, there are games we should have done better in. |
| "This is a season where I firmly believe we can stay in this league and build on it. There are plenty of good people at this football club, in terms of staff and players, all pulling in one direction and we believe we can do that." | "This is a season where I firmly believe we can stay in this league and build on it. There are plenty of good people at this football club, in terms of staff and players, all pulling in one direction and we believe we can do that." |
| Earlier the agent of Yilmaz Vural, the Turkish journeyman who has been linked with the Cardiff job, mischeviously tweeted that "explosive" events lie ahead. Muzzi Ozcan tweeted: "The story is coming to a End in Wales and a new story will be born ... The next 48 hours will be explosive !" | Earlier the agent of Yilmaz Vural, the Turkish journeyman who has been linked with the Cardiff job, mischeviously tweeted that "explosive" events lie ahead. Muzzi Ozcan tweeted: "The story is coming to a End in Wales and a new story will be born ... The next 48 hours will be explosive !" |
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