Kortrijk's Alexandersson 'not in talks with Cardiff'

Freyr Alexandersson says he will enactment pinch Belgian nine KV Kortrijk contempt being linked pinch nan managerial vacancy astatine Cardiff City.

Alexandersson is 1 of respective names nether information arsenic nan Bluebirds hunt for a successor to Erol Bulut, who they sacked connected Sunday.

Reports successful nan Belgian media, external claimed Alexandersson had flown to nan Welsh superior for talks past week.

But Kortrijk, who for illustration Championship broadside Cardiff are owned by Vincent Tan, person powerfully denied those claims.

A nine connection read: "KVK and coach Freyr Alexandersson were stunned coming to study of nan erroneous reporting successful various media. Alexandersson was not successful Wales past week and remains coach of KV Kortrijk."

Alexandersson added: "I americium not successful talks pinch Cardiff and a departure is not connected nan agenda. Together pinch our fans, players and unit we are moving difficult connected nan early of KVK."

Cardiff, who sacked Bulut pinch nan nine bottommost of nan Championship table, person named Omer Riza arsenic interim head arsenic they compile a shortlist of imaginable replacements.

Alexandersson is among those names having impressed since taking complete astatine Kortrijk.

Cardiff’s main executive Ken Choo, who is said to beryllium starring nan hunt for a caller manager, is managing head astatine nan Belgium Pro-League side.

The Icelandic coach won praise for redeeming Kortrijk from relegation from nan Pro-League aft nan nine had taken conscionable 10 points from 20 games anterior to his assignment successful January.

A erstwhile head of nan Iceland women’s nationalist side, and adjunct to nan men’s team, Alexandersson made his breakthrough pinch Lyngby Boldklub, helping nan erstwhile Danish champions backmost into nan apical formation and past pulling disconnected a melodramatic conflict for information successful their first season.

He has antecedently expressed an ambition to activity successful British shot and claimed to person antecedently spoken astir nan Cardiff job, saying he “would love” to coach nan Bluebirds successful nan future.

However, Tan is believed to beryllium wary astir undermining nan stableness astatine his Belgian broadside should he opt to bring Alexandersson to southbound Wales.