Who next for Cardiff City's hot seat?

Cardiff City look prepared to return their clip successful their hunt for a 5th caller head successful nan abstraction of 3 years.

But it is thought immoderate readying connected who to win Erol Bulut had already taken spot earlier nan determination to sack nan 49-year-old conscionable 8 games into a caller two-year deal.

The Bluebirds relieved Bulut of his duties pursuing Sunday’s conclusion by Leeds United, a consequence that near them bottommost of nan Championship array pinch conscionable a constituent and a extremity to their name.

The erstwhile weekend’s nonaccomplishment astatine Derby County had seen immoderate successful nan club’s level readying themselves for a change.

It had seemed nan erstwhile Fenerbahce leader would beryllium fixed until adjacent month’s world break to move things around, earlier Saturday’s limp 2-0 conclusion sealed his fate.

Instead, that clip looks to beryllium afforded to first-team coach Omer Riza to return nan squad while moves are stepped up for a successor.

Riza – who has been named Cardiff’s interim manager, alternatively than caretaker – will hole nan broadside for Saturday’s crippled astatine Hull City.

The 44-year-old was brought successful by nan nine successful nan summertime aft leaving Watford wherever he had worked successful nan club’s academy earlier becoming adjunct first squad coach. A erstwhile Arsenal guardant during Arsene Wenger’s clip astatine nan club, Riza has besides worked pinch England’s younker teams.

With a past way grounds of promoting assistants, nan imaginable of Riza keeping nan occupation until nan extremity of nan play cannot beryllium ruled retired should he impress,

The club, though, are expecting important liking successful nan role.

Chief executive Ken Choo is said to beryllium starring nan hunt having begun to make immoderate early inroads to identifying imaginable candidates erstwhile nan anticipation of Bulut departing became apparent.

It remains to beryllium seen if that includes immoderate of nan early bookmakers’ favourites, including Steven Schumacher - axed by Stoke City past week and nan erstwhile Plymouth head seemingly ticking galore boxes for what Cardiff are looking for.

Former Preston North End leader Ryan Lowe and Championship-experienced Gary Rowett are besides successful nan early betting, arsenic is Rob Page though nan erstwhile Wales head is not thought to person been connected nan Bluebirds’ radar to this point.

Cardiff are known to respect erstwhile Newport County head and existent Wales adjunct James Rowberry, who antecedently worked nether Neil Warnock, Neil Harris and Mick McCarthy during a lengthy coaching relation pinch nan Bluebirds.

It is thought nan highly regarded 39-year-old was approached by Cardiff astir returning successful a coaching capacity complete nan summertime earlier remaining successful his domiciled arsenic caput of elite coaching pinch nan Football Association of Wales. Appointed to Craig Bellamy’s backroom unit only past month, it remains to beryllium seen whether he wants to locomotion distant from nan world shape for a 2nd ace astatine nine guidance should nan Bluebirds call.

Former Leeds number 2 Cameron Toshack is different who has had erstwhile interaction pinch nan club, nan boy of nine fable John and a erstwhile subordinate himself having been nan taxable of liking successful roles astatine second-tier clubs.

There person besides been erstwhile admiring glances astatine Freyr Alexandersson, head of Cardiff’s Belgian ‘sister club’ KV Kortrijk.

The 41-year-old from Iceland was reported earlier this twelvemonth to person had erstwhile discussions pinch Cardiff’s guidance and had ambitions of moving successful British football, adding that he “would emotion to coach Cardiff”.

A erstwhile head of nan women’s nationalist broadside successful Iceland, arsenic good arsenic adjunct pinch nan men’s team, Alexandersson led Lyngby Boldklub to nan top-flight and endurance successful Denmark, earlier redeeming Kortrijk from relegation having arrived pinch conscionable 10 points connected nan committee from nan opening 20 games.

Cardiff proprietor Vincent Tan remains a important shareholder astatine Kortrijk pinch respective players having been loaned from southbound Wales to nan Belgian team.

Closer to home, boyhood Bluebird Nathan Jones has made nary concealed of his desire to lead nan nine he served arsenic an apprentice.

From Blaenrhondda, Jones has doubly had successful spells astatine Luton Town either broadside of difficult tenures astatine Stoke successful nan Championship and Southampton successful nan Premier League. He is presently astatine League One Charlton who person made an awesome commencement to nan caller run and would surely understand nan desire of nan club’s fanbase for a much front-foot attack to games aft frustrations pinch nan be aware showed nether Bulut.

Cardiff, though, are consenting to see their options arsenic they look to some propulsion distant from nan ft of nan Championship, and effort and yet find nan correct fresh for manager.