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Cardiff are set to make Mick McCarthy their new manager.<\/p>\nCardiff are set to make Mick McCarthy their new manager.<\/p>\n
McCarthy, the former Republic of Ireland, Sunderland and Wolves boss, will succeed Neil Harris, who left the club on Thursday after suffering six straight defeats.<\/p>\n
The 61-year-old parted company with APOEL on January 6 after just nine games and two months with the Cypriot champions.<\/p>\n
McCarthy\u2019s previous job was his second spell with the Republic, which ended last April after the coronavirus pandemic caused the Euro 2020 play-offs to be postponed and Stephen Kenny replaced him.<\/p>\n
His last post in club management was a six-year spell at Ipswich between 2012 and 2018.<\/p>\n
Cardiff\u2019s hierarchy have turned to the experienced McCarthy after slipping to 15th place in the Sky Bet Championship, closer to the relegation zone than the play-off places which they are 13 points adrift of.<\/p>\n
The PA news agency reports that the length of McCarthy\u2019s contract has yet to be decided.<\/p>\n
But initial talks have gone smoothly and a deal is expected to be completed over the next few days.<\/p>\n
If so, McCarthy will be in charge in time for Cardiff\u2019s next game at Barnsley on Wednesday, his birthplace and where the former defender began his playing career.<\/p>\n
Harris succeeded Neil Warnock as Cardiff manager in November 2019 and had led the team to the play-off semi-finals last season.<\/p>\n
But the former Millwall boss came under increasing pressure as results nosedived, and Cardiff owner Vincent Tan released a statement on Thursday announcing he had parted company with the 43-year-old.<\/p>\n