Pundit Adrian Clarke has tipped Tony Mowbray to land the currently vacant Cardiff City manager job. The former Sunderland manager has been out of the game due to health reasons since he left Birmingham City last season but may be willing to jump back into the game.
The Bluebirds are without a manager after sacking Erol Bulut earlier this month with the club propping up the Championship table. It remains to be seen what direction Cardiff will go in their managerial hunt, but Mowbray would likely be a serious candidate if his health would allow it.
Tony Mowbray tipped for the Cardiff City job
It was all looking rather promising for Cardiff last season when Bulut guided them to a 10th-place finish, but something must’ve changed over the summer. The championship regulars need a fresh set of ideas to avoid dropping out of the division for the first time since 2003.
Mowbray is certainly more than a safe pair of hands which was evident at Sunderland where he almost got the Black Cats promoted. His time with Birmingham was devastatingly cut short due to health reasons, but Clarke believes he could be swayed to take the job in Wales.
Speaking on the ‘What the EFL?‘ podcast, Clarke was keen to pick out Mowbray as someone who Cardiff should target. He’s got the experience needed to not just get them out of relegation trouble, but pushing at the right end of the table.
Adrian Clarke shares his picks for the vacant role
“I think if Tony Mowbray feels well enough, and the indications that he does then it could be a job for him,” Clarke said. “I think it’s a job for a strong character.
“You’ve obviously got to deal with Vincent Tan, and I think the footballing knowledge is a little bit low at Cardiff, they don’t have a sporting director.
“They’ve got a lot of loud voices, but not that much knowledge, and I think you need a strong character to deal with these people behind the scenes there.
“So I would go with Mowbray or [Steven] Schumacher.
Would Vincent Tan be able to land Mowbray?
Both Mowbray and Schumacher would be financially viable options for Cardiff given they’re out of work. However, it may be difficult to prise the former into such a testing role given what he’s been going through in his personal life.
Clarke appears rather bullish in terms of Mowbray’s desire to get abck into management, and it would be a major coup for Vincent Tan to land appoint the 60-year-old. If he cannot be secured, then Schumacher would likely be near the top of the list given his experience in the EFL, although Cardiff may still go abroad as they did with their previous appointment.