New Cardiff City manager next season?
By Tom Coleman
There's not been a definitive indication on this yet?
But there's certainly an expectation that if Lamouchi cannot keep Cardiff in the second tier, he's unlikely to remain at the helm next season.
The brief handed to the Frenchman is simple - going down is not an option under any circumstances.
Should Cardiff go down, he will have failed to deliver on that brief, and it's difficult to see him being offered a long-term deal.
A reset isn't always the worst thing in the world after a relegation. But hiring a fourth manager in the space of a year would once again throw the direction of the club into uncertainty.
Cardiff is a club with a lot of potential, but it would be tough to sell it as an attractive proposition to an ambitious and up-and-coming manager.
Then again, if Lamouchi can steer this sinking ship to shore, and with 16 games left he still has time to do just that, all of these concerns will be forgotten.
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