Why a recruitment agency

Cardiff City will trial a new process to appoint their next manager, by assembling a sub-committee – including former Swansea City sporting director Mark Allen – to lead a search they hope to complete by the end of May.

Relegated after finishing bottom of the Championship, Cardiff are preparing to play in the third tier next season for the first time since 2003.

They are looking for their ninth manager in four years after sacking Erol Bulut and Omer Riza during this campaign, with Aaron Ramsey taking charge of the final three games on a temporary basis.

Such turbulence on and off the field has prompted fierce criticism from fans, who have staged protests demanding that club owner Vincent Tan and the board leave.

Supporters and former players have questioned Tan's apparent reluctance to appoint a director of football or some kind of intermediary between the board and the management team.

In what appears to be a reaction to criticism of the board's lack of football knowledge, Cardiff will use a new sub-committee for their next managerial appointment, with "high" interest in the job according to chairman Mehmet Dalman.

Formed on a one-off basis for this recruitment process, the sub-committee will answer to the board and will feature Bluebirds head of academy Gavin Chesterfield, former Manchester City academy manager Allen and a member of the Wasserman agency.

"I think some of the criticism is fair, some of it is not fair. Overall, I would say I would welcome more knowledge on football," said Dalman.

Does former Swansea City sporting director Mark Allen work for Wassermann?

Does former Swansea City sporting director Mark Allen work for Wassermann?

No not as far as it looks... as it states plus a Wassermann person ...think the point is they've gone outside club to recruit but time will tell if they listen to them