With Aaron Ramsey joining Mexican team Pumas, Cardiff City‘s hunt for a long-term replacement is drawing to a close.
Due to their tumultuous 2024–25 season finale, the Bluebirds were relegated from the Championship.
Cardiff fired Omer Riza in April, and club icon Aaron Ramsey took over as interim manager for the season’s last games, although he was unable to stop the team’s decline into League One.
Former Sunderland manager Michael Beale was the first front-runner in Cardiff’s hunt for a new head coach, while Nathan Jones, the current manager of Charlton Athletic, was shortlisted for the position prior to signing a new contract with The Addicks.
Given the most recent information on Ramsey’s football future, the Bluebirds should choose to hire him; it would be a stunning acquisition.
Due to their tumultuous 2024–25 season finale, the Bluebirds were relegated from the Championship.
Des Buckingham is still the front-runner for the Cardiff City position after Aaron Ramsey’s call.
Ramsey’s stinging remark about Cardiff’s structure may have deterred the Arsenal legend from heading to the touchline, even though he was one of the front-runners for the position.
Ramsey, a legend of the Bluebirds, has made a significant choice about his future. The Welshman will now play for Mexican powerhouse Pumas this summer.
Des Buckingham, the former manager of Oxford United, is now in a position to become the next Bluebirds manager after Cardiff narrowed down their search to two candidates: Ramsey and Buckingham.
“Cardiff’s lengthy managerial search is expected to come to an end next week,” journalist Darren Witcoop stated on X. Right now, it seems to be between Des Buckingham and Aaron Ramsey.
It now looks that former U’s head coach Buckingham will transfer to South Wales after Ramsey moved to South America.
The idea of bringing one of the largest teams in the EFL back to the Championship will be an attractive proposal for Buckingham, even though Cardiff is on the verge of financial ruin.
But the Bluebirds supporters will also be thrilled about his possible hiring given his League One record.
Des Buckingham should be hired by Cardiff City because of his Oxford United record.
Following their thrilling play-off campaign triumph, Oxford was promoted from League One into the Championship in 2023–2024 under Buckingham’s leadership.
The U’s finished an outstanding first season in the Kassam dugout for the boyhood Oxford supporter Buckingham by defeating Bolton Wanderers 2-0 in the League One play-off final to earn second-tier status.
With the team in 20th place in the Championship standings, Oxford took the unexpected decision to fire Buckingham only seven months after he led their second-tier comeback.
The Bluebirds supporters will be excited about Buckingham’s possible arrival since, despite his stint extending longer than he had anticipated, his League One record is still quite impressive.
Including the play-off campaign, 40-year-old Buckingham oversaw 13 wins from 33 in charge, with ten draws and ten defeats, culminating in a 40 percent win rate.
With one impressive promotion from League One to the Championship already on his CV, Buckingham would prove to be a sensible and stellar appointment by the Cardiff hierarchy.
