TASK FORCE TO HELP BOSS HUNT

CARDIFF City will appoint a new task force to whittle down a shortlist of manager contenders in the hope of appointing a new boss by the end of the month.

- GLEN WILLIAMS

The Bluebirds are looking for Omer Riza's permanent successor after he was sacked three games from the end of the season, with Aaron Ramsey taking over on an interim basis as City dropped into League One.

Talks are set to take place on Ramsey’s own future, with no decision having been made.

Global sports agency Wasserman is to provide the board with potential names to succeed Riza. But the search is not limited to only Wasserman clients.

Now the club are employing a new approach to add an extra filter in the process. Cardiff have created a sub-committee made up of former Manchester City academy director Mark Allen, head of academy Gavin Chesterfield and another external person - understood to be from Wasserman - to pour over the shortlist before presenting the board with a dozen viable candidates.

Cardiff will then interview the concentrated shortlist before giving their final recommendations to owner Vincent Tan in what chairman Mehmet Dalman (circled, right) hopes represents a rigorous, one-off recruitment process.