Ian Wright: 'Cardiff a shambles upstairs and on the pitch'

Last updated : 11 April 2014 By Michael Morris

C:WindowsTempphp68F6.tmpFormer Arsenal and England striker is confident Cardiff City are going down and he pulls no punches as he explains why.

"I have sympathy for Cardiff fans for the position they are in - but not for the owner Vincent Tan," Wright wrote in his Sun column.

"He has destabilised the whole club.

"They spent years trying to get to the promised land of the Premier League, had various managers, got to the play-offs...a real emotional roller-coaster.

"Finally, they get a young manager in Malky Mackay who wins them promotion, only for the owner to get rid of him, change the colour of the shirts and alienate the fans.

"You don't have to sell your soul when you get promoted, yet Tan sacked a very good manager and brought in someone who we very much respect in this country in Ole Gunnar Solskjaer, only for him to be faced with an unbelievable task in his first job as a Premier League manager.

"Tan has had to stick with him even though he has done nothing to improve on what Malky had achieved.

"It's a shambles upstairs and a shambles on the pitch. And they will go down."