Former Blues boss Mick McCarthy has been confirmed as the new manager of Cardiff City.

McCarthy, who is joined at Cardiff by his Town assistant Terry Connor, has been given the job for the remainder of the season.

"I'm delighted to be here," McCarthy told Cardiff City TV. "I'm thrilled by the opportunity.

"I want to get the club back to winning games and I want to get smiles back on the players' faces. If we do that, then we'll get smiles back on the fans.

"We've got a good squad of players and I'm looking forward to getting down to work.”

Bluebirds owner Vincent Tan added: “I’d like to personally welcome Mick and Terry to our football club and wish them the very best of luck.

“I’ve enjoyed the brief talk I’ve had with Mick and I’m confident that he’s the right man to take on the responsibility of improving our performances and fortunes.”

McCarthy succeeds Neil Harris, who was sacked on Thursday with Cardiff 15th in the Championship following six defeats on the trot.

The 61-year-old, who was sacked by Cypriot side APOEL after only two months early in January, left his previous job as head coach of the Republic of Ireland - his second stint in the role - in April last year having departed Portman Road after five and a half years in April 2018.

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dirtydingusmagee added 13:54 - Jan 23 right man for the job,at least it keeps him away if Evans ever see's the light and calls time on Lambert.
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Kulturarv added 14:13 - Jan 23 He can do well in Cardiff. If Scrooge had just backed him up in Jan-15 in a serious promotion push the history could very well have been much different. Good luck in Cardiff MM!
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Skip73 added 14:20 - Jan 23 Ipswichbusiness, I know mate, its so much better now isn't it!
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Michael101 added 14:28 - Jan 23 Got contract till end of season ,bet they have a proper manager lined up . he just doing a holding job until they leave there present job.
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TractorRoyNo1 added 16:00 - Jan 23 If they beat the Scum I will cheer other than that couldn't give a shxt about them or him
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TractorRoyNo1 added 16:02 - Jan 23 Hopefully he will give Chambers a contract
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Felstow1978 added 17:11 - Jan 23 I'd have him back in the blink of an eye. To the retards who called for him to leave, enjoy the shambolic mediocrity of life in Lambert's League One. Hope you feel you achieved something by hounding out a manager who at least kept Town in the old Second Division on a Fourth Division budget.
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Linkboy13 added 20:05 - Jan 23 Remember the bad old days when Mick was in charge. Paul Lambert is our king is our king he hates Norwich ha .
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istanblue added 13:53 - Jan 24 He'll do an okay job for them. Nothing more nothing less.
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londontractorboy57 added 18:01 - Jan 24 Wishing you all the best MM let the melts of TWTD news site see what they hounded out !!!!
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