Former Cardiff City striker Jay Bothroyd says that the club should consider bringing back their legend Craig Bellamy as a manager to replace Russell Slade.

The latter has received intense criticism after a very poor campaign that saw the club finished only 11th in the Championship. Cardiff were expected to challenge for promotion spots, but it went out of the window a long time before the end of the campaign. The club’s parachute payments will take a significant hit from next season onwards and Cardiff will want to return back to the top flight as soon as possible.

Bothroyd argues that one of the ways to do this will be by bringing back the passion from the supporters. This can be done by appointing a manager like Craig Bellamy. The former Cardiff City striker does not have any managerial experience, but he will be able to lead the club very well due to his knowledge from within. Slade came on as the replacement for Ole Gunnar Solskjaer in October 2014 but he has not been able to put up much of a change in the club’s promotion aspirations. Bellamy is currently undergoing his coaching badges after having recently ending his playing career with the bluebirds.

"The manager's job at Cardiff would be a great first job for him.He's worked with great managers and trained with great clubs over the years. I'm sure he's taken a lot of things on board. No fan is not going to want to pay money to watch that kind of football.They've played too many long balls. The fans have been used to exciting football.The manager obviously implements his style of play on the team. Nothing against Russell Slade but I don't think that he's improved the team at all since he took over," said the former striker.