Is Mackay the one

Is he the one

According to rumours and paper chatter Cardiff City will meet with Watford manager Malky Mackay sometime today and could be name manager today. It looks like Cardiff's Chief Executive Gethin Jenkins and director Alan Whitely have found their man if you believe to rumours. He has been linked to a number of clubs since taking over at Watford, Newcastle and Burnley being two.

While all this rumours surrounding Mackay play out in the press and internet there has been no word from Watford until today. The Watford Chairman and ex-England boss Graham Taylor is quoted as saying,

"At this moment in time, we have not had an approach from any club for Malky.

"That said, in football you never know what will happen so you can never tell.

"Malky is linked with virtually every job that comes up. That is because he has done a decent job at Watford and, football being what it is, what you come to expect."

Is Mackay the right man for the job or the cheapest? He has been with Watford since signing for them from West Ham on a free transfer back in 2005. In January 2007 he took over as first team coach at Watford and played his last game the following January on the departure of Aidy Boothroyd later that year he became caretaker until Brendan Rodgers was appointed. When Rodgers resigned in 2009 Mackay was offered the job and as recently as March signed an extended three-and-a-half years contract.

In the two seasons he has been in control at Watford they have finished the seasons mid-table. Not the best record compared with some of the others linked with the club so what makes him so special to put him in front of the pack.