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Report names manager who’ll take charge if Ipswich sack their boss

Report names manager who’ll take charge if Ipswich sack their boss Paul Lambert, following Saturday’s 2-1 defeat at Blackpool.

The Sunday Mirror have claimed that former Cardiff City manager Neil Warnock is waiting in the wings in case Lambert is axed.

Journalist Stuart Watson revealed: “Lambert signed a new five-year deal on New Year’s Day, but it’s understood there are performance-related break clauses in that contract and a general cap on the pay-off required to part company with both the Blues boss and his staff should owner Marcus Evans decide a change is needed in the hot-seat.”

Warnock had his contract terminated by mutual consent earlier this season, and recently spoke out about where he could be heading next.

In an interview on where he will finish his managerial career, he said: “Apparently I have 12 league games to go to get 1,500 and that is really tempting to me/

“I might have to go to League Two or something like that, but why not? It doesn’t bother me what division I am managing in.

“I just think I will go to the end of this season. We are doing quite a bit of renovation at the house in Cornwall and it will be finished at the end of the season.

“So I think Sharon [his wife] will be happy for me to be out of the house for a few weeks!

“People have mentioned things, but I have had no offers yet.

“I would like to do the 12 games if I am honest, I would like to be able to contribute to a club, either saving it or getting it up.

“Arsenal didn’t come in for me, but I was understanding!”

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He is Ipswich Town’s preferred choice to succeed Lambert, with the 71-year-old to take charge if the Tractor Boys ‘fail to arrest their alarming slump in form’.

In the meantime, Warnock has featured on Sky Sports’ Soccer Saturday show as he waits until the right opportunity to get back into management, possibly for the last time.

The Suffolk side had been in a League One title race, however they now have slipped to ninth after one win in seven.

Despite that, they are still only five points off the playoffs and ten behind leaders Rotherham United.

 

WARNOCK’S MANAGERIAL STATS:

Scarborough – 1 August 1986 until 1 January 1989 – 78 matches – 30 wins – 25 draws – 23 losses – 38.5% win (promotion)
Notts County – 5 January 1989 until 14 January 1993 – 209 matches – 90 wins – 49 draws – 70 losses – 43.1% win (two promotions)
Torquay United – 15 February 1993 until 2 June 1993 – 15 matches – 5 wins – 5 draws – 5 losses 33.3% win
Huddersfield Town – 15 July 1993 until 5 June 1995 – 108 matches – 44 wins – 34 draws – 30 losses – 40.7% win (promotion)
Plymouth Argyle – 22 June 1995 until 3 February 1997 – 88 matches – 35 wins – 24 draws – 29 losses – 39.8% win (promotion)
Oldham Athletic 21 February 1997 until 7 May 1998 – 69 matches – 27 wins – 22 draws – 20 losses – 39.1% win
Bury – 2 June 1998 until 2 December 1999 – 77 matches – 19 wins – 29 draws – 29 losses – 24.7% win
Sheffield United – 2 December 1999 until 15 May 2007 – 388 matches – 165 wins – 100 draws – 123 losses – 42.5% win (promotion)
Crystal Palace – 11 October 2007 until 2 March 2010 – 129 matches – 47 wins – 39 draws – 43 losses – 36.4% win
Queens Park Rangers – 2 March 2010 until 8 January 2012 – 84 matches – 33 wins – 27 draws – 24 losses – 39.3% win (promotion)
Leeds United – 18 February 2012 until 1 April 2013 – 63 matches – 23 wins – 15 draws – 25 losses – 36.5% win
Crystal Palace – 27 August 2014 until 27 December 2014 – 17 matches – 3 wins – 6 draws – 8 losses 17.6% win
Queens Park Rangers – 5 November 2015 until 4 December 2015 – 4 matches – 2 wins – 1 draws – 1 losses 50.0% win
Rotherham United – 11 February 2016 until 18 May 2016 – 16 matches – 6 wins – 6 draws – 4 losses 37.5% win
Cardiff City – 5 October 2016 until 11 November 2019 – 144 matches – 59 wins – 29 draws – 56 losses – 41.0% win (promotion)
Total – 1,481 matches – 595 wins – 409 draws – 477 losses – 40.2% win

 

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