Cardiff City have announced that manager Russell Slade will become Head of Football as the club look to restructure their management set up over the summer.
Slade has been in charge of the Bluebirds since October 2014 and guided the Welsh side to within one place of the play off positions this season.
The 55-year-old joined Cardiff from Leyton Orient where he won 2013-14 League One Manager of the Year after he helped the club reach the League One play off final.
A statement on the Cardiff's official club website said, “Cardiff City Football Club can confirm that with the season coming to an end, a decision has been made to re-structure our first-team coaching staff.
As such, Russell Slade has been asked to take on a new role as Head of Football, reporting directly to CEO, Ken Choo. It is felt that appointing Russell in this new position will ensure that all football decisions remain in trusted and experienced hands.
Russell will continue in charge of team affairs for our final game of the season at home to Birmingham City on Saturday.”
Slade expressed his excitement as his new role, telling Cardiff's official website “I'd like to express my sincerest of thanks to Tan Sri Vincent Tan for giving me the opportunity to join this Football Club back in 2014.
“I feel that we've made progress on and off the field during this time, achieving stability and giving the Club solid ground on which to move forward.
“I'm therefore very pleased to accept the new position of Head of Football, which allows me to play my part in our future.”
Slade's final game as Cardiff manager will be against Birmingham at the Cardiff City Stadium tomorrow.
