Cardiff City adviser Sam Hamman has defended club owner Vincent Tan over the sacking of Malky Mackay.

Hammam, who is now Cardiff's life president and a confidante of Tan's, insists it was the right call.

He said: "It is not like Vincent Tan woke up one day and said, 'What shall I do? I will sack Malky'. This has been going on for months, after we had bought all those players. We could tell it wasn't working between those two.

"If you look at why they reached the Premier League it is two things - Malky's ability and also, far more importantly, Vincent Tan's money. But all the accolades went to Malky.

"I hope the new manager, it is not someone like Eriksson. We need hungry people, people who put their foot on the brake when spending money."