“After all, this is a football club and the more people it has who understand football the better it is. We’re striving towards that.
“We need a new manager and we’ve got to get it right. This is not one to take lightly if we are going to exploit the best of the talent we have.
“Personally, I’d like to see a proven manager who’s done this before and knows how to get the best out of the young and the experienced players.”
Previously, it has been Tan, Dalman and chief executive Ken Choo leading the managerial recruitment process.
That has led to mixed results. Cardiff have gone through 16 managers in 15 years under Tan and, despite twice being promoted to the Premier League, this season’s drop to League One was the consequence of a third relegation battle in four seasons.
Dalman hopes the new approach can help the Bluebirds make an instant return to the Championship.
“In terms of process, we’ve recruited a lot of managers in the past and we’ve got some right, but got some wrong,” he added.
“This time we can’t take that risk so we’re putting in place a process where we’ll have globally-recognised sporting agents, Wasserman, working with us, not exclusively but they are driving the process of recommending potential managers to us.
“On the board level, we’re creating a sub-committee on football, where two people will probably, but not necessarily, be appointed from the outside for the purpose of recruiting a manger. We are making an internal appointment from the academy who has experience in football.
“They [sub-committee] will run the first round of interviews and I’m envisaging 30-odd applicants and that will be distilled down to about a dozen, then half a dozen. Then it becomes a board interview process and a final recommendation to the owner.”
Dalman would not be drawn on potential candidates, but hopes the process will be concluded quickly.
“I can’t give you any names, but the interest is high. This is a big club, it’s good to see it is attracting good names who are interested in taking on the challenge,” he said.
“To be honest, there are too many names there for me and the board to distil and analyse and that’s why this process will help us.
“We will end up with two or three buckets, if you like, one will be for an experienced manager who has done this before; a bright, upcoming manager who will give us a longer-term (option), and the club desperately needs that stability; and the third one is that we will look at some of the continental managers and go to a shortlist.
“We will then make a final decision, certainly within the next month, if not within the next two weeks.”
