Cardiff City could be managerless at Sheffield Wednesday with hint given on recent S6 goalscorer

Callum O'Dowda and former Arsenal superstar Aaron Ramsey have been ruled out of the game with injury, while Greek defender Dimitrios Goutas will miss out after he was given compassionate leave following the death of his grandmother.

Most important a miss may well be their manager Erol Bulut, who missed the club's pre-match media commitments with a virus. The Turkish boss is said to have 'sounded unwell at Loftus Road following the win over QPR' on new years day and has missed training since with assistant Nikolaos Karydas stepping in to take charge.

"Erol is quite ill," Kardyas told the South Wales media on Thursday. "I don’t know how bad. I am forwarding his greetings and we hope that he will be soon with us again. That’s the only information I can give you. I am not a doctor!

"Erol is a giant and he surprised me many times - so maybe he will be good enough to come with us (on Saturday)... Erol is a big personality. To be a player at Olympiacos, playing in the Champions League, you have to be a good player and a big personality. Erol showed that. I am happy that he has kept this the last three years as a manager. He has a very good future. He wants to succeed."

Forward Karlan Grant, whose goal a 2-1 win for Cardiff at Hillsborough on December 23 turned the match in the favour of the Bluebirds, is filed as a 'maybe' for the clash.

On the former Huddersfield Town man, Karydas said: "I can say that it is not serious, but we try to manage his load from the league games for him to be ready for the next games with us. We have some small problems and issues, but we manage it and we go to play at Sheffield with our best starting line-up. Tomorrow we will train and we will decide [if he can play]."