Celtic legend Neil Lennon has been tipped as a 'brilliant' option to become the new manager of an English Championship side.

Cardiff City are badly struggling in England's second tier so far this season. 

The Bluebirds sit third bottom of the table on 15 points.

Lennon has been out of work since he was sacked by Rapid Bucharest after only six games.

But Joe Ledley reckons his old gaffer is up to the task of restoring joy back in the Welsh capital.

Omer Riza is currently in temporary charge of the first team, after initially joining Erol Bulut's coaching staff. He was bumped up to interim boss when Bulut was sacked in September.

David Turnbull is of course on the books at Cardiff. 

And Ledley - who played for both clubs - believes Lennon would be the perfect fit in Wales.

"I think he would be brilliant there," he told Gambling.com. "With his man management skills, and the way he wants his players to fight for the club and fight for the jersey.

"I haven't seen that there for a long, long time at Cardiff. I know Lenny and the way he can play will be exactly the same as other managers.

"I'd just like to see that fight from the players and that togetherness. I haven't seen it since probably when (Neil) Warnock was at Cardiff. So I'm going to say Neil Lennon, whether he wants it, I don't know.

"I think at the moment it's right for the club to give Omer Riza a bit more time, maybe a few more games. It's the international break, so the club can have a little bit more time to think about it."

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And it seems the links could be good timing if these recent quotes from the Northern Irishman are anything to go by. 

He told OLBG: "I'd like to get back in so I'm just waiting on the next opportunity. It may be my last though, I've done it for about 15 years now.

"I'd like to maybe do a coaching role for another three-four years and then you'll take stock of things.

"I'm actively looking at the minute. There have been opportunities already since I came back from Bucharest, but nothing that's really caught my eye.

"Having said that, I'm really enjoying the media work and I'm really grateful for that, but the coaching is in you. I've been doing that for a long time and I'm only 53 so I'm still quite young.

"I would like another three or four years if I could at a decent level. But it's such a competitive market.

"There are so many good coaches out there and so many agents out there vying for positions.

"If an opportunity comes along that I like, then I would like to go back in again."