NEIL WARNOCK could be in line for a shock return to management with Ipswich, according to reports.
The 71-year-old has been without work since parting company with Cardiff in November.
Despite their dominance during the first half of the campaign, Paul Lambert’s side have been slipping down the league rapidly.
Yesterday’s 2-1 defeat at Blackpool was their fifth in seven league matches that also included a 4-1 home defeat to Peterborough.
They have also won just four league games in their last 19 leaving them five points adrift of a playoff spot.
And they could turn to veteran Warnock as a last-gasp bid to make a late charge for promotion, reports the Sunday Mirror.
Warnock announced himself as a Cardiff legend when he sealed a shock promotion to the Premier League in the 2017-18 campaign.
He has eight promotions as a manager since his first job back in 1980 at Gainsborough Trinity.
Ipswich remain reluctant to sack Lambert after he penned a five-year deal in the New Year.
But they will be encouraged with Warnock’s comments after he was quizzed on the speculation.
He said: “If the right thing comes up I’m not really bothered what it is. I just want to enjoy myself until the end of the season.”
