'Ramsey should be Cardiff boss next season'
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Iwan Roberts says Aaron Ramsey should manage Cardiff City next season regardless of what division the Bluebirds are in.
Cardiff are fighting to stay in the Championship having won only one of their past 10 league games.
Ramsey was named caretaker boss following the sacking of Omer Riza last weekend but has suggested he wants to continue playing beyond this season.
The Wales captain led Cardiff to a 1-1 draw with Oxford United in his first match in charge on Monday.
That result leaves Cardiff deep in relegation danger in 23rd, three points behind 21st-placed Derby with only Saturday's home game against West Brom and a trip to Norwich City remaining in what has been a miserable campaign.
Former Wales striker Roberts says that regardless of what happens in the final week of the season, 34-year-old Ramsey should take charge for the long term.
"He still wants to play – is his body going to allow him [to do that]? I think this is the natural progression for Aaron with all the injuries he has had for quite a long period," Roberts told this week's Feast of Football podcast.
"I think he's ready made to be a head coach. He is ready to go. Whatever happens, I would love him to be in that technical box for Cardiff next season, in the Championship or League One."
Roberts says that despite his lack of managerial experience, former Arsenal and Juventus player Ramsey has "all the attributes" required to be Cardiff boss.
"He looks like a manager, he sounds like a manager, he talks like a manager," he added.
"He is an intelligent young man. He is in the process of getting his coaching qualifications.
"He has played for some outstanding managers at the clubs he's been at. I think he's definitely one for the future."
Roberts believes Ramsey could yet guide Cardiff to safety – but reckons only two victories will give them a survival chance.
"It's become desperate," he said.
"The daft thing is, I think if they can win their last two, I still think they have got a chance of staying up."