CARDIFF FEAR WARNOCK IS GOING TO QUIT

NEIL WARNOCK is considering quitting Cardiff City at the end of the season, regardless of whether they escape relegation from the Premier League. Sources close to the Cardiff dressing room say several players believe the manager, whose contract does not expire until next year, is set to leave. Warnock (right) has given Cardiff a fighting chance of survival this season, although bookmakers tipped the Welsh club to drop straight back to the Championship. He helped the team through an incredibly difficult period when their £15million signing Emiliano Sala was killed in a plane crash after joining from Nantes in January. Cardiff are battling to avoid becoming the third club to be relegated from the Premier League following Huddersfield and Fulham. They currently sit five points from safety and, with six games left, are in a relegation scrap with Burnley, Southampton and Brighton. After the Sala tragedy, Warnock admitted he considered quitting football. At the time, he said it left him ‘shattered’ and described it as the ‘most difficult week’ of his career. Should he leave Cardiff once this season is over, it remains to be seen whether the 70-year-old would retire from football altogether.