Malky Mackay insists SFA role is for the long term

Source: www.scotsman.com --- Thursday, December 15, 2016
Malky Mackay was installed as new performance director at the Scottish Football Association yesterday and quickly pledged to stay for at least five years – if he is still wanted. This vow will only rile critics who feel he shouldn’t have been given the opportunity to spend so much as one day in the post following offensive texts sent while manager at Cardiff City. But SFA chief executive Stewart Regan insisted Mackay can become a “force for good” on account of what he learned while voluntarily attending diversity education programmes run by the English FA. Mackay described himself as a better man after his experiences, about which he was open and frank from the start of his dealings with the SFA. “You will find I am honest and transparent; whether you like me is a different matter,” he said. “I sat down with the [SFA] board, I gave them my thoughts on the way forward, my background, my history, my CV. And then it’s up to someone else if they want to hire me or not.” “This is a long-term project,” he added. “I have given Stewart [Regan] a firm commitment. I absolutely want to be here for the next five or six years.” Mackay said he expected the fresh revelations published yesterday on the back page of a newspaper and he had already briefed the SFA about them. He insisted the threat of an impending High Court battle after he was implicated in transfer irregularities while manager at Cardiff City would not impinge on his work. “I was ...

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