Malky Mackay to hold talks with Cardiff City board However, Mackay has informed his senior professionals that he can handle Tan and is adamant that he will not walk away. He will be keen to hear Simon Lim, the chief executive, explain how, if Moody had overspent, as it is claimed, by £15 million in the summer transfer window, Lim saw fit to sign off all the expenditure. Lim has been on holiday since the affair spiralled, but he is reported to have visited Tan in Kuala Lumpur to discuss the issue. The club released a statement on Friday which featured Tan giving Mackay his full backing. Mackay has yet to talk in public about the sacking of his friend or the appointment of the Kazakh Alisher Apsalyamov, who was on "work experience" in the summer as a painter. Craig Bellamy, the Cardiff striker, was asked about Moody's exit while on Wales duty and while he stopped short of criticising the club's hierarchy, he could not have been more supportive of Mackay. "Iain is a huge loss for us, a huge, huge loss because he is outstanding at what he does," Bellamy said. Any club with Iain Moody is a miles better club, without a shadow of a doubt. And as a manager Malky is the best young British manager out there. What he's done for this club in a short space of time is nothing short of remarkable. We've got a group of players and fans who are united - and he's done all that. He's responsible for the connection between the fans and the players. We are such a tight-knit group now, the discipline he has brought into this club is remarkable. I'm just a player, I can only talk from a player's point of view and I can't try and dictate to anyone above me, but the simple fact is I am very fortunate as a player to be working with the guy. He's certainly brought everyone together at Cardiff and we needed that. That's not being disrespectful to the managers who were here before him but he's taken it to another level. He's united the city and, being from Cardiff, that makes me feel very proud. Bellamy will be praying that Mehmet Dalman, the club's respected chairman, can restore some order. It has been a fine start to their first Premier League season and, as after Tan decided to change the club's colours from blue to red 16 months ago, the Cardiff supporters" associations have again expressed their concern at the owner's behaviour.