Cardiff have sent a dossier to the Football Association detailing a number of issues related to Malky Mackay and Iain Moody's time at the club.

A newspaper this morning reported that the document contains allegations of racist, sexist and homophobic text messages and Mackay now looks to be out of the running to succeed Tony Pulis at Crystal Palace.

It's understood the dossier was filed over a week ago and was not deliberately timed to have any effect on Mackay's candidacy for the Selhurst Park vacancy.

Cardiff owner Vincent Tan sacked Mackay in December 2013, just a few months after the Scot had ended the Bluebirds' 51-year wait for top-flight football.

Two months earlier Moody, Cardiff's former head of recruitment and now Palace director of football, had been placed on gardening leave before being subsequently dismissed.

Mackay launched a £7.5million legal claim against Tan for compensation and wrongful dismissal after his sacking but suddenly dropped the claim in May and issued an apology to the Malaysian businessman.

Meanwhile, Gordon Strachan has backed Robert Snodgrass to bounce back stronger than ever after the Hull midfielder was ruled out for six months with a dislocated kneecap.

The Scotland boss said: "The best players overcome such adversity in the long run and I

have no doubts Robert will do just that."