Vincent Tan was at City's win over Villa
The press got to meet him and asking him about selling the club was the main line of questioning
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<p class="sp-story-body__introduction">Cardiff City owner Vincent Tan insists he is not actively looking to sell the Championship club, reports <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/40911825" target="_blank">BBC Wales</a></p>
<p>There has been speculation the Malaysian businessman is pursuing offers for the Welsh club he bought in 2010.</p>
<p>But reacting after reports re-emerged that he was seeking to off-load the Bluebirds, Tan has reiterated he will only sell at the right price.</p>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Neil Warnock and Vincent Tan celebrate <a href="https://twitter.com/CardiffCityFC">@CardiffCityFC</a> 3-0 win over <a href="https://twitter.com/AVFCOfficial">@AVFCOfficial</a> today. <a href="https://twitter.com/ccfc_forum">@ccfc_forum</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/cardiffcitymad">@cardiffcitymad</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/AnnisAbraham">@AnnisAbraham</a> <a href="https://t.co/ZKuznYK3sX">pic.twitter.com/ZKuznYK3sX</a></p>— Chris Holmes (@ChrisHolmesTwit) <a href="https://twitter.com/ChrisHolmesTwit/status/896413793068220416">August 12, 2017</a></blockquote>
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<p>Asked if he was looking to sell, Tan said: "No, I always say this.</p>
<p>"You don't fall in love with your businesses. If somebody offers the right price, yeah we'll sell.</p>
<p>"People approach us and we have a look, we talk. But that doesn't mean we're selling.</p>
<p>"If the right offer comes, an offer we can't refuse, sure we'll sell. It's business."</p>
<p>Tan watched from the stands as <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/40834637">Cardiff beat Aston Villa 3-0 on Saturday</a> to go top of the Championship table after two games of the season.</p>
<p>He had not been to any home games in the previous two campaigns, fuelling rumours he was losing interest in the club.</p>
<p>Speculation that he was actively looking to sell the club intensified in July when reports highlighted a <a class="sp-story-body__external-link" href="http://www.walesonline.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/revealed-full-details-32-page-13360504">brochure for prospective buyers</a> put together by WMG, a company belonging to Cardiff chairman Mehmet Dalman.</p>
<p>However, Tan says he is committed to Cardiff and watched the win over Villa at Cardiff City Stadium, which saw an attendance of 23,899 for the game.</p>
<h3 class="sp-story-body__cross-head">Warm welcome for controversial owner</h3>
<p>He received a warm welcome from supporters, though his tenure has been controversial.</p>
<p>The decision to change the team's home colours from its traditional blue to red led to a fans revolt, but Tan financed the club's <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/22075542">promotion to the Premier League in 2013</a>, albeit for only one season.</p>
<p>Tan agreed to a return to blue shirts in 2015 and, after three campaigns of mid-table mediocrity in the Championship, he is hopeful manager Neil Warnock can help the club mount another promotion challenge this term.</p>
<p>"We have a good manager, he has made some good transfers," said Tan.</p>
<p>"We supported him with the transfers, but we have paid good value for money - <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/25409755">not like the way we paid £10.5m for [Andreas] Cornelius</a> [a striker signed by former manager Malky Mackay].</p>
<p>"Oh I will never forget that.</p>
<p>"We have paid good value for these transfers. Neil has done a great job. They are reasonable transfers with support."</p>
<p>Tan was also interviewed by Terry Phillips writing for <a href="http://www.dai-sport.com/vincent-tan-believes-bluebirds-promotion-dream-neil-warnock/" target="_blank"><strong>Dai Sport</strong></a>. The Malaysian said of manager Neil Warnock</p>
<p>“Neil is helping to ensure our club is stable, he is sensible. He knew the problems we had and the mistakes we have made before. So Neil is doing a great job and we are happy with Neil.</p>
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<p>“For all of us, the goal is to get us back to the Premier League.</p>
<p>“I think we have a very good chance to be promoted, but I always say God willing. We will try to be humble and we pray for good luck because luck is important.</p>
<p>“I believe we are lucky, we have good luck, we have Neil – thanks to Mehmet (Dalman) because we could have got someone terrible. But we have got Neil, we are happy and if we are promoted I believe we have a good chance of staying if we do things sensibly.</p>
<p>“As long as we don’t spend £10m on a striker! If you do that he must score 10 or 20 goals.</p>
<p>“It was unfortunate that we only stayed in the Premier League for one season. There were reasons for that. The main reason, I always say is that we spent a lot of money there and what did we get? We paid £10m for Cornelius, who scarcely played."</p>
<p>And on the current situation</p>
<p>“Yes, there is more harmony,” said Tan. “The fans should be together with us because we’re trying to do the right thing.</p>
<p>“We haven’t got a manager who will do the wrong thing – Neil is doing the right thing.</p>
<p>“When he does that and we also do the right thing – we can support when it is supportable.”</p>
<p>For more from the Terry Phillips interview click <a href="http://www.dai-sport.com/vincent-tan-believes-bluebirds-promotion-dream-neil-warnock/" target="_blank"><strong>here</strong></a></p>
Re: Vincent Tan was at City's win over Villa
I get the feeling he doesn't like Andreas Cornelius
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Zenith
I get the feeling he doesn't like Andreas Cornelius
:hehe:
Re: Vincent Tan was at City's win over Villa
He can't really complain about fans harking back to the red shirts if he hasn't got closure on Cornelius yet.
