Quote Originally Posted by Des Parrot View Post
I’ll have a stab, having worked with / for and run Asian companies for the last 30 years.

In my opinion it’s cultural. The classic “saving face”. It’s a status symbol, emblem, part of his portfolio. It’s not so much of a business as a status symbol. I think only City & QPR are Malaysian owned. He has the money and can absorb the cost, financially he doesn’t need to sell. The ownership of, is more important than the business.
The bit I don't understand with all this is that anybody who cares to take a look at Cardiff City, even in passing, can see that it is run badly.

How is showing you can't run a football club saving face?
Surely in conversation among the people he is trying to impress with this 'status symbol' one of the next questions might touch on the fact we used to be a Premier League club but are now awful on and off the pitch.

The Sala stuff along with how they run the club generally can't be all that great for anybody.