Tan has a problem which makes it very hard for him to own a successful football club - he doesn’t trust “football men”. He might think he is justified in doing so after his experiences with Malky Mackay, but he has, effectively, penalised his club and himself in the decade since then because his reluctance to install someone who is comfortable in and with the worlds of football and football related finance has put City at a disadvantage compared to most other Championship clubs Even if Tan has lost interest in City, you’d have thought he’d have realised that keeping things as they are is costing the club as they are going nowhere except League One eventually under the current model and it’s also costing him a significant portion of his money.