Cardiff owner Vincent Tan brands former boss Malky Mackay an ‘idiot’ in astonishing rant
Malaysian businessman slams Andreas Cornelius signing after watching Bluebirds smash Aston Villa - before hailing current chief Neil Warnock
CARDIFF owner Vincent Tan branded former boss Malky Mackay an “idiot” after attending his first game since February 2016.
The Malaysian businessman saw the Bluebirds smash Aston Villa 3-0 and heaped praise on current chief Neil Warnock.
And eyeing another promotion, the City supremo launched into an astonishing rant about Mackay’s failings – and the signing of Andreas Cornelius in particular.
Tan said: “It was unfortunate that we only stayed in the Premier League for one season.
“You know the main reason, I always say, and I have told Mehmet [Dalman, Cardiff’s chairman] the same, is that we spent a lot of money there – I think it was £50m.
“What did we get? We paid £10.5m for Cornelius who didn’t even play 45 minutes and then the manager said he was a project.
“I’m in the Premier League, I need to survive. What an idiot he [Mackay] is.”
Cornelius arrived at City from FC Copenhagen in a £10.5million deal – picking up £45,000 per week in wages.
But he managed just eight substitute appearances before returning to Denmark just a year after arriving in 2013.
The Danish international joined Atalanta this summer and smashed seven goals in a friendly ahead of the Serie A season.
Cardiff, meanwhile, are currently top of the table and have won all three of their matches this season despite cutting their wage budget.
Tan told WalesOnline: “Neil is sensible. Neil knows the problems we had and the mistakes we have made before.
“So Neil is doing a great job and we are happy with him.
“I have been very busy and not been here for a while, but I’m very happy to be present for the first home match.
“We have good winning chances because we have a good manager, he has made some good transfers.
“We supported him with the transfers but I think we have paid good value for money – not like the way we paid £10.5m for Andreas Cornelius… oh I can never forget that.”
