Tan flays 'racist' media, says Cardiff in safe hands


Cardiff City's owner Tan Sri Vincent Tan arrives in the director's box before their English Premier League football match against Southampton at Cardiff City Stadium, Wales, December 26, 2013. REUTERS/Rebecca Naden

LONDON (Reuters) - Controversial Cardiff City owner Tan Sri Vincent Tan has criticised "a little bit racist" British media for projecting him as a villain and ruled out the possibility of the Premier League club changing its team colours back to blue.

The 62-year-old Malaysian businessman helped finance the team into the top tier of English football for the first time in half a century this season before his leadership style came under increasingly scrutiny.

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