Owner Tan's 1,000 days without attending a Cardiff game

Keith Morgan, of the Cardiff City Supporters Trust and chair of the Fan Advisory Board, shares Perry's views."It's the total lack of communication rather than lack of physical presence," he said."He hasn't even communicated by way of a video message or an email. No messages on the club website."One of my criticisms is that he hasn't got the right structure in place at senior level."We don't have anyone with football knowledge on the board, which could have saved some excesses which cost him some money in the past."However, head coach Brian Barry-Murphy spent four weeks in Malaysia with Tan and his family during the summer after masterminding a return to the Championship."His knowledge of the team and what we did last season was beyond what I expected. He doesn't miss a trick," said Barry-Murphy."His messages to me are always the same."I've not seen many people as busy as him, so I'm sure when he can, he'll be here, and when he does come, I'll be there for him."In June he converted £42m of the club's debt to him into equity, nearly halving the amount Cardiff owes to its majority shareholder.That figure previously stood at almost £90m in the club's last accounts for the financial year ending 31 May 2025.Due to changes in the cost control rules this summer, Maguire explained, clubs are increasingly turning to benefactors and owners to cover losses by investing in shares, which are not repayable, rather than loans."I would describe it as a bit like the bank of mum and dad," Maguire added."A kid can never afford to pay money back, and as a dad you'll never ask for it back, but in theory it's a loan. That's what Vincent Tan has done."It's commonplace, especially in the Championship because the average losses in that division are £400,000 a week. That money comes from the owners."Reaching the 1,000-day milestone may alarm some Cardiff fans, but it is becoming more frequent in English football amid global ownership.Earlier this month, Blackburn Rovers co-owner Balaji Rao became the first member of the Venky's ownership group to attend a game at Ewood Park since 2018.Manchester City owner Sheikh Mansour went nearly 13 years without attending a match while Everton owner Dan Friedkin has yet to go to a home game since completing a takeover of the club in December 2014 and has not spoken to David Moyes since he returned as manager.