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From Hero to Villain to Hero Again: The Vincent Tan Journey

The memories of football fans can be very fickle things.

There will be fans who still haven't forgiven certain players or clubs for something that happened back in the 1980s.

Whereas there will be those who are willing to forget a person's past indiscretions because of the good things they've done since.

The past eight years in the life of Vincent Tan and his interactions with Cardiff City F.C. perfectly epitomise this issue.

Cardiff City's Malaysian owner Vincent T
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Having purchased a stake in the Bluebirds in May 2010, Tan was seen as the knight in shining armour for Cardiff due to the dire financial position the club was in after the mismanagement under Sam Hammam and Peter Risdale.