Vincent Tan has once more defended his decision to rebrand Cardiff City from their traditional blue strip two years ago.
The Malaysian owner came under fire from Bluebirds supporters in the summer of 2012 when he first announced that the club would change their kit for the first time since 1908 to a new red attire.
Despite investing millions of pounds into the Welsh outfit, Tan has failed to fully win over the majority of supporters, many of whom have since boycotted the club.
"I put in, I think, £20m and said that's enough and said I'm willing to put in maybe £100m if I'm able to change the colour from blue to red and I said red's my lucky colour and also said to them it's the national symbol, the national flag of Wales is red and it also has a red dragon so I'd like to use that and the red dragon [badge]," the 62-year-old told Sky Sports News.
"I didn't like the bluebird. I said take off the bluebird and finally we had a compromise and we kept the bluebird flying underneath the dragon. After everything was agreed, I invested and gave money to buy players and then we got promoted. The year that we changed, we got promoted.
"So of course, there were a few factors. Those that love the manager say that it was because of him. Of course, those of us who are in business know that if I had not provided the £15m and we did not buy enough players, how can he get us promoted?"
Cardiff are currently 13th in the Championship table following relegation from the Premier League last season.
Daniel Lewis
