‘ Inside Vincent Tan's other chaotic club ‘
Vincent Tan promised so much, but never delivered and the club is now in chaos.
By Flemish newspaper Het Nieuwsblad's Kortrijk correspondent Elian Coussement
Wednesday 17th May 2023
Vincent Tan bought KV Kortrijk back in 2015, but it's safe to say the club have not hit the heights they would have hoped during his tenure. Just this most recent season, like Cardiff, Kortrijk were fending off relegation. Tan sacked manager Adnan Čustović in November, just two months after letting Steve Morison go and two months before relieving Mark Hudson of his duties.
Current KVK manager Bernd Storck is also set to leave at the end of the season, with players walking out and staff saying Tan is very arrogant.
While Cardiff are currently also rudderless, with the club having announced that Sabri Lamouchi would not be handed a new contract to take the Bluebirds into the 2023/24 campaign.
That, coupled with Matthias Leterme, the CEO, and Ronny Verhelst, the president all saying they’ve had enough and walking out, points to a very blurred and chaotic picture in Kortrijk. A quite familiar picture for Cardiff fans, to say the least.
So, we sought some clarity to see what was actually going on. We spoke to Flemish newspaper Het Nieuwsblad's Kortrijk correspondent Elian Coussement about the feeling from the fans towards Tan, the current situation and what's really going on with his reported attempts to sell the Belgian side...
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