Wales Online reporter Steve Tucker posed an article on Saturday evening with the headline
In the report the quotes from Choo are written as:
"This squad cost £28 million to assemble. Vincent's position is clear, any lower than the play-offs is a failure. He is not putting £30 million a year into the business to not succeed, any businessman would want to take this team to the Premier League.
But Cardiff City hit back on Monday mornng by issuing the following statement from the CEO:
“During an informal talk with Mr Tucker during the Supporters Club dinner on Saturday evening, I referenced the fact that we, as a Club, considered missing out on the top-six as a failure.
“At no stage was I asked for a formal interview and at no point did I say that Russell Slade has been a failure for our Football Club. I categorically refute the article leading supporters into thinking that this is my belief.
“My working relationship with Russell has always been good and shall continue to be now he has taken the role of Head of Football. Saturday’s article and Mr Tucker’s conduct disappoints me greatly.”
Not content with the club having the last word Wales Online issued their defence to Choo's statement. It read:
1. Our reporter Steve Tucker attended the Cardiff City Supporters’ Club end of season awards dinner on May 7 in a professional capacity after being given permission to cover the event
2. He approached Ken Choo for a brief interview as part of WalesOnline’s live coverage of the event. Mr Choo sat next to Steve and dictated answers to a few questions that were published onto a live blog as he was speaking. A story was then written from the quotes which had been published
3. Steve’s opening question to Mr Choo was as follows: “Was it a difficult decision to move Russell Slade upstairs?”
4. Mr Choo’s response was: “It was not a difficult decision to move Russell to the Head of Football role. Our position has always been clear, that whoever is manager or head coach should at a minimum take us to the play-offs. This squad cost £28 million to assemble. Vincent’s position is clear, any lower than the play-offs is a failure. He is not putting £30 million a year into the business to not succeed, any businessman would want to take this team into the Premier League.”
Steve Tucker has had issues with the club before, noteably being banned from press conferences in the Dave Jones era.