Vincent Tan emerged as Cardiff's pantomime villain even before he sacked Malky Mackay, but given his wispy moustache, leather gloves and occasionally sinister smile, he also resembles a James Bond villain.
No one is quite sure whether those are steel hands under his gloves, and it is not a stretch to imagine one of his conversations with Mackay mirrored that scene in Goldfinger.
"Do you expect me to walk?"
"No, Mr Mackay, I expect you to die!"
Vincent Tan
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CARDIFF, WALES - DECEMBER 26: Vincent Tan, owner of Cardiff City laughs with Chairman Mehmet Dalman (top) during the Barclays Premier League match between Cardiff City and Southampton at Cardiff City Stadium on December 26, 2013 in Cardiff, Wales. (Photo by Christopher Lee/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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Cardiff City owner Vincent Tan (left) and Ole Gunnar Solskjaer (second left) before the Barclays Premier League match at the Emirates Stadium, London. (credit:PA)
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Cardiff City owner Vincent Tan in the stands (credit:PA)
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CARDIFF, WALES - DECEMBER28: Sri Vincent Tan the owner of Cardiff City looks on from the directors box ahead of the Barclays Premier League match between Cardiff City and Sunderland at the Cardiff City Stadium on December 28, 2013 in Cardiff, Wales. (Photo by Michael Steele/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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Cardiff City's Malaysian owner Vincent Tan (R) is shown to his seat before the English Premier League football match between Liverpool and Cardiff City at Anfield stadium in Liverpool, northwest England, on December 21, 2013. AFP PHOTO / PAUL ELLISRESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE. No use with unauthorized audio, video, data, fixture lists, club/league logos or live services. Online in-match use limited to 45 images, no video emulation. No use in betting, games or single club/league/player publications. (Photo credit should read PAUL ELLIS/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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LIVERPOOL, ENGLAND - DECEMBER 21: Cardiff City owner Vincent Tan attends the Barclays Premier League match between Liverpool and Cardiff City at Anfield on December 21, 2013 in Liverpool, England. (Photo by Clive Brunskill/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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Cardiff City owner Vincent Tan (back row second left) with Premier League CEO Richard Scudamore (back row second right) during the Barclays Premier League match at Cardiff City Stadium, Cardiff. (credit:PA)
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CARDIFF, WALES - NOVEMBER 30: Cardiff City owner Vincent Tan with Chief Executive of the Premier League Richard Scudamore during the Barclays Premier League match between Cardiff City and Arsenal at Cardiff City Stadium on November 30, 2013 in Cardiff, Wales. (Photo by Christopher Lee/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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Cardiff City's owner Vincent Tan celebrates gaining promotion to Premier League , during the npower Football League Championship match at the Cardiff City Stadium, Cardiff. (credit:PA)
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CARDIFF, WALES - OCTOBER 05: Ex Labour leader Neil Kinnock (r) shares a joke with Cardiff owner Vincent Tan before the Barclays Premier League match between Cardiff City and Newcastle United at Cardiff City Stadium on October 5, 2013 in Cardiff, Wales. (Photo by Stu Forster/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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Cardiff City club owner Tan Sri Vincent Tan Chee Yioun (left) and chairman Chan Tien Ghee celebrate after the final whistle (credit:PA)
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File photo dated 13/04/2013 of Cardiff City Chairman Vincent Tan (left) and manager Malky Mackay. (credit:PA)
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Cardiff City Chairman Vincent Tan celebrates winning the npower Football League Championship (credit:PA)