A fans’ representative could soon be on the board at Cardiff City, chair Mehmet Dalman said yesterday.

Cardiff supporters had protested against the controversial decision to change the club strip from blue to red and on Friday won their battle, with owner Vincent Tan reversing his 2012 decision.

Delman said that Tan is “open to the idea” of giving fans more of a say at the Welsh club, with the club looking to place a supporter’s representative on the board.

“Vincent is open to the idea,” Dalman said.

“We have already made some bridges and I think this decision (returning the kit colour to blue) will help us us get there much faster.

“I have started meeting with the fans’ group or representatives before every board meeting for them to tell us our views.

“I’ve got closer to the fans at games and I’d like Vincent to do that because I think he’d actually find it’s a wonderful world.”

Cardiff City Supporters Trust wants further dialogue between the club and fans over the design of the new bluebird badge and the idea of having supporters represented on the board.

“The last two-and-a-half years have shown that meaningful dialogue and engagement between the club and its supporters is essential as we move forward,” chairman Tim Hartley said in a statement.

“We are meeting club executives next month and hope that this will mark the beginning of a new era.

“Mr Tan has mooted the idea of a supporter representative on the club’s board.

“We have seen what a success having a Supporter Trust director on the board has been at Swansea City and we would like to see a democratically elected representative on Cardiff City’s board.”

Swansea are the only Premier League team of the 14 league clubs who currently have fan representatives on their board, with the Swansea City Supporters Trust owning 20 per cent of the club.

The government revealed plans in October for the establishment of an “expert group” of football administrators, which would examine issues aimed at giving fans a greater voice in the running of their clubs.

Labour has also produced radical plans concerning football clubs ahead of the general election in May, saying it would allow supporters to have seats on every board and possess the right to buy a significant slice of a club’s shares when its ownership changes.

Supporters would not be able to block takeovers or change corporate strategy but could obtain financial and commercial information about the club and appoint and remove up to a quarter — and not less than two — of a club’s directors.