I don't think you need to read between the lines.
The statement says "the fans are one of the biggest assets"
The business man is attempt to stop an asset depreciating at the alarming rate it currently is. What will be interesting is when the fans turn up and say "we're fed up of **** football and want to play in Blue" what the response will be?
There's no way Tan is changing back to blue imo, what would also be interesting is how long the honeymoon would last if he did change the shirts. We'd still be ****, still have a poorly balanced squad with a worse than average manager. The results may improve in a way similar to when Slade came in but ultimately we'd probably fade back to low mid table. How long before the realisation that a huge amount of the discontent was actually due to the **** on the pitch?