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Sale of Rangers FC 'will go ahead by mid-January'

 

Published Date: 05 December 2010

By Tom English

 

A DEAL to sell Rangers Football Club to Scots venture capitalist Craig Whyte will go though by the middle of January, according to senior sources at the club.

Whyte, 39, met with Ibrox chairman Alastair Johnston in Glasgow to discuss the purchase of Sir David Murray's shareholding in the club.

 

The proposed £33 million deal will wipe out the existing debt that has stymied Rangers in the transfer market for two years.

 

Yesterday, sources at Rangers said the deal, barring any late hitches, could be completed before Christmas but it is more likely that it will be done by the middle of January. "We can't say with 100 per cent certainty, but Whyte has the money and is very convincing. We think the deal will happen," said the source.

 

Murray has presided over Rangers for 22 years but has been keen to sell his stake for some time.

 

Hopefully the debt thing is not true as that is what is holding them back at the moment.

also:

@alextomo: HMRC says tax and national insurance liabilities covered by EBT cases in UK are around £1.7bn

 

That would suggest HMRC won't be wanting to back down on this, if they make a deal and let Rangers off they could be losing hundreds of millions of punds in taxes.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_football_clubs_in_Scotland

 

Somebody having a bit of a laugh with the section Former Scottish Football League members.

David Whitehouse of Duff and Phelps said there had been "worldwide interest" which could see more bids submitted even after Friday's deadline had passed.

 

Deadline

Noun

deadline (plural deadlines)

A date on or before which something must be completed.

 

Deadline

Noun

deadline (plural deadlines)

A date on or before which something must be completed.

 

 

"I love deadlines. I like the whooshing sound they make as they fly by."

tims can win the title at ibrox next weekend.  I think i actually might watch that, it has the potential to be a firework filled bloodbath.

tims can win the title at ibrox next weekend.  I think i actually might watch that, it has the potential to be a firework filled bloodbath.

 

Not if Motherwell win on the Saturday. Not like Sky to realise there are teams outside the Old Firm in Scotland 

Not if Motherwell win on the Saturday. Not like Sky to realise there are teams outside the Old Firm in Scotland 

 

True but are Motherwell really going to turn around what is currently a +37Goal difference in 8 games?

 

Nope, they won't even win all their games. But that's not the point. If you want to think like that then they have already won the league so the game at Ibrox isn't a title decider either way.

True but are Motherwell really going to turn around what is currently a +37Goal difference in 8 games?

 

Are Rangers even if they win the OF game?

To actually be crowned champions Well have to drop points.

Torn between wanting Motherwell to pick up points so it there isn't a blood bath ain Glasgow on Sunday and wanting Well to drop points so we can watch the bigots rip into each other.

If Well drop points I might actually watch the OF game for once! They usually bore me to fucking tears. Although I can see the huns doing everything possible to prevent Celtic winning the title at the big hoose.

If Well drop points I might actually watch the OF game for once! They usually bore me to fucking tears. Although I can see the huns doing everything possible to prevent Celtic winning the title at the big hoose.

 

Pitch invasions, coin throwing, attacking referees, parcel bombs to Neil Lennon?

Pitch invasions, coin throwing, attacking referees, parcel bombs to Neil Lennon?

 

I hope so not.

Yeehaaa, looks who's appeared on the scene:

http://news.stv.tv/scotland/west-central/301043-ex-dundee-director-di-stefano-tells-qatar-ruler-buying-rangers-is-best-deal-in-football/?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter

 

Ex-Dundee director Di Stefano tells Qatar ruler buying Rangers would be 'best deal in football'

 

Mr Di Stefano stated he would have 'no role whatsoever' should the Emir of Qatar move to take over the Ibrox club.

 

By Mike Farrell

 

19 March 2012 14:45 GMT

 

    Comment

 

Former Dundee FC director and controversial lawyer Giovanni di Stefano has told the ruler of Qatar buying crisis-hit Rangers is "the very best deal in football".

 

The lawyer, dubbed the Devil’s Advocate after representing serial killer Harold Shipman and Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein among others, told STV News he had highlighted the situation of the Ibrox Club to the Emir of Qatar.

 

Mr Di Stefano, who is currently facing charges of defrauding clients out of £140,000, stated that he would have "no role whatsoever" should Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani try to take over Rangers.

 

Relatives of the Emir have been taking an interest in European football in recent years with his son and heir apparent Sheikh Tamim buying over Paris Saint Germain through the Qatar Sports Investments firm, while his relative Sheikh Abdullah purchased Malaga in Spain for around €36m in 2010.

 

On Monday, Mr Di Stefano told STV News that he had contacted the Emir to highlight the possibility of him buying the Ibrox club, who called in the administrators last month.

 

He said: "All I have done is pointed out to His Excellency and his advisors that in my view, if nothing else, Rangers represents the very best deal in European football at the moment.

 

"It would require little to no substantive investment other than repayment of debts and a new owner would have a superb club that is guaranteed European Football in the coming years as well as a huge worldwide support.

 

"I would have no involvement in anything to do with Rangers, as my passion in Scottish football lies elsewhere. Mind you, and I know some Dundee fans might not like this, but if I had the money, I would buy Rangers - it represents such a good deal you’d be a mug not to."

 

Mr Di Stefano added: "All I have done is sown the seed - if the fish bites, the fish bites. The Emir would bring stability to Rangers, which is what they need. It is one of the problems with administration in the UK that entities are not actively marketed for interested parties to purchase. If Rangers are not marketable, then we might as well close up shop."

 

The lawyer also stated that he believed the Emir would prove to be a "fit and proper person" to take over Rangers.

 

Palace gifts

 

He also revealed that the head of Qatar had been a "really, really nice man" to him while he was representing Saddam Hussein. Mr Di Stefano said the Emir had granted amnesty and given palaces to some families connected with the former Iraqi dictator while he had represented them during legal proceedings following the fall of the regime in 2003.

 

In a brief but colourful spell at Dundee, Mr Di Stefano spent six months as a director at Dens Park from August 2003 to January 2004, before he left after the club went into administration.

 

As Dundee again faced financial difficulties late in 2010, Mr Di Stefano told STV he would have "no problem" taking over the club, so long as he had "dictatorial command" of the Dark Blues. His statement of interest in Dundee did not go any further.

 

Next year Mr Di Stefano will stand trial next year over allegations of fraud and theft. He denies the charges and has claimed in his defence that the proceedings are "politically motivated".

 

At the end of last week Duff and Phelps received three indicative bids for Rangers. The Blue Knights consortium, fronted by former director Paul Murray and backed by London firm Ticketus, has made its interest known, while owner of Sale Sharks Rugby Union Club Brian Kennedy also lodged an indicative bid with the administrators.

 

The third interested party is understood to be Prometheus Capital Partners based in Chicago, which owns Club 9 Sports. It has previously failed in two attempts to enter into UK football club ownership with plans to take over Tranmere Rovers and Sheffield Wednesday in recent years both proving fruitless.

Why do they keep referring to him as a lawyer. I dont believe that he has ever provided any proof that he holds a law degree. Hes a charlatan and a publicity seeker.

 

With any luck he'll buy the huns

Huns special from Govan on 5Live.  Going by this you'd think they are the greatest club ever to exist and their fans the salt of the earth.  Already had at least one person say the trouble in Manchester was down to fans who weren't real huns. 

 

Mark Hately and Andy Goram are on the panel... couple of morons. Hardly news I know but thought I'd repeat it regardless.

 

Henry McLeish, Pat Nevin, Iain Davidson are also amongst the panel. Unfortunately so is Mark Dingwall.... someone whose default setting is "utter tit of a man".

It's vomit inducing.

We're now onto the OF going to England and B teams in the lower Scottish Leagues  :hammer:

Dear christ, it should be Rangers in the fucking 3rd Division!

lol he got the name of the guy running the fighting fund wrong, oh the irony

Awww... a touching story about an 11 year old asking to give up his holiday so the money can go to the Huns.

 

Aye, that's "one of the biggest clubs on earth" having to get helped from a Primary 7 kid.

Awww... a touching story about an 11 year old asking to give up his holiday so the money can go to the Huns.

 

Aye, that's "one of the biggest clubs on earth" having to get helped from a Primary 7 kid.

 

£120k so far.  Is that not a bit shit considering they have 10 zillion fans.

 

The whole programme seems to have concluded that Rangers are vital to Scotland, their fans are the best in the World and they will be back where they belong, winning trophies in a year or two and all they have done is be stupid enough to be duped by Whyte.

 

I look forward to a less fawning report from Channel 4 News later this week

SUCCULENT LAMB.

£120k so far.  Is that not a bit shit considering they have 10 zillion fans.

 

 

Less than £3 a head from a full Ibronx.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H2h6gqk_Ybw&feature=youtu.be

Gordon Smith: "we didn't know, we didn't know, we didn't know"

 

http://soundcloud.com/celticresearch/mark-daly-smith/s-1lnXz

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H2h6gqk_Ybw&feature=youtu.be

 

If I was Murray's PR advisor I would be banging my head against the wall after the whole 'scottish football needs us, celtic needs us blah blah blah' bit.