by Guest Fri Feb 17, 2012 5:13 am
Jelavić7|EFC wrote:Players wages will be paid in full, no players will be released this week and the administrators say that the chance of liquidation is very remote.
The Scottish government say that Scotland needs Rangers and that they would step in if needed.
Also, there are interested parties in taking over at Rangers, who are unassociated with the current or previous owner.
Where to start with this?
(1) Administrators must say liquidation is remote. It would be no benefit to say liquidation is guaranteed. Rest assured, If HMRC win their case it's game over.
(2) The Scottish government can't step in, and won't. I'm sure you're referring to a quote from Alex Salmond today that Scotland needs Rangers. He doesn't say he will step in. It provoked an angry response and Scottish Minister of Sport has just said "I want to be clear that no public money would be offered to bail out any football club and this remains the case with Rangers."
Celtic responded a short while ago to Salmond
IN response to comments made by First Minister Alex Salmond, the club have released the following statement:
“We are very disappointed with the First Minister’s claims that Celtic ‘need’ Rangers and that Celtic ‘can't prosper unless Rangers are there’”.
"This is simply not true. In a series of interviews given just three days ago, we made it abundantly clear that Celtic has a well-defined strategy and a business plan independent of the fortunes of any other club. That remains absolutely the case.
“The predicament of Rangers is clearly a serious and complex matter with a whole range of possible outcomes.
“However, we are extremely well-qualified to make our own position clear and have no wish to see this being misrepresented for political reasons .”
ResurrectionRooney wrote:Alexander fucking Salmond is trying to make this a Scotland Vs. Britain thing.
It's pretty obvious he's trying to win votes by pandering to the massive unionist contingent in the Rangers support.
Also, I'm staggered at Alex Salmond coming out and saying he hopes Rangers survive and that the country needs them.Has anyone told him they've stolen around £36m from Government coffers and owe about £70m in total?? Can't get my head around a government leader advocating for a company that cheated paying tax to survive? As I said before, he is trying to make political capital from their situation but it's completely backfired.The press conference held by administrators this afternoon has also raised more questions.
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Administrators refuse to answer question "Has Craig Whyte taken this club for a ride?"
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Rangers' administrators were asked if what has gone on here was normal, answer "no".
Administrators also couldn't answer where the £9m in tax that Rangers havent paid since Whyte took over has gone, and the rest of the £24m loan Whyte took out using season tickets has not made it to Rangers accounts, and is in Whytes account instead. Rangers in debt of £24m to Ticketus.
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