The Daily Record has excelled itself this afternoon with the moonbeam of moonbeams to keep their army of readers happy.
Based solely on plans by Leeds United to raise funds from a share issue Davide Ancelotti will find himself walking into a £120m transfer kitty.
Mark Pirie is the author of today’s masterpiece, even by Record standards it is a helluva stretch to convert an EPL share issue into stars jetting in to Murray Park to star in next season’s Revolution!
With print sales falling off a cliff the Record is desperate to find a digital audience to remain relevant to the grand-children of those brought up on the grand tales from Dave Murray especially for Record readers.
Ronaldo, Gianlucca Vialli and Gabriel Batistuta were all bound for Ibrox during the glory days of the nineties before minor snags broke out leaving the players heart-broken and passing time in Spain and Italy.
For variety a super stadium plan would emerge usually involving super casinos, six star hotels, helipads and hover-pitches.
Alas, like the star name players none of those deals ever got off the ground, eventually Craig Whyte rolled a pound into the sweaty palm of Murray with liquidation just over a year away.
Davide Ancelotti ‘accompanies’ Carlo to Brazil amid Rangers wait as 49ers £120m transfer kitty promise resurfaces 🔵💰https://t.co/ftAszdQtLU pic.twitter.com/aNpACYkV9f
— Daily Record Sport (@Record_Sport) May 26, 2025
Recently the Record has taken to translating any news about Leeds United into more good news stories at Ibrox for their army of readers.
Simply add in Paraag Marathe to a formula and it is moonbeams all round.
Overlooking the awkward issue of Andrew Cavenagh and his takeover kings not owning a single share in the club there are holes all over the story.
49ers Enterprises have been in charge of Leeds for a few years and about to take them back to the EPL after two seasons in the Championship.
Serious funds will be required to avoid following Ipswich, Southampton and Leicester back to the Championship, how that relates to spending plans and war-chests at Ibrox requires the sort of leap of faith required to nail down a place in the Record Sports Desk.
Losses for this season are expected to be around £25m, those figures will be getting finalised and passed over to the ‘takeover kings’ before they sign off on a deal that requires full agreement of the six biggest shareholders, one of whom is Douglas Park.
Regardless of those tricky mechanics the Record will batter on with feel good stories every day through the close season, often three and four times a day.
That type of content might create engagement but mainly from fans taking stories apart. Not good in the medium term.
Every few days the focus switches between Ancelotti Jnr, Steven Gerrard and Russell Martin as their credentials and likely impact is examined.
It is now 10 days since the season ended with a 2-2 draw at Easter Road and a thanks but no thanks message to Barry Ferguson.
Pre season training gets underway in less than four weeks, from July 22/23 onwards there are six midweeks of European qualifiers to get through to reach the group stage of the Champions League, failure to do so will result in another loss of around £20m for next season.
— 🇰🇵🇨🇳🇷🇺Hatate Hanzo (Joe Musashi)🇷🇺🇨🇳🇰🇵 (@TheBaldKyogo) May 26, 2025
What an appalling standard of football journalism we have in this country. Genuinely embarrassing.
— Toph (@tophalba33) May 26, 2025
£120m transfer kitty promise resurfaces lmao ok
— john ronnie (@ronniebhoy500) May 26, 2025
Oh FFS here we go again! 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 Another eejit trying to get a gig at #TheFringe! 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 pic.twitter.com/ZPdofERwjf
— Mk2 BIG MAVERICK🍀 (@Mk2Maverick) May 26, 2025
£120M transfer kitty? 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 keef strikes again
— Scott Anderson (@slim1874) May 26, 2025
Nope , still not clicking 😂😂😂
— 𝚁𝚎𝚋𝚎𝚕𝚁𝚘𝚌𝚔 (@disgracelands9) May 26, 2025
Oh here we go 🙄🙄…. 120 million 😆😆
— Mark Murphy ⭐️ (@Markyjig) May 26, 2025
Fair play to the rag 120 is a perfect number 👍
— Pat (@patw1888) May 26, 2025
As soon as the words ‘Mark Pirie’ appear then you know its going to be shite.
— CHRIS KINNEAR (@walter54789) May 26, 2025
Disingenuous, embarrassing, pish.
— ChrisCav (@Chriscav35) May 26, 2025
What kitty promise, save yourself a click, they’re talking about a Leeds share issue
— matt smith (@mattbabsmith) May 26, 2025
Surely they can’t print this shite with a straight face.
— Jake McQuillen☘️ (@mcklennox79) May 26, 2025
resurfaces after it’s clear Ancelotti has told them to Do 1 🤣🤣🤣🤣 pic.twitter.com/Zm5xoi4yT1
— John Mccor (@jmcc404) May 26, 2025
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2 Comments
by HC Andersen
Mark Pirie – was he not the guy back in the day, when Neil Lennon took Celtic to Ibrox in the first derby of the season, he predicted 4-0 to Sevco.
Celtic won 2-0. Enough said.
by Valentine's day massacre
That was Mark McDougall …he got pumped by the rag tabloid Record soon afterwards !