Rodgers’ signings played a huge role in earning the club £40m directly from UEFA. Throw in five home sell-out matches alongside hospitality spin-offs and bonus payments from sponsors and they have more than justified being signed.
The Record’s campaign has linked their cherished club at Ibrox with Leeds and the Red Bull empire at every turn, with the Crystal Palace case in the spotlight the Record has given the game away on the 49ers role at Ibrox.
I have been trying to be as forceful as I can about what we need to bring in, and the challenges we have had are well chronicled. Irrespective of the result tonight, we still need reinforcements.
In three or four windows, we could have closed the gap [to Celtic] with a good development of players, but the decision is made and you need to accept it.
It isn’t an exact science but between the bank account, a new share issue and some limited borrowing a new structure could be built in one year without impacting on the team.
I’m pretty sure by then, we’ll have one or two people to help us and add to the group.
Boyd’s team managed to drop points in 16 SPFL matches, they never won in four visits to St Mirren and Hibs, under two different managers they went seven matches at Ibrox without a victory. The did from Southampton isn’t going to resolve that in less than three months.
Dave Ancelotti and his advisors should take note and learn lessons- Como, Basel and Deportivo surely don’t have the same levels of toxicity lurking among their supporters.
Their views aren’t coloured by the former Southampton boss being a vegan, Buddhist that is a member of the Green Party. Absolutely not. Anyone for Everyone, Anyone?
No questions were asked about why there was no media conference, no RTV interviews with the new owners. No price given for the sale of the shares, the names of the sellers wasn’t revealed but they have achieved the magic number of 51%, somehow.