Rangers Rumours Archive January 09 2012
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09 Jan 2012 22:53:39
Sandaza will be confirmed a Rangers player as early as next week. Will not feature on Saturday. This is how low our club has got. No direspect to the guy personally, however he should never be near a Rangers jersey. Only 6 months ago the chairman of a mediocre championship club stated that he is the worst football player he has ever seen. Now he is on the brink of pulling on our jersey. Glasgow Rangers my club, your club are on its knees. Grant Kincaid Loyal.
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Keep the head up mate. Many a good players have been deemed worthless before their prime.
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Will he play against us on Saturday? If he does us damage there will be hell to pay, crazy and farcical.
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So the chairman that spent money to get him used his money to buy the worst player he has ever seen lol sour grapes it sounds like to me
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Proven SPL player, He was a top scorer with Valencia's Second team, and before people start complaining, look at Aluko hes doing well for us and most were probably slating him before he arrived so lets wait and see before we judge the signings, most of Allys signings so far have been ok.
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100% correct, only the ar******s on here would think Sandaza isnt worth a shout, highly regarded at Valencia until injury, and as you say, was top scorer in their reserves, who would p*** all over any SPL team
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Would disagree with most of Allys signings being ok......Ortiz, Bedoya, McKay cant even make the squad and were murdered by injuries, that's about 20k min.. per week tied up in guys who don't even feature.
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I can see what you mean about guys like Ortiz Bedoya and McKay but you have yo remember these guys need time to adjust to our league and setup, plus they were bought for little money As I said MOST of his signings, likes of Aluko and Wallace have been excellent as have Goian and Boca have on the whole been excellent :)
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If you think McKay, Ortiz and bedoya are being paid 20k a week between them you don't have a clue
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I still think Ortiz could be a player, especially at Right Back...he very rarely gives the ball away. and looked good as part of a central 3 against motherwell at Fir Park earlier in the season. Would like to see him given a chance at Right Back, with Whittaker ahead of him
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What was said about mario jardel again? couldn't trap a bag of sand was it? he turned out no bad
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That jardel quote was by archie knox!
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Ha Ortiz has a pass success rate less th 50% that's the problem with him! He is inaccurate.
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09 Jan 2012 21:55:50
Scott allan has joined WBA
ssn breaking news
And also there's only one super ally
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We already new Scott Allan had signed with wba about 3 days ago
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09 Jan 2012 21:14:28
A guy I know who plays golf with hibs back team staff told me that Derek riordon is in Scotland right now training with a big spl side but been kept very hush who, reason he knows this is riordon asked to visit hibs but there answer was no !!
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He is at Celtic training i heard
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Hope iys celtic because hes not good enough for rangers
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He's at killy! not a big club....
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I don't want Riordan, but who the f*** do we think we are with all this ''not good enough'' crap, we don't have two bob, so the likes of Sandaza is actually a very decent signing at the moment, FFS get real.
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09 Jan 2012 20:34:58
Heard a wee rumour we are in for Paul gallacher of leicester on loan till end of season
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How about trying to sign Tamar Tamiz,the Irsrael striker,that plays over there.He was born in Nigeria,and has a really impressive strike rate.He is valued at £1.2 million.I would say that is a bargin.He is a you ng guy to.So we could sell him on for more.If we managed to get him in.Be a good replacement for Jelavic,when he goes.Ally
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NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO. :-S
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Is it not toto tamuz? former b.jeruselum player now at hapoel i think? smashing big player imo only seen him a few times n looks good.
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Cant be to many Nigerians playing for Irseal.So I would imagine I was right.He wont play over there for long.I think Ally would know about him.Since we tried to sign Hamed last year.The fella that went to play in Spain.Another Ally
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1.2 million!!! We don't have 2 pence to rub together.....
when are the fans that cant see whyte for what he is going to wake up and smell the coffee
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Ally has funds to spend,with or without players leaving.He has said so him self in inter views.He just has not said how much.We have heard the Rangers are skint patter for years now.And Rangers still out spend Celtic.If Jelavic leaves for £10 million.I am sure we could stretch to £1.2 million for a player.We knocked back £9 million from Liverpool for him.Dispite what Peter Lawell has to say about it.Ally {Ed014's Note - Liverpool didn't bid for him.
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Aye,,,,Ally had big money to spend in the summer too.....don't talk p***
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I can't see us getting 10 for Jela, I would hold on to him for the moment as he will come back into form and hopefully get a run in the Euro's.
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IMO £7-8 Million at a push for jelavic or even £4-6 million plus a player
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Id rather we went for Hamdi Salihi the guy who played with Jela at Vienna- big strong powerful striker and knows were the goal is, plus his contracts up in the summer so would only be wages to pay
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Great call mate he has a even better strike rate,than the guy I mentioned earlier.Ally
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Celtic already on his case m8
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Plenty off teams are after him,not just Celtic.Ally
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09 Jan 2012 20:17:44
Im a bit worried Arsenal will re-call Bartley as yet another Defender has been injured tonight thats 8 players in that position out that would be all we needed!
WATP
BIG CRAIG
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He would get roped apart in epl he's not in that class
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Bartley is not a great defender.
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Jordan mcmillans better anyway.
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How would you know he's not gr8 defender
He plays with arsenal and I'm sure he would excel in any league hope we can sign him .
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He dosent play with arsenal thats why he's up here,wenger dznt rate him n this is a manager who plays young players all the time.he cant even get a game in the league cup!
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Dont rate him!! if bartley was any good he would be still there
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Y did wenger giv him a new 3yr deal for then if he aint gd enuff? Sum halfwits on here so there is! Mushy.
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Cause wenger rates him idiot he just gave him a new contract b4 he came on loan
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I thought that because of some difference in the rules that EPL teams couldn't recall players early from their loans in Scotland?
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Mushy is always a tad angry at things
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Kyle Bartley is a super big defender just be hampered by injuries
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09 Jan 2012 19:50:17
heard we have signed sandaza on a pre-contract but gonna try sign him in this window for £150k also what u all think about trying to get stevenson fi hearts i think he would be a great stand in for naisy
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Aluko is good replacement for naisy
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Sandaza is sh#t we dont want him plus we need to keep all our other players. JRM
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Is this what he have become!! scrapping the bottom of the barrel for players that cost 150k and players that pay there own costs?
I fear the worst for our team and sandaza is poor D/u let him go and he has only done well this season but apart from that.
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09 Jan 2012 19:44:15
Unlikely, but who else would like to see Thomas Buffel back at ibrox ? We are in need of another creative midfielder !
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Are u joking. He was the same as Lafferty. Played 1 good game in 20. And he is probably about 31 or 32 now.
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Thought he did ok for us .walter didnt even give him a chance
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I did like him but he got injured and that was it for him.
To old now i think we need younger fitter guys now
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Buffel was on the last six months of his contract.If he has not signed a new deal.So it might be a possibilty.He was a good player for us.I rated him in his time here.Ally
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Dont think we are in a position to be worrying about peoples age, we just need players regardless of their age and class !
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Great player too lightweight for Scottish football and injury prone
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Still alot better than lafferty and healy though, would take him back anyday :)
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Laff and even healy have a better goal to game ratio than buffel.
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Wow what a thick remark,Healy and Lafferty are strikers thats why.Buffel was a midfielder so he is going to have less chances to score.Do some of these posters even watch football?A.M
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I know that u idiot. I was just makin an observation. N btw midfielders shld score anaw... Naismith, aluko( in the few games he's had) so stop n have a wee think before u snap like wee girl, now on u go hen f**k off.
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Aw is some one goin to cry cos his buffel idea got rubbished?
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If it was such a thick remark, then the post above it comparing them to buffel must have been daft aswell? Hmm..? So sharpin up stato! Haha
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09 Jan 2012 19:31:39
Heard from a contact in London that Arsenal have agreed a deal with the tax man which may set a precedent on the whole tax case.
don't know figures but he also said that Gers have been offered a deal on similar terms but Craig Whyte has insured Rangers debt for £12m and he is playing hard ball with the HMRC.
Basically anything over £12m leaves Whyte and Gers in the dodo...unless his 'personal' 'wealth' starts getting used.
On another note if Whyte was pulling rangers out of the stock market anyway why not tell us?. If he has any savvy at all he will keep us all in the loop instead of being subject to embarrassing headlines.
Yours Dr Dre, we are all Salim Kerkar
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Arsenal are financially the best run club in England and ave no debt to the ax an or anyone so why are you posting rubbish.
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Arsenal deal not the same issue and was some time ago, and it didn't set any precedents. They owed between 200m and 300m but settled with HRMC for 10m.
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Arsenal already settled.owed in region of £300m and agreed between :£10-14m.only club to pay up as things stand.remember EBT,s are not illegal and people still using them.hmrc have closed the loophole so can't buy into them but they are still in use today.tax avoidance not illegal if properly done using loopholes correctly.tax evasion is illegal and this is what hmrc are trying to prove with rangers.this is why Whyte is confident in the case.
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"shyte is playing hardball with HMRC"
bwahahahhahaaaaa!!
FPMSL!!
seriously, you still think this charlatan is working for the club, oh my god!
look at what's happening, almost every day there seems to be another embarassing financial kick in the teeth, and you're all standing back watching this pantomime continue?
even jellyfish is saying there's a £50m debt and has to be paid within a certain amount of time....wtf??
this is gonna be the greatest collapse of an institution EVER, and we all have front row seats:D
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Dont think you can insure against debt.our problem is the letters to players exempting them from payments,thats what makes it avoidance.whyte must be more up front with us if he expects season book money up front
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If we go bankrupt don't worry we will be back even stronger,we don't really have any competiton in Scotland we won the league the last 3 years with a poor team that says it all,we will win this year again septics bottle will crash again..WATP.
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I have said on here many times and been shot down our club is in grave danger and the scottish media have turned a blind eye-one question (and dont call me a septic fan) if the daily record have their crest broken for losing a pre-season friendly remember that i laughed but not now no agm,no signed accounts,shares suspended,players paying their own fee(sono)losing a 15 (9) point lead-but the media nothing to see move on-lets get our heads out the sand bears and try and save our beloved club
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09 Jan 2012 19:14:26
What about alagui scored against us when nobody else could
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Did mark millar not score that night also, so obviously not when nobody else could
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Aye decent player
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09 Jan 2012 18:06:52
I doubt it but does anyone think we would have a chance of getting Elmander from Galatasaray. Liked him at Bolton and he is 30 so maybe not to expensive.
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No chance, we missed our shot at signing him during the PLG era
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Nah buddy, doubt he'd want to spend his later football years in Scotland, plus he's Swedish, the whole Celtic-sweden connection would probably dampen any hopes aswell.
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We couldn't afford his wages.
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Does having two players from Sweden mean they have a Sweden connection? Thats like saying no American would sign for Celtic
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They do have connection through mijalby
That's how lustig was signed.
Source: cfc website.
Gers fan, check their site occasionally but.
A don't know any Americans in their team do you?
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Cervi is an american!!
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Reserve Goalie, Dominic Cervi, currently on loan at Morton is American
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..cervi, who? Haha
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09 Jan 2012 17:53:35
Would anybody else take Johnny Hayes from Caley
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Could be worth a pop
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Wouldnt be a bad shout plenty of pace good skill great delivery hit a few wonder goal one against us plus within our budget
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I think ICT would want money for him so maybe not within the budget.
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Wouldnt take him to the end of ma street
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As a Rangers fan living in Inverness i have watched him a few times he can be bit lazy but is brilliant when he is in the mood . Think he is fed up here and defo worth a punt . Bit of an idiot off the park ive heard a few times !!
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Im also a Rangers fan from Inverness and from what i see of him out on nights out the guy is a BE***ND! Couldnt agree with you more tho mate, he can be quite lazy and also think he is fed up here! The Caley fans definatly rate him but hey they even rate Ross Tokely
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09 Jan 2012 17:50:13
I think that we should go for st mirrens hasslebank we need a bit of pace up top, what's everyone elses views?
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Cant get a game for stmirrin mate
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Superb wee player seen him play with my uncle when he was at accies . Worth a knock and we'll get him well cheap
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If we don't already have better players then him in the u21's the we are in trouble.
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He's certainly got speed but his finishing isn't good enough.
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I'd rather have his uncle lol, jimmy floyd
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Are you serious? Why not just go for Rory Mcallister?
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Are you serious?..Why not see if Annan Athletic have any reserves they don't want..WE ARE RANGERS and i'd rather we signed no one instead of the names posted on here..Hasselbank,Sandaza,O'Connor..come on
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Just my opinion... He's troubled us lots of times that we played them, and I think he would be a better signing than o conner or sandaza, who have never really impressed me.
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And, "WE ARE RANGERS" exactly we are rangers, we can't get decent players anymore because we have no money. Your living in the past!
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09 Jan 2012 17:35:56
sell broadfoot to bristol city for 300k and give that to st johnstone for sandaza simple *ksd*
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Fair enough broadfoot is s**t, but I don't think we have the squad strength to be selling folk !
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Good call, would be an excellent financial move. Heard a rumour on this site that we could get 750k for kirk, if we do then hopefully the fee goes undisclosed and do get sandaza for 300k
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300k for broadfoot ur mental mate no worth £30
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09 Jan 2012 17:35:32
jelavic will leave and both o'connor & sandaza will be coming in. ally will also look to add a creative player in midfield.
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Ok then might aswell put white in he is full of dribble
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We should just wave awhite flag to Celtic in that case.
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What about eremenko he would do a job in the middle
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Presumably you mean Alexei Eremenko of Rubin Kazan. We could never meet the wages that they will be paying him. He was excellent for Kilmarnock, and we put him in the air at every opportunity against them so we knew he was seen as a threat. Won't be signing though.
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09 Jan 2012 16:30:02
I have heard that Rangers are looking at Tade from Inverness Caley any one else heard anything
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They will be linked with every player thats doing not too bad in the SPL in the coming weeks,I wouldn't take much notice
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Plz let this b rubbish Tade wtf lol
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Tade is awful and has the first touch of a elephant,and is crap in the air to for a big guy.What a lot of crap,from a Ceptic fan.Ally knows a good striker,when he sees one.And he will sign better quality than Tade.A.M
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09 Jan 2012 15:44:10
Just heard from my cousin (who apparently has a gd source, fk knows who or if hes bulls**tting) ... but anyway Rangers are going to table an offer of £100,000 for Sandaza to get him now. Saints want 300K
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Did he tell you how much of that fee Rangers expect Sandaza to pay himself?
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Could believe this. more penny pinching from the board.
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Doom and gloom as per usual.If he pays part of the fee it shows how keen he is.
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He is p'sh we need to keep jelly
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09 Jan 2012 15:18:15
O'conner is linked with Rangers Bolton and Millwall Gers favs
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Rangers, millwall and charlton actually
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Yeah it is Charlton not Bolton couldent have been listening very good just aswell its a rumor site and not a facts site:)
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To post above - why be a d1ckhead just because he never heard/remembered Charlton :S
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If you're gonna stick some bunk on, many folk will have heard any way, as evidenced by the correction, you might as well get it right no?!? :-S :-S
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09 Jan 2012 14:40:14
rangers vrs dundee utd in the scottish cup
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How can someone disagree with this lol :s
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What kind of idiot would possibly click the 'disagree' button?
CC
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People just taking the pi55 lol
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09 Jan 2012 14:01:48
I have heard that Rangers are looking at Readings Brian Howard who is an attacking midfielder on loan till the end of the season as he has fallen out with the current Reading manager.
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Brian Howard is a Rangers man, good midfielder and self-confessed lifelong Rangers supporter. Far better than McCulloch anyway but we should have kept Bendiksen with the promise of first team football.
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Yeah lets sign him since hes a lifelong gers fan,wtf!
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Hes on loan at millwall
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Sorry didnt realise it was a short loan instead of a season one sorry :L
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09 Jan 2012 13:22:40
Rangers have been suspended from trading due to failing to submit audits
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Chill oot......Rangers have no need to be a listed company, as they have a majority shareholder with about 84%, so there is very little trading in Rangers shares, this will also not affect the signings, that is if we are going to sign anyone anyway...Rangers can still trade as normal as a business
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Bbc confirmed, didnt submit on time
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Chill oot my arse, Mr tight must love fans like u, this is not the time to chill oot as u say
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Post when you know what your talking about, Whyte didn't create the mess, that was Murray, why else would you sell Rangers for £1, only because you had ruined it.
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Get the facts right FFS Rangers HAVE NOT been suspended from trading.....Rangers shares have been suspended, so what!!
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Could someone explain what exactly being suspended from the stock market means?
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Chill out? A take it your buyin into Craig shi*es lies again
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Chill oot! are you mad this affects the value of the club which in turn trading more difficult.we havnt even got a credit line n thats ridiculous for a club the size of gers.so no money,no credit line,wonder who that suits......
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This only means that share on the plus exchange cannot be traded(of little consequence as whyte owns 85% of the club) we can still trade and operate as normal so no squeeky bums just yet!
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Its another huge fine as well, so Whytes failure to submit will cost the club another fine of a few million, what kind of businessman is he
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James Godwin, director of regulation for Plus, said: "I can confirm that The Rangers Football Club plc has been suspended from trading on the Plus stock exchange for breaches of the Plus Rules for Issuers.
"As a company incorporated in the UK, Rangers FC is required to file audited statutory accounts within six months of its year end, June 30, 2011.
"Rangers FC has failed to do so and is in breach of Rule 51 of the Plus rules for issuers.
"The Plus Stock Exchange is also currently conducting an investigation into the circumstances under which Craig Whyte's seven year disqualification from acting as a director in 2000 were not disclosed at the time of his appointment to the board of Rangers FC on May 6, 2011."
Chill out tho eh?
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Craig whyte is leading us a merry dance
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"The fact that the club has a majority shareholder controlling more than 80% means there is very little trading in shares. So as I said calm down. People are making it out to be worse than it really.
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Submited on time just not signed off. were still in the same shape as b,4. ie. NO CHANGE,LOL.
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I'm trying to have faith but for a guy who has claimed to Make on overall 56 mil investment over the next 5 years theirs a lot of worry about a tax bill that's cost less. Hope for the sake of our great club he's just being clever and money quiet till this case is over. And yes mr whyte did! Say it would be an over 56mil deal.
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Has anyone actually read the statement that rangers have made
The Rangers Football Club P.L.C.
(the "Club", the "Company" or the "Group")
Statement re suspension
As a result of the delay in publishing its audited accounts to 30 June 2011 the
board announce that the Company's shares have been suspended from trading on
PLUS pursuant to Rule 51.
The delay has been caused as a result of finalising the audit, which the board
believe will be complete on or around 31 January 2012. The delay in finalising
the audit is principally related to the ongoing HMRC tax tribunal.
The board of the Rangers Football Club plc is currently considering the merit
of maintaining its listing on the PLUS market after 6 May 2012 being the date
12 months following the acquisition of the 85.3 per cent. holding of the
Company by The Rangers FC Group Limited.
The Directors of The Rangers Football Club P.L.C. accept responsibility for
this announcement.
END
It makes no sense to trade rangers shares anyway as it is stated above Mr Whyte owns over 85% of all shares
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No chill out for me what it shows is other buisnesses or investors that we have something to hide, ok we hardly trade shares but its the same as other companies who hardly trade but show accounts because they want to show they have good buisness strategys and finance in place, nothing to do with tax surely that hmrc already know our accounts.. always a ger, at the min hate whyte what he is doing to my club, no more chances
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Does no one seem to worry that a company this size has failed to submit its audits. I can only assume it was on purpose, and that is worrying.
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Just a couple of things, the failure was planned as they await the outcome of the tax case,and the can report the figures, second it won't cause rangers millions in penalities, thirdly the board will probably resign from the stock market as there are no benefits anymore because of the chairmans holding, the losers then will be the fans as the board will then have no legal requirement to list accounts as it will be treated as a private company, not something that I think most Rangers fans would be happy with. Posted the tim overseas
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"Just a couple of things, the failure was planned as they await the outcome of the tax case,and the can report the figures, second it won't cause rangers millions in penalities, thirdly the board will probably resign from the stock market as there are no benefits anymore because of the chairmans holding, the losers then will be the fans as the board will then have no legal requirement to list accounts as it will be treated as a private company, not something that I think most Rangers fans would be happy with. Posted the tim overseas"
You're talking absolute nonsense. Rangers have stated publicly that they intend to submit the audited accounts around the end of this month. The outcome of the tax case will not be known by then, even though it is due to reconvene this month, and there is the likeliehood of appeals etc. The tax case is a complete red herring as far as submission of accounts for the year ending 30 June 2011 are concerned.
Rangers accounts will still be a matter of public record, even if they don't trade on the stock exchange, and can be accessed by anyone through Companies House.
The whole thing of the Directors not wanting to trade on the stock exchange because of Whyte's 83.5% holding is also a load of nonsense. Any credible business would publish their audited accounts and then withdraw from the stock exchange, and not get themselves suspended first and then withdraw. Very, very, bad business practice. Given all the other smoke and mirror tactics Whyte has been upto, in these difficuly economic times it will prevent investment in Rangers, Rangers obtaining lines of credit, and any other club worth their salt will want full payment up front for any signing, and not allow staged payments as is the norm, something that could really hurst Rangers on the park.
But the real problem is, no one actually knows what Whyte is upto. That is very very worrying. Some posters on here think he is some sort of financial genius that is going to pull a magic trick out of the bag. No he is not, if anything he is setting things up so as Craig Whyte benefits financially and Craig Whte alone.
One thing I should correct is that Craig Whyte does not have a 85.3% shareholding in Rangers. It is another company that has the 85.3% shareholding (not Whyte as an individual), and that company is owned by another company that is 100% owned by Whyte, which when I last looked was registeded in the British Virgin Isles. Smoke and mirrors, smoke and mirrors ........
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I assume you then don't believe what was posted by the rangers board in their press release earlier today.
Yes I do agree that the accounts are available from compannies house, but how many fans are going to go the trouble of purchasing a copy, currently you can get a copy on request from Rangers, not sure that will still be the case.
Yes its not good for rangers to delist, either for trading purposes or cosmetic reasons, but I feel its something they will do, and that all Rangers fans should be concerned about the status of the their club. posted tim overseas
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You're correct, I don't believe what has been posted by the Directors on Ranger's website. The tax case is a complete red herring for Rangers trading during the year ended 30 June 2011. The Directors have said the audited accounts will be available at the end of January. What is known over the past mont that wasn't known previously. Remember it is for business activity upto 30 June 2011. And, if you remember when the story first broke several weeks ago, it was on the basis that Rangers auditors had refused to sign the accounts.
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Heard from guy at my work who heard from.. well u get the jist (rumours) that Whyte is only the public face for some one in Monaco. Rumours probably a lot of craig whyte but u never know. Somethings no sitting right.
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Why do punters come on here and just talk completely through their hole?!?
Mr "tax liability is a complete red herring" I mean you.
The accounts remain unsigned as there is a fundamental disagreement between the auditors of the club's accounts and the directors of the club, well Mr Whyte, about the treatment of the amount due to HMRC, which certainly does relate to the year ended 30th June 2011.
Directly related to this the auditors won't be willing to sign off on Rangers' ability to continue as a "going concern". Unless anything changes substantially between now and the end of the month as regards the clarity of the picture on what Rangers will have to pay HMRC they won't be submitting accounts by the end of the month, or anytime soon either, I can assure you.
Anyone with any relevant experience in this sort of area knew full well that Rangers would not in all probability be filing accounts on time for the year just ended purely because of the tax case.
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You're above posting does not make sense. If what you say is correct, then why are Rangers directors stating that audited accounts will be submitted by the end of January.
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Why doesnt dermond just offfer craig 2pounds for his shares then he can safe face and double his money lol
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09 Jan 2012 13:08:10
Ed, is it true that Rangers have been banned from the stock exchange? I got a text about an hour ago saying we have but can't find it anywhere.
FF81 {Ed014's Note - Yes it's true.
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We have not been banned, the shares have been suspended and Rangers have stated that they will be delisting anyway
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Thats ok then did not get signed off cause white said debt was down 2 14mill whitch is a lie it is more like 31 mill and that does not include tax case u cant do a audit and not get it singed off and by the way it has 2 be singed off b4 end off jan for the spl or rangers r banned from europe yeh but dont worry all is ok how much more b4 u start asking white whats going on
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There was no way accounts could be signed of due to pending liability of tax case its not a big deals it would have happened to any company in same position. f.y.i this is nots whytes mess but i agree he should be communicating with the fans better
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It became whites problem when he bought the club for a pound he new what he was doing but he is trying 2 hide 2 much and its catching up with him
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09 Jan 2012 12:04:45
I would take Craig Beattie from Swansea before Gary O'Conner, anyday
Beattie is big Rangers fan, is big strong,lightning fast and scores goals, perfect replacement for laff until the end of the season, he's 27 played in the Prem and Championship, Scottish international,and is better than O'conner by miles, and he would walk up the road to play, i would also snap up Fran Sandaza, very highly regerded at Valencia before injury, top scorer in their b team, he would be very low risk, proven in the SPL and would do a right good job for us.
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Beatie would require a transfer fee as would fran, Whites no gona loosn the prae string till he finds out wot hapn wth the tax case! But I def agree they would be durin them in!!!
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We've already had him on the books once and released him. Plus he's not good enough, and has played for the dark side.
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Agreed sandaza very low risk proven spl scorer and available for 300k got ta snap him up surely
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There will be no1 coming in sky sports broke news that we have stped trading shares and that on hold not good news any1 heard anything else
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Beattie is free in the summer, low fee, if any.....would defo do us a right turn, put it this way, he's similar and as good as Lafferty, oh....and did Kenny Miller not play for the dark side, and is it Beattie's fault we released him, as we do with so many 'decent' players,,
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Got to laugh at some thico's on about Rangers class, what is our class of player.....we've no money, just had share trading suspended, and people are saying the likes of Fran Sandaza isnt Rangers class....was novo when he came from Dundee, the guy is 2nd top scorer in the SPL, scoring against the same teams and players as Jella and the rest......he's exactly what we need, and at the right price.
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Does not affect signings or trading the football club as a business.
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I grew up in the same town as Beattie. He was a die hard gers fan and dick aadvocat told him he wasn't good enough then Celtic took him and I'm a bit younger than him but apparently he wasn't very good anyway so they say.
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His goals to game ratio is pish. 31 goals in 159 games - rotten
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For the record Rangers didn't actually release Beattie. He had been doing well in the reserves but Advocaat didn't particularly rate him and with £12m available to spend on strikers at the time it's easy to see why. I spoke to his mum who interviewed me for a pishy wee job at Coop when i advised her i needed Saturdays off to go to Heaven she couldn't wait to tell me who her son was and that the Gers had fannyed about with regards to offering him a new deal and she said Septic had just offered him a good deal so he was just going to go where he felt wanted so he left at end of contract to join the green and s**te.
For the Record I think he would be better than O'Connor but I would rather have Sandazza or even the boy Heffernen from killy only as a short term replacement for naisy though obviously
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Mate a fkn live 5 mins from his family don't try n make me look daft. All u did was explain what I said in more detail n try to make u look good n me a f***y. Hate smart ars*s like u that talk gash!!
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I also know his family very well and used to drink with his dad in the larch in m-burn, he was released by rangers as he injured his knee at the age of 15.he went to brian scott ex celtic physio for treatment as he made celtic aware of him hence craig joining celtic...FACT
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Hes been at Watford this season, sorry but he is rotten.
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So are we rotten, so he would fit in perfect
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Well a still live in moodiesburn pal. N the silver larch pffff hardly a pub u admit to drinkin in if u want to appear reliable. He just wasn't good enough. He proved that at Celtic! He's gash!
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09 Jan 2012 10:37:44
Francisco Sandaza only one of Ally McCoist's Rangers targets
08 January 12 18:29
Rangers' Ally McCoist has admitted his interest in Francisco Sandaza but insists the St Johnstone man is just one of several strikers in his sights.
The Ibrox manager will discuss his interest in the Spaniard, who has rejected a new contract with Saints, further with owner Craig Whyte.
"I'll have a chat with Craig and see where we are on that one," McCoist said of 27-year-old Sandaza.
"He is just one of a number of forwards that I'm really, really interested in."
McCoist is looking for cover for the injured Kyle Lafferty.
Strike partner Nikica Jelavic returned from his injury absence to score in Rangers' 4-0 Scottish Cup win against Arbroath, but there is also speculation about expected January bids for the Croatia international.
St Johnstone had already confirmed that Rangers were interested in signing Sandaza on a pre-contract agreement to join the Scottish champions in the summer.
David Healy has been deputising for Lafferty and also scored one of the four goals against the Red Lichties.
The others came from a Craig Wedderburn own goal and substitute Salim Kerkar's first goal for Rangers.
Algerian midfielder Kerkar has been at Ibrox since 2010 but has only made a handful of appearances since.
"I was delighted for him," added McCoist. "He is a smashing lad and has waited long enough for his chance.
"It's wonderful to see the relationship he has got with the fans.
"I think they really appreciate the fact that he's a solid citizen and he is always very reliable.
"He was just waiting for his chance and he got it and I was absolutely delighted for him."
There was concern for Rangers when on-loan Arsenal defender Kyle Bartley went to ground clutching his leg and was swiftly replaced with Jordan McMillan in the second half.
However, McCoist said: "Bartley is fine, I think he is okay. His ankle is heavily iced.
"He said he actually got a fright with the way the ankle twisted but did feel a little bit better as he stood up and the physio came on.
"I wasn't prepared to take any chances and got him off.
"We will look at him tomorrow, but hopefully he will be okay."
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Utter rubbish froe ally.where the hells the money coming from? we just had our trading suspended for auditing irregularities and have no line of credit so that seems to suggest loans and frees.my god is this what one of the biggest supported clubs in europe should be behaving? in whyte we trust? i doubt it
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09 Jan 2012 10:03:24
if sandaza was scottish rangers WOULD'NT be interested
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That's a shocking statement, if stokes or Scott McDonald were Scottish does that mean Celtic wouldn't be interested?
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If he could play football Rangers wouldnt be interested if you go by there summer signings!
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What a stupid statement, there really ought to be a minimum level of intelligence before people are given access to the internet,
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What are you talking about half of the Rangers side is Scottish ya fool, Last season and season before rangers had almost a full first 11 of Scottish players, so check your facts before you start talking complete and utter rubbish, IDIOT.
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Rangers will sign a few players in Jan, stop all this panicing, we are skint "that is true" but we're still the boys in blue and we'll come out of the tunnel, at the moment Scottish football is terrible to be honest, but I agree with the sensible guys on this site, Beattie would be a good signing as well as the Spaniard, lets get them in for * sake.
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We all know how skint we are and we need a couple of strikers. If we dont get sandaza what would u think of the lad from falkirk or the lad from airdrie. I know they r in lower leagues but their workrate and goalscoring this season is really good
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Wake up.....right ryan stevenson 27 years old much better than sandaza, why is he not being considered? and i know haf our team is scottish ya mad muppet but there all established players that had money spent on them, naismith 2.5mill, mcculloch 2 mill, mcgregor (top class), whittiker 2mill, lee wallace 1.5 mill, im telling you everyone may think differently about signing sandaza coz he has a spanish background so he might be ok, thats what i meant, plenty of other strikers in SPL, championship ...and probably league 1 and 2 that are better than him, and i think scott mcdonald was absolutely gash so i think the point you made is irrelevant, as you seen coz he cannie even cut it in the championship!
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Scott mcdonald gash who you trying to kid ?
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