14 Jul 2024 07:14:00
John you mentioned a month or ago we would spend around £20/ 25m this window. What Do you make of Clements comments about needing to sell before we can buy?
14 Jul 2024 08:03:33
Was it not £25/ 30m he posted?
Again, we'll have the usual posters try to put a positive spin on this, but this is alarming - this isn't media speculation, this is straight from the horses mouth.
With regard to PC admitting he had 'different expectations' when taking the job, it doesn't surprise me one bit when you have a snake oil salesman like Bisgrove selling him the dream. A sleazy, manipulate, thin skinned, spiv.
If we can't move on the players who will bring in £2m plus (and not just one or two), then, as it stands, this team is nowhere good enough to win the league.
14 Jul 2024 08:45:49
If the Board ain’t backing the manager then the fans have to back the manager it’s plain and simple. Pc needs time at least another 2/ 3 windows because of the board.
He can’t expect to compete with Celtic with both hands tied behind his back.
I thought bisgrove was good for rangers some fans don’t like him because he left and some guy got sacked for stealing.
Am sure John was talking about with transfers going out that was what we would spend. Maybe his contacts have lied to him or they have been lied to who knows.
14 Jul 2024 08:52:04
Guys, John was only sharing his info with us, to what he had been told and to be fair to John he gets very good info that he kindly shares with us on here ?John if you don't mind me asking mate, derek ferguson has allegedly stated we're very much interested in signing current aberdeen striker bojan miovski ?Have you info on if that's most definitely the case mate ?, because personally i can't see it, although i do recognise we need to sign a striker, who's going to be our first choice no.9 striker ?.
14 Jul 2024 08:54:20
We were never going to spend that amount, we only spend a couple mil last year on top of the rent layers sold. Kamara, Sakala and Colak.
This year we haven’t sold any. So if we don’t manage to offload any then we’ll have to go with the same squad and maybe a few loan deals.
14 Jul 2024 08:56:22
I knew as soon as I heard some chat about PCs comments that I'd see a snake oil salesman post today.
14 Jul 2024 09:42:45
Who in their right mind thought it was going to be any different.
People thought we would continue paying the wages of the current players while we recruit and pay the wages of new arrivals. Some fans don’t seem to understand basic economics.
14 Jul 2024 10:12:43
It was an odd comment to make unless the board have not lived up to some promises.
Regardless of the budget we have we can’t just keep adding players to the squad without selling any so makes sense to move some on first otherwise could be stuff with a huge inflated squad which will impact the finances.
I’m glad we have bright in some young players and starting to invest in a younger squad but the reality is we need a few first team players to improve the first team.
A couple of wingers are the big priority for me - we need goals and assists from that position. Then a centre half to replace Goldson.
Possibly a centre mid to add some experience.
Danilo could be our first choice striker I think.
We have plenty players to sell to raise some funds that are not needed.
14 Jul 2024 10:18:38
Oooo, aren't you clever EHL. Kudos for you! ? ? ? ??.
14 Jul 2024 10:20:16
Aye, OK Warren Buffet, why don't you enlighten us with your grasp on economics?
14 Jul 2024 10:23:06
My hatred to him has got sod all to do with him leaving. The snake oil salesman (just for you EHL?) was hated by most within Ibrox, including the players. FGS, this is common knowledge, but still, some on here stick up for him.
14 Jul 2024 10:23:47
We spent 20+ million last season zikos.
14 Jul 2024 10:37:47
I’d tend to believe Johns information, if we start waving 25 million about we will never get value for our money. Makes sense to get players off wage bill and maybe a few good fees in before spending. Let’s no panic.
14 Jul 2024 11:21:09
Storm, we’ve been over this a few times. We spent approx £13M last year and took in around £11M from sales . For me that’s a £2M outlay. You might say it’s a £13M spend but for me it’s only £2M.
{Ed001's Note - you would not have received anything like £11m if the total sales were that much. 5% goes to the player, 5% is split between the clubs whose academy the player spent time with, so there is 1.1m gone already. Then you have agent fees, taxes, solicitor fees and any other fees involved. It is best you give up trying to talk finances as you clearly haven't a clue what you are on about.}
14 Jul 2024 15:02:58
I actually have a very good understanding of finances but we tend to generalise when we talk about transfer fees.
Anyways, you seemed to have missed the point Ed.
{Ed001's Note - clearly you have not got any understanding and I have not missed your point at all. Who is this we? You mean those with no understanding of football finances maybe? Because I certainly do not do anything like you have been doing. I hate the talk of net spend and gross spend etc based on transfer fees. It is ridiculous because it is not even close to what is actually being spent. For starters, it is incredibly rare for a full transfer fee to be paid in one go. I can only think of a couple of examples, and they were interconnected.
Also, the actual transfer fee being almost always paid in instalments can also mean incurring interest fees. On top of that, the initial payments, as clubs rarely have the ready cash at hand to make the payment outright, are usually paid via short term financing, which means more fees and interest on top of the payments for the actual transfers.
There are so many other payments that can be incurred, as well as the chances of future bonus payments etc being incurred, that it is almost impossible to keep track of, even with access to FIFA's TMS.}
14 Jul 2024 17:56:21
Zikos, it’s a business income and out goings. Look what happens when u don’t try balance books.
14 Jul 2024 18:15:36
The malaise at our club started with the appointment of Douglas Park and the club won't improve until the stench of the Park's family is well and truly gone from the Club.
As Chairman, Park spent much of his time alienating the SPFL, the SFA and others while at the same time communication with the fans, (or to be more precise, the customers), was more or less nonexistent.
Manipulating his son onto the Board and then involving him in the choice of manager that delivered one of the worst managers in our history, (Caixinha), should have been enough to raise questions. That he then failed to support Steven Gerrard after he won the league and followed this up with the appointment of Wilson as DoF, (who was clearly brought in to sell any worthwhile asset that we had), and the inept Park as Chief Scout says it all.
Even now, when rumours continue regarding new investment with interest from two current Board Members and at least one other current shareholder and various names from Scotland and South Africa, rumours also continue to circulate that one of the blockers to this investment is Park.
Bennett is only just in the door as Executive Chairman and it iis quite plausible that he was aware of the full situation until he took up the appointment full time.
What needs to happen now is significant change in the Boardroom and further investment.
It is Bennett's job to do this as the current custodian of Rangers Football Club and he need to do it quickly.
I am struggling to see what Graeme Park and Alastair Johnston bring to the Club, there has to be question marks over the lack of Corporate Governance and strategic oversight by the current NED's. There must also be a genuine question mark over their previous choices of Executive Directors appointed by them.
Clement appears to be someone that can genuinely take the Club forward and I still believe that Bennett has the ability to change things however there is a dire need to bring in new investment and bring in new blood to the Boardroom. People that are ambitious and want to see us back at the top are a major priority and getting rid of the deadwood on the Board is as big a priority as getting rid of the deadwood in the playing department.