rangers fc

[kilty55]

dire straits for the gers at the moment and also cant understand so many opposition fans thinking this is great news to see rangers dissolve like this as imo the knock on effect will have a huge negative effect on scottish football

not sure if i have read deep enough into this but the players were asked to take pay cuts as the only route to keep the club afloat at present and they havent agreed!!!!:yikes: they are not going to get full pay surely or redundancy packages?

any opinions on whats happening at rangers?

 

[charlie1]

I think liquidation kilty! not good, im a celtic fan, but i honestly dont want this to happen!! Dont get me wrong, i think mr white has a plan to secure the assets then sell them after they start up again however, I have herd any new buyer of the new company may still be liable for the massive tax bill, its a mess for scottish football

 

[kilty55]

i supprt celtic also and do not want this to happen,it will do no good for any of us

what i cant understand is the players it seems they could have kept things going if they agreed to wage cuts but have said no? do thry think by saying no that they are going to get full pay?

 

[doug boardley]

it'll be catastrophic for SPL if Rangers go under, I can't believe that no mega rich oil sheikhs have come in with an offer.

 

[charlie1]

i supprt celtic also and do not want this to happen,it will do no good for any of us

what i cant understand is the players it seems they could have kept things going if they agreed to wage cuts but have said no? do thry think by saying no that they are going to get full pay?

I doubt the wage cutts would save gers, same outcome different time imo!

 

[kilty55]

your probably right mate.....would no doubt just save some time.....

 

[Time's Ran Out]

I don't know the background facts as to why they haven't paid their Income Tax but you just try it and see what happens to you! Why should a Scottish football club be a special case - close it and send those responsible to jail for defrauding the Government.:smilewinkgrin:

 

[hillhead]

Bad organization i say, not good for Scottish football at all.
Who want's to buy debt there?

 

[Stef]

We were put in administration through the small tax bill, £9million.

The big tax bill £49/£75 million is still going through the courts.

We have until tomorrow to make a deal with the administrators to try & cut 1million per month from the operating costs of running the club, thats why they have asked the players to take a wage cut.
The higher earners, McGregor, Davis, Whittaker etc will be 75% cuts,
The middle earners 50% cuts & the lower earners 25% cuts.

Talks have stalled, seemingly agents of the players now getting involved.

I still think Craig Whyte has a plan but he has to show his hand quickly. From day 1 he was always going to put the club into administration but i dont think even he realised how this would pan out into this situation.

Sky can pull the plug on the 80million TV deal they have in place if either of the old firm arent playing in scotland so its dire straights for the whole of scottish football & not just rangers.

 

[kilty55]

cheers stef for the info......totally agree it hacks me off reading all the daft messages on fb etc about the gers going out what they dont realise is we will all suffer......and who wants a such a big club to go ? not me

 

[hillhead]

Too much money in football IMO.
Good info there Robson.

 

[Ron117]

As a Hibernian supporter, i don't want to see a major player in the Scottish game go under, teams like my own rely on the gate receipts from the old firm to survive. we also moan and groan when the old firm take our good players, but that's how we balance our books. All i can say is if Rangers go under it'll effect everyone and not in a good way.

 

[Stef]

Jamie its not a good situation & i honestly never thought i would get to see it this bad.

I have followed Rangers right through Europe over the years & lapped up all the good times but the only thing im worrying about now is whether we survive or not.

They are saying that everything is going to get sold, ie Ibrox & Murray park, the 2 of those are worth roughly £110million so its not as if we dont have collateral behind us.

We only owe £9million as it stands so i cant understand the situation.

Craig Whyte offered £4.3 of the £9mill to the taxman on the friday we went into administration but the taxman knocked it back, C Whyte was in dispute about the rest of the money owed, in that was £1million VAT on the sale of Jelavic to Everton.

I think the taxman is just making an example of Rangers as a warning to other clubs.

Arsenal have already been through this, they owed about £150mill & HMRC took a token payment of £10mill.

I lot of clubs have went down this payment to players route, Tax avoidance.