Rangers: Walter Smith fronts new bid to buy Rangers
The legendary former manager is fronting a group that contains multi-millionaire businessman Jim McColl, and other wealthy Rangers supporters in the local business community.
'I've played in a lot of big games but nothing where the stakes have been as high as this'
In Glasgow, the bragging rights of Edinburgh will be determined; in Munich, the kings of Europe will be crowned; and in London, one club will walk away with a £90m prize and a return to the land of milk and honey.
Centre stage at question time
Sir David Murray: Hugh Adam didn't know. Hugh Adam wanted to buy Rangers at the time I had the club. He was important, and did a great job in running the pools. He became a bit anti-me. I think even in the press Laudrup and Albertz confirmed it. I've asked the auditors to go through it. I've looked through every year to check my facts. There was no double contract. There was categorically no dual contracts.
Regrets and an apology as Sir David speaks out
Yesterday was the painful reminder of the biggest and toughest of all, the 36th anniversary of the horrific car accident that left him without the use of his legs.
'Ogilvie wasn't involved in paying people'
Ogilvie, the former Rangers secretary, has been thrust into the spotlight since one of his former colleagues at Ibrox, ex-director Hugh Adam, made allegations of "under- the-table payments" stretching back into the 1990s and also claimed that double-contract agreements were regularly in place for players at the club.
David Murray: Craig Whyte duped us all over sale of Rangers
The millionaire businessman has broken his silence on the sale of the club to Whyte last May and apologised to fans for deciding to do a deal with the venture capitalist.
Business as usual, but Whyte admits worrying times lie ahead for Rangers
And the chairman’s stance was fully endorsed by the manager, Ally McCoist, who insisted that his players had not been distracted by the storm created by the departures of John McClelland and John Greig, or the controversy caused by the documentary on Thursday evening into the past business dealings of the new club owner.
Gekas still on Rangers’ radar
However, unless Eintracht Frankfurt are willing to lower their asking price for the 31-year-old Greek striker, a deal is unlikely to be done.
Bougherra cleared to go once replacement is signed as Anderlecht reject offer for Juhasz
It was hoped the defender’s exit from Ibrox, most probably to Qatari champions Lekhwiya who are offering him a £30,000-a-week tax-free, could be expedited if Anderlecht accepted a £2.5m offer for Hungarian internationalist Roland Juhasz and personal terms were agreed with the 28-year-old.
