FORMER Sheffield United chief executive Charles Green is in the running to buy Rangers after it emerged that he was fronting an English-based consortium bidding for the stricken football club.

The 58-year-old venture capitalist entered the race after US truck tycoon Bill Miller, who was named as a preferred bidder with an £11.2 million bid last week, pulled out on Tuesday.

Little is known about the rest of Mr Green's consortium, but it is understood there are links to Singapore, though there is no association with rival Singoporean bidder Bill Ng.

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