Rangers manager Ally McCoist has received notice that he may be called to give evidence in the case against the club's former owner Craig Whyte and his former colleagues.

McCoist, who revealed the legal development yesterday, said he would be happy to testify in court to allow the club to progress to a new chapter.

He said: "If it gets us to the ­closing chapter, [I would feel] quite pleased actually because it is definitely a chapter that is needing to be closed before we can really move on.

"I've got no idea what the case is or what will happen, but you'd have to say if there is a possibility of closing the chapter on it, then it would be a good thing."

He added: "We certainly would love to get to the bottom of what has happened the last three years ... we just want an opportunity to find out what happened and move on."

Whyte, 43, is expected to appear at Glasgow Sheriff Court today in relation to his takeover of the Ibrox club.

He was detained while trying to enter Mexico and was arrested by Police Scotland as he arrived back at London Heathrow yesterday. No extradition proceedings were required as he had been refused entry into Mexico. A Crown Office spokesman said: "We can confirm a 43-year-old man is in custody, following the execution of arrest warrant, and is expected to appear at Glasgow Sheriff Court [today].

"As proceedings are active and subject to contempt, it would not be appropriate to comment further."

Whyte's arrest followed ­collaboration between the ­Mexican authorities, the Crown Office's International Cooperation Unit, Police Scotland's ­Fugitives Unit and the National Crime Agency.

A warrant for Whyte's arrest was issued two weeks ago in connection with his May 2011 purchase of the Ibrox club for £1 from Sir David Murray.

Rangers were plunged into administration in February the following year, and entered ­liquidation in 2012.

Four men have already appeared in court charged with fraudulent activity following the investigation into the sale of Rangers. David Grier, 53, Paul Clark, 50, and David Whitehouse, 49, worked for Rangers' administrators Duff and Phelps.

The fourth man, 50-year-old Gary Withey, worked for law firm Collyer Bristow, which ­represented Mr Whyte before he bought Rangers in 2011. All four made no plea or declaration at Glasgow Sheriff Court and were granted bail ahead of a future hearing. Mr Grier, Mr Clark and Mr Whitehouse were also charged with attempting to pervert the course of justice.

A second warrant for Whyte was issued by a High Court judge last week when the Motherwell-born tycoon failed to appear for a trial at the Royal Courts of Justice in London, where ticketing firm Ticketus is suing him for £17.7 million over his acquisition of the club. Whyte has now failed to appear at hearings related to the Ticketus case on four occasions.

In September, Whyte was banned from being a company director for 15 years, the ­ maximum term, over his links to Rangers' liquidation and the subsequent liquidation of his firm, Tixway.

At the Court of Session in ­Edinburgh, Judge Lord Tyre said the case for disqualifying Whyte was "overwhelming" and that his conduct in dealing with Rangers was "shocking and reprehensible".

Besides paying the nominal £1 fee, Whyte agreed to settle the club's outstanding £18m debt to Lloyds Banking Group as a condition of the purchase and assured directors this would come from funds generated by Liberty ­Capital, a British Virgin Islands company wholly owned by Whyte.

However, he is alleged to have bankrolled the deal unlawfully by selling off the rights to three years of Rangers season tickets to London-based agency Ticketus to raise £24m.