That blueprint for a club driven by a supporter membership appears to have already captivated the attention of many of the SPL champions’ followers who are severely disillusioned by the club’s current financial mess.

On the pitch, the multi-millionaire Florida-based Glaswegian is well aware the Ibrox club – saddled with a £31m debt – will never get anywhere near the class of the Catalan kings and all their megastars.

But that, he believes, shouldn’t stop them from trying. Especially in terms of what he refers to as the “organic” future of the club.

Barca have built a team that now rules Europe based on home-grown players like Xavi, Iniesta, Carles Puyol and Victor Valdes.

Hundreds of millions of pounds worth of players and assets who cost the club very little. Infrastructure, coaching, nurturing of talent have produced massive results.

Rangers are not in that league at this time, but that is not to say they will never be. However, as he casts an eye over events from his home in the sunshine state, Duffy knows the future has to yield more of a return.

Murray Park has been open for over nine years. However, how many genuine stars have been produced over that period? Allan McGregor is one. Alan Hutton another. Now, young Danny Wilson, at 17, is the great white hope, along with John Fleck.

Should property tycoon Duffy and those he is talking to get the chance to take control of Rangers and implement their ambitious plans, then an overhaul of the club’s youth programme and policy would be a priority.

“I think there has to be an overhaul, the facility was a huge investment and like all investments they must produce a return,” he told The Herald.

“But the results been unacceptable. Watching the game the other night against Stuttgart, it gives every Rangers fan a lot of pride to see Danny Wilson in the Champions League against a striker that cost £10m and more than holding his own.

“That has to be the blueprint. Rangers have to go ‘organic’ as the days of big buys are gone, not only for Rangers, but for many, many clubs. You want a facility that can produce three or four Danny Wilsons at the same time to be available to the first team. It has to be looked at, it’s the only way.

“The wage bill last year was 77.2% of the revenue, when the average at most clubs is around 55%.

“You have to ask if value for money is there. The club needs to completely transform itself and go forward with new ideas, fresh plans and a fresh outlook.”

Duffy’s ambitious plans, which are being fine tuned in various meetings with interested parties, would see a complete overhaul of Rangers from top to bottom.

He feels the infrastructure of the club has to change, and the fans would have to play their part by investing in the future – in return for a say and the share and enjoyment of any success. He added: “There is no financial gain in what I am trying to do. I have been looking at Rangers’ situation for a while, and I just want to help sort it out.

“The business model we have will work. Rangers will never be back in the market for £12m players, but run correctly, the team, in my opinion, would be in a position to be where they should be – number one in Scotland and competing against the best in Europe.”

Duffy would not confirm the fine details of all the plans being discussed, but if his consortium does take control, the face of the club would change for ever.

We can reveal £25m over three years would be set aside in the business model to revamp the famous stadium.

Ideas would include ripping out the seats in certain sections of Ibrox to create standing areas to boost capacity, revenue and atmosphere.

Duffy explains: “Borussia Dortmund’s Westfalenstadion – which Ibrox was modelled on – had reached a capacity of 42,000. They had to stop selling tickets every week, supply could not meet demand.

“So they made one entire stand all standing. Now the capacity is 80,000. 
It cost Dortmund €50m euros to redevelop their stadium and increase the capacity substantially, and they have generated all that extra revenue while making it affordable for fans to see games who maybe could not find the money for a seated season ticket.

“Could the enclosures come back? Could you make the bottom of the Copland Stand all standing? Can the corners be filled in? The simple answer is yes, everything is possible.

“In the plan, we have set aside funds for the stadium to increase the capacity considerably, to generate more money, and to create a better atmosphere.”