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By Andrew Dickson ROSS PERRY says he committed to newco Rangers because he feels he owes the club for giving him his opportunity to make it as a professional footballer. The young defender was in the group of players which reported to Murray Park for the start of pre-season training this morning. Perry insisted at the end of last season he was determined to remain at Ibrox for the remainder of his contract, which expires at the end of the 2014/15 campaign. He is staying true to his word and is keen to repay the Light Blues for the faith they have shown in him over the last few years. The 22-year-old was speaking exclusively to Blues News and you can hear from him, Lee Wallace and youth supremo Jim Sinclair on RangersTV.tv tonight. Perry said: "I've been here since I was 11 or 12 years old and Rangers have been there for my whole football career. "They've been great to me and I think I owe them. I played a little bit last season but I think I've got a lot more to give. "Hopefully over the next season or two I can do that. This is my sixth or seventh year as a professional and it has been great here. "The manager and the staff have been here for the majority of that time and I've loved every minute of it. "Obviously some of the boys have felt the need to go elsewhere but I'm comfortable here and I'm happy here." Good on you son http://www.tv.rangers.co.uk/articles/20120628/my-debt-to-light-blues_2254024_2825689

CHARLES Green's threat to sue the Rangers players who refused to join his newco amounted to him seeking "modern slavery", according to Wil van Megen, the head of FifPro's legal department. Green yesterday repeated his intention to take legal action against the players who walked out on the club this week â?? Steven Davis, Allan McGregor, Steven Naismith, Kyle Lafferty, Steven Whittaker, Sone Aluko, Jamie Ness, John Fleck and Rhys McCabe â?? and he said he would also pursue transfer fees from whichever club they join. The chief executive described their actions as opportunistic while ex-player Sandy Jardine said they had shown "greed" in leaving the club as free agents instead of even staying for a short while and leaving for transfer fees. Most of the players who have decided to stay will report for fitness tests at Murray Park as Rangers' pre-season training programme begins under coach Kenny McDowall this morning. Carlos Bocanegra, Maurice Edu, Alejandro Bedoya and Dorin Goian will not turn up, having been given dispensation to arrive next week because of earlier international commitments, although it is believed all four will stay at the club. Neil Alexander, Kirk Broadfoot and Kyle Hutton will also stay. Fleck became the ninth player to confirm his departure yesterday. Juanma Ortiz was in talks with the club to secure a free transfer last night rather than necessarily objecting to his contract being transferred to the newco. Despite Green's threat of court action, the players who have decided to leave have been advised that their departures are legally sound. Dutchman van Megen from FIFpro â?? the federation of international footballers' unions â?? said Green would inevitably lose any court cases against the departing players. Van Megen worked with FIFPro and PFA Scotland on the Andy Webster freedom-of-contract case six years ago and said that because of TUPE (Transfer of Undertakings, Protection of Employment) legislation, the Rangers players could be entirely confident of winning in any legal challenge from Green. "He has no grounds to do that," said van Megen. "Under the European Council [EU] directive, it's quite clear that it [TUPE] has to be implemented in all countries. The Council directive is in Scottish law. The Council directive itself has a specific clause that if you refuse to go to another entity then you are free to do so, because you are not obliged to stay against freedom of labour legislation. That has to be respected. Otherwise it would be modern slavery if you were obliged to move from one entity to another. "There is no prospect of the players being frozen out of football [pending any court cases]. They are professional footballers and the labour agreement takes precedence at stages over football regulations. "I won't be surprised if Rangers do challenge the lawyers, because sometimes the issue pops up and clubs do challenge it. But I don't think it would be a wise decision. The players can be quite confident that they can't be forced to join the new entity." Those who have walked out on the club were criticised by Green. "I'm very, very disappointed of course, particularly so late in the proceedings," he said. "It is clear in the regulations: if someone has an objection they have to notify within 24 hours, this is nearly two weeks [since the transfer of contracts to his newco]. I think this is just opportunism. We will definitely challenge it, yes." http://www.heraldscotland.com/sport/...awyer.17998385

THE gates of Murray Park, the focus of so much media scrutiny in the wake of Rangersâ?? slide into administration earlier this year, will be the centre of attention again this morning. The players are due to report back for fitness tests ahead of pre-season training next Monday. But there is much uncertainty over the size and composition of manager Ally McCoistâ??s newco Rangers squad. The playersâ?? union, PFA Scotland, has given advice on the law about transfer of employment (TUPE) from the liquidated Rangers to the newco, with players told that they are not obliged to move their existing contracts and are effectively free agents if they so wish. Despite newco chief executive Charles Green disputing that interpretation of TUPE, ten players have already made it clear they will not be coming back to the reconstituted club. Just three have committed themselves so far. STAYING LEE McCULLOCH: The 34-year-old former Scotland international midfielder has one year left on his contract and was the first player to declare he was happy for it to be transferred over to newco Rangers. McCulloch was instrumental in the negotiations last season which saw the first-team squad take pay cuts of up to 75 per cent when Rangers went into administration. LEE WALLACE: Signed for £1.5 million from Hearts in July last year, of which £800,000 is still owed to the Tynecastle club, Wallace agreed a five-year contract. The 24-year-old Scotland left-back revealed on Tuesday that he was committed to staying, irrespective of what level the club is playing at next season. KYLE HUTTON: The Scotland under-21 international midfielder had loan spells with Partick Thistle and Dunfermline last season. He signed a new three-year contract with Rangers in 2011 and became the third player to commit yesterday afternoon. GOING SONE ALUKO: The Nigerian winger was a success after signing a short-term contract last November. His deal included an extension option but Aluko was the first player to indicate he was not prepared to join the newco and is attracting interest from MLS side Houston Dynamo. RHYS McCABE: The 19-year-old midfielder made a good impression when he broke into the first team last season and signed a new contract until 2015. But McCabe, who also made his Scotland under-21 debut last season, intimated his unwillingness to be transferred over to the newco last week. STEVEN NAISMITH: The Scotland international, 25, understood to be on the radar of several English Premier League clubs, agreed a new five-year contract in December 2010. But the forward, who has suffered two cruciate ligament injuries since signing from Kilmarnock in 2007, declared his objection to his contract being transferred to the newco last weekend. STEVEN WHITTAKER: The ex-Hibs right-back announced his intention to move on at the same media conference as Naismith, with whom he shares an agent. Whittaker, 28, who joined Rangers in 2007, signed a new five-year contract in July last year after Rangers rejected a bid from Turkish club Bursaspor. KYLE LAFFERTY: The Northern Ireland striker had one year left on his contract and was in talks over an extension before the club went into administration. His relationship with manager Ally McCoist has since deteriorated, culminating in a two-week suspension in April. The 24-year-old is believed to be wanted by former club Burnley. JAMIE NESS: Despite being plagued by injuries, the 21-year-old midfielder was regarded as a bright prospect. In March last year, he signed a contract extension until 2015. But the under-21 international will look to fulfil his promise elsewhere. STEVEN DAVIS: The confirmation on Tuesday that club captain Davis was joining those refusing to transfer to the newco was a huge blow for Green. The Northern Ireland midfielder, 26, who signed a new five year deal last summer, would have been one of the most saleable assets. ALLAN McGREGOR: The Scotland goalkeeperâ??s departure will be one of the most difficult to bear for Rangers supporters. The 30-year-old, who signed a six-year contract just a year ago, has been one of the most consistent performers in recent years. JUAN MANUEL ORTIZ: There will be less anxiety among Rangers fans over Spanish midfielder Ortizâ??s decision not to return to the club. The 30-year-old made little impact after signing from Almeria last summer, eventually returning to the same club on loan. He was under contract until 2013. JOHN FLECK: Scotland under-21 international forward Fleck spent the second half of last season on loan at Blackpool where he struggled to make any impact in the English Championship. The 20-year-old has been unable to live up to his potential since making his first-team debut at the age of 16. His contract was due to run until 2013. UNDECLARED DORIN GOIAN: The 31-year-old Romanian international signed from Palermo last summer on a three-year contract. Established himself as a first-choice central defender at the club and will not be short of offers. CARLOS BOCANEGRA: The USA international captain penned a three-year deal when he signed from St Etienne a year ago. Now 32, the central defender has already been courted by MLS club Vancouver Whitecaps. KIRK BROADFOOT: Signed from St Mirren in 2007, the versatile Scotland defender agreed a new three-year contract in the summer of 2010. MAURICE EDU: Rangers rejected an approach from French club Sochaux for American international midfielder Edu in January. Now 26, he joined the Ibrox club on a five-year contract from Toronto FC in the summer of 2008. NEIL ALEXANDER: The 34-year-old goalkeeper signed a new contract in November 2010 which is scheduled to run until the summer of 2013. Back-up to McGregor for most of his five years at the club so far. ALEJANDRO BEDOYA: The American midfielder joined Rangers from Swedish club Orebro last August. The 25-year-oldâ??s contract is not due to expire until the summer of 2014. ROSS PERRY: The 22-year-old central defender made 13 first-team appearances last season and agreed a new four-year contract scheduled to run until the summer of 2015. KANE HEMMINGS: The 21-year-old English striker has been troubled by injuries during his time at Rangers but is highly regarded by the coaching staff. His contract is due to run until the summer of 2013. ANDREW LITTLE: Northern Ireland international Little, who scored five goals in 11 appearances for Rangers last season, is out of contract this summer. But it is believed the 24-year-old will report for training today. SALIM KERKAR: The 24-year-old French-Algerian attacking midfielder, who featured in the first team at the end of last season, is out of contract next month. DAVID HEALY: Veteran Northern Ireland international striker Healy has never hidden his affection for Rangers but is out of contract this summer and has attracted interest from English lower division clubs Crawley Town and Fleetwood Town. DARREN COLE: The 20-year-old defender spent the second half of last season on loan at Partick Thistle. His contract is scheduled to run until 2013. ANDREW MITCHELL: Northern Ireland youth international midfielder Mitchell made his first team debut for Rangers last season but is out of contract this summer. BARRIE McKAY: The 17-year-old striker made his first team debut in their last game of last season at St Johnstone. Under contract until 2013. GRANT ADAM: Scotland under-21 international goalkeeper who spent the second half of last season on loan at Airdrie United. Out of contract this summer. SCOTT GALLACHER: The 22-year-old goalkeeper was on loan at Forfar Athletic last season and is out of contract at Rangers this summer. CHRIS HEGARTY: The Northern Ireland under-21 international defender spent the whole of last season on loan at Forfar and is out of contract at Rangers. http://www.scotsman.com/sport/football/spl/rangers-newco-squad-to-report-for-training-but-how-many-1-2379938

JAMIE NESS became the first Rangers rebel to find a new club last night after sealing a move to Stoke City. The midfielderâ??s dream switch to the Premier League side on a four-year deal comes just 48 hours after he rejected newco Rangers. Potters boss Pulis had quietly been tracking the 21-year-old ever since his dazzling scoring debut against Celtic at Ibrox in January last year. Nessâ?? career looked set for take-off after that game, but injuries took their toll and he has made just 16 appearances in as many months. He ended five months out last season by playing against Celtic, Dundee United and Motherwell. And Pulis pounced for Ness â?? one of ten top players to leave Ibrox â?? as soon as it became clear he was a free agent due to employment law. Stoke sources last night confirmed the youngster passed a stringent medical without a hitch and had concluded the deal. Read more: http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/feeds/smartphone/scotland/4398919/Jamie-first-to-go-as-Stoke-swoop.html#ixzz1z3BLBrua

Sevco Statement Wed, Jun 27, 2012 IN response to a story that appeared this afternoon on the STV website, the Club has released the following statement. A spokesman for The Rangers Football Club said: "Yet again, ignorant and ill-informed journalism has caused alarm to Rangers supporters. "For the avoidance of doubt, Ibrox and Murray Park are the property of The Rangers Football Club, which at present is registered as Sevco Scotland Ltd until a name change is given formal approval. "Sevco Scotland was formed to ensure that if the formation of a new company was required in the event of a CVA being rejected, then the Club's corporate entity would be a Scottish registered company as it has always been. "It is as straightforward as that and this kind of reporting is further evidence of ill-informed journalists seeing shadows where there are none." http://www.rangers.co.uk/news/footba...rticle/2824483

This protest @ Ibrox tonight could turn nasty!

When they all agreed to take the 75% wage cut it was written into their contracts that they would/could walk if CW was still involved

Is this the reason thaat the players are all leaving?,they did say they would if CW was still involved

Rangers’ takeover consortium has hived off Ibrox and Murray Park to a separate new company. Sevco Scotland Limited has applied to the Registers of Scotland for the title deeds for the stadium and the training ground Murray Park, as well as the Albion car park, to be disposed to it. The company, whose sole director is Charles Green, is separate from the 'newco' that was due to receive the club’s assets as previously identified by administrators Duff and Phelps. According to proposals sent out to creditors owed £124m by the club, the new business entity that would hold the assets of the club was Sevco 5088 Limited, established by London law firm Field Fisher Waterhouse, which is advising Mr Green’s consortium on the takeover. Sevco Scotland Limited, which was incorporated on May 29, made applications to transfer the title deeds of the property on June 15, the day after Mr Green held a media conference at Ibrox with the consortium’s 'financial adviser', Imran Ahmad, where he announced the purchase of the club’s assets had gone ahead. The asset sale to a newco came after the proposed company voluntary arrangement (CVA) offer to creditors, funded by an £8.5m loan from Sevco, was rejected by HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC). According to the title deeds lodge with the Registry of Scotland, the floating charge transferred to previous owner Craig Whyte is still outstanding over the Murray Park training ground in Auchenhowie Road, Milngavie. The standard security to the Scottish Sports Council over the facility, created in 2002, is also still active according to the registry. Under the purchase of the club’s assets outlined by Duff and Phelps, Green’s consortium wear to put £5.5m into Rangers FC plc, before the property and other assets were transferred to the newco, Sevco 5088. The relationship between the two Sevco companies is currently unclear, while Mr Green is also listed as the sole director of another business entity called RFC 2012 Limited, which was incorporated last Thursday, June 21.

The Blue Blog‏@ImmortalRangers Charles Green refusing to show title deeds of assets to prove his or Zues' ownership The Blue Blog‏@ImmortalRangers I've just been told that SWS consortium and one other former bidder believe Whyte & Ticketus are involved with Green. Expect DFQC Statement.

I've just received this email: Thank you once again for renewing your season ticket by Direct Debit for season 2012/13. As a result of the changes at the Club there are new arrangements in place for the collection of your direct debits. If your first payment was to have been collected on Friday 29 June 2012, this will now be taken from your account on Friday July 6 2012 by Fastpay Ltd on behalf of Sevco Scotland, trading as The Rangers Football Club. The first payment will be for the amount shown on your original confirmation letter and the remaining payment dates will remain unchanged. Any subsequent payments will be reduced to take account of any movement in price as a result of playing in an alternative league. All payments taken from your account by the Club will be referenced RFC Season Ticket. Any season ticket holders wishing to cancel their season ticket should contact the Rangers Ticket Centre, quoting your Rangers Number, via one of the following channels: â?¢ Postal to Rangers Ticket Centre, 150 Edmiston Drive, Glasgow G51 2XD â?¢ By email to webmail@rangers.co.uk Thank you for your continued support for the Club. Yours sincerely Susan Hannah Ticket Operations Manager I think I will cancel this for now!

Good to hear. I must admit I'm surprised the likes of Ness & McCabe don't think the same.

Liam McLeod ‏@BBCLiamMcLeod Businessman Steven McKenna says he had an £8.7M bid to buy #Rangers from Charles Green rejected on Monday

I agree with what he is saying though

SANDY Jardine says the Rangers supporters are not fooled by the motives of the eight players - headed by captain Steve Davis - who want to walk out on the club for free. And he wants to know why they are not honouring the deal they hatched in March when they agreed to pay cuts in return that they could quit for cut price deals. Speaking exclusively in a powerful interview on RangersTV, Jardine said: "You have to say that if the players were up front and honest you would respect them more. "Ally McCoist gave a statement last week where he asked the players not to kid anyone on and to be up front and honest with the supporters. "Of course, we as a club don't expect international players to go down a division or a few divisions. We understand that situation. "We would be reluctant to see them go but we would understand. They would move on with our best wishes and we would get a fee - albeit a rock bottom price in comparison to their market value. "I know they made sacrifices but the gain will be huge in comparison. The unfortunate thing for us is that we get nothing. "What we don't have an answer for is why the players simply did not adhere to the original deal and allow the club to make money from these reduced fees. "What we have to do in our situation is to get everything sorted out, know what league we are in, know what players are staying and then start to build from there. "If we don't have money from fees for players leaving - which we are completely entitled to - then what are we supposed to build on, fresh air? "There was an agreement reached over wage cuts and they got a great deal because they could leave for rock bottom prices and now they have seen an opportunity. In many ways it's greed. "A lot of them are being manipulated by their agents but as Ally said, tell us the truth; be up front and honest and don't put these smokescreens up. "I for one don't believe them and I know the vast majority of the supporters don't believe them either." WATCH THE WHOLE INTERVIEW NOW ON RANGERSTV AND TV LITE http://www.tv.rangers.co.uk/articles/20120627/were-not-fooled_2254024_2824442

Liam McLeod ‏@BBCLiamMcLeod Andy Goram is confident a bid by former Ibrox team-mate John Brown will happen #Rangers #Newco Liam McLeod ‏@BBCLiamMcLeod Goram claims that Brown has financial backing from people in Australia, Canada, Hong Kong and America and are ready to invest #Rangers

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LPQklBgETnM

Leggat - RANGERS NOT GUILTY IF WHYTE BUY-OUT WAS A FRAUD- Exclusive Posted: 26 Jun 2012 12:49 AM PDT THE news the Crown Office has ordered a Procurator Fiscal backed police probe into Craig Whyte’s takeover of Rangers, should stop the SFA and SPL in their tracks. And lead to all the clubs who have been railroaded by spiteful bigots into turning on Rangers, to seek the very best legal advice possible. Whether or not all of the above happens depends on the bravery and intelligence of chairmen at Aberdeen and all the other outfits who want to exile Rangers from the top flight. And it also relies on the competence of those who hold the reins of power within the Scottish Football Association and the Scottish Premier League. It may even make Peter Lawwell’s Hampden pal, SFA chief executive Stewart Regan, examine the sanity of waltzing off on holiday to Tuscany when all of this is breaking like a breached damn which is drowning Scottish football. It may even prompt the SPL chief executive, Neil Doncaster, to give himself a boot up the backside, contact Regan, demand that he return to Hampden, gather all the clubs together and explain the new facts of life to them. These brutal facts, now in the public domain, courtesy of the Crown Office, have been coming for weeks and the announcement from the Crown Office was no surprise to me. Let me make some things clear about this investigation into allegations of fraud. This is not an ordinary run-of-the-mill police probe. It is one which they have been ordered to undertake by the Crown Office. Therefore the weight of evidence which Scotland’s most senior lawyers must have studied, clearly suggests the probability of criminality. The investigation is also beyond what is normal, in that the Crown Office has instructed the Procurator Fiscal to join forces with the police to look into every nook and cranny of what went on when Craig Whyte paid David Murray a quid for Rangers in May 2011. It is almost inconceivable that no charges will follow. With Craig Whyte the most likely to have the bracelets snapped on. Should that happen and should Craig Whyte be convicted for perpetrating a fraud in order to gain control of Rangers, then all of the actions undertaken by Craig Whyte in the name of Rangers, from May last year until February 14th of this year, will have had nothing to do with Rangers. The sporting integrity which all those clubs and their fans seek to protect, will not have been broken by Rangers. It is Craig Whyte and Craig Whyte alone who will be guilty of having withheld PAYE from HMRC belonging to employees of a company which he did not own. Therefore, Rangers will have owed HMRC nothing and there would have been no need to place them in administration. And without that period of administration, Rangers would not now be in the process of being liquidated. And as sure as night follows day, that means there would be no NewCo. It is so logical it would be laughable were others not be able to grasp its logic. The logic is, nothing that has happened since May 2011 would have happened. Not if Craig Whyte had not bought Rangers. Therefore, if Craig Whyte is found to have perpetrated a fraud in order to buy Rangers, then nothing which has happened to Rangers since May 2011 will have been the fault of Rangers. One Rangers supporting pal, a man who holds a senior position inside the boardroom of one of Scotland’s most iconic companies, has long raged against the demands from the club’s enemies that Rangers should apologise. His reasoning is simplicity itself. Why should Rangers apologise for the sins of a man who broke into the club, raped the club and then made off into the night? He is right. Morally. And if Craig Whyte is found guilty of fraud he will also be right, legally. And any evil, vindictive and bigoted attacks and vengeance visited on Rangers by other clubs, by the SPL and by Stewart Regan and Peter Lawwell's SFA could see those clubs, along with the SFA and SPL, mired deep in a legal and financial minefield. Which could break those clubs, sink the SPL and send the Scottish Football Association of Peter Lawwell and Stewart Regan into a tailspin. Taking Celtic and the Scotland national team with it. For, on Craig Whyte’s conviction for fraud, Rangers would then be able to seek recourse to the Court of Session for loss of income due to penalties imposed on the club by the SPL and the SFA on the say-so of clubs. And all for offences committed in their name by a man who had no legal standing as far as the Rangers name was concerned. Of course for the good fight to be fought and won, it will need someone of greater stature, deeper intelligence, and more commitment to the cause than snake oil salesman Charles Green and his cohort, money man, Micky McDonald. Will someone step forward and take up the challenge? The prize for any strong willed, intelligent and committed man is great. It is the long lasting and deep gratitude of every Rangers supporter throughout the world. Who will step up and pay?

Southampton have targeted Steven Naismith with West Brom, West Ham and Everton. Turkish sides Bursaspor and Besiktas are keen on Mo Edu and Kirk Broadfoot respectively, although the pair have yet to confirm they want to leave. Reports in Turkey last night also linked keeper Allan McGregor, another whose Gers future is uncertain, with Besiktas. Vancouver Whitecaps believe they can land Carlos Bocanegra. And Houston Dynamo have confirmed they are keen on Sone Aluko — as SunSport revealed yesterday — after he told Green he won’t transfer to Sevco 5088, along with Naismith, Steven Whittaker and Rhys McCabe. Kyle Lafferty will also inform the club in writing this week that he wants to leave. Other stars are sure to follow and spark a frantic fight to sign them up on free transfers. Premier League new boys Southampton — who were already keen on Gers skipper Steve Davis — are now interested in Naisy and John Fleck. Scotland cap Broadfoot has attracted interest from Besiktas, along with FC Copenhagen and Cypriot side Anorthosis Famagusta. Broadfoot, 28, has been offered big-money deals by all three teams. But he has told them he will be going nowhere with so much uncertainty still at Ibrox. Losing key players is the last thing Green needs as the Ibrox crisis deepens. Gers will kick off next term outside the SPL after half a dozen rivals confirmed they will not vote them in. Hearts, Dundee United and Hibs had already said no to the newco. The Dons and Caley will also snub Green’s bid, along with Saints, as SunSport exclusively revealed on Saturday. With Gers failing to get the eight votes required to join the SPL, they’ll now try to join the SFL ahead of their kick-off on August 11. SFL chief David Longmuir will chair a meeting today as they look at ways of accommodating Gers in Division Three or Division One. SPL clubs will gather without Gers on Thursday to decide whether Dundee or Dunfermline will take their top-flight place. Green met with PFA Scotland yesterday for talks on the dispute over players walking away. Union chief Fraser Wishart said: “We both acknowledged that while we disagree on the fundamental issues surrounding our members’ rights to object to the transfer to the newco, we can at the same time respect the other party’s position and allow the process to flow without acrimony.”

Hi Guys Please see below a break down of RFFF balance sheet as of our last meeting. There is still £4,714.1p to come off the bank balance; this is made up from payments made to UK Scouts, who the RFFF decided to retain after they were made redundant by the Administrators, plus payments for the high visibility vests used by stewards at the Hampden march, and other literature labels and leaflets printed and used by the RFFF. It also paid for the Rangers under 10s to go to Portugal for a Tournament that had been arranged last year and was about to be cancelled but for the intervention of the RFFF. We are also waiting on confirmation for payment of £28,560 for the Appeal against the SFA Judicial Panel which I am sure you will agree was money well spent. I hope this helps dispel some of the rumours doing the rounds about the RFFF money being used to support or pay for anything to do with the takeover or running of the Club. This money is kept in the Rangers Supporters Assembly bank account and cannot be used by anyone other than the RFFF Committee and only when decided unanimously by the Committee. Regards Jim Hannah Supporters Liaison Manager Rangers FC

Rapid Vienna report Rangers to Fifa over Nikica Jelavic debt Getting shirty: Rapid Vienna want their money back from Rangers after selling Nikica Jelavic to the Ibrox club Picture: AFP/GETTY By Ewing GrahameLast Updated: 3:12PM BST 25/06/2012 Charles Green's problems show no sign of abating after it emerged that Rangers could be called in front of the Fifa Dispute Resolution Chamber in Zurich after being reported to the game's ultimate ruling body by Rapid Vienna. The Austrian club is still owed £1,011,763.44 from the £4 million sale of Croatia striker Nikica Jelavic in the summer of 2010 and have requested the assistance of Uefa and Fifa. Rapid have been informed that they would receive only a pittance when Rangers were plunged into liquidation following the rejection of prospective owner Green's CVA proposal by Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs 12 days ago. However, the fact that Green's new Rangers will receive the full outstanding amount due to them from Everton following the £5.5 million sale of Jelavic in January has angered Rapid. "It seems unfair to us that we might not receive the money we are owed for the player when Rangers expect Everton to pay the fee they agreed for him," said Peter Klinglmuller, the club's head of communication. "I don't know how the law works in Scotland but we are used to paying our transfer fees in full." Their argument is that, since newco Rangers will receive the balance of the transfer fee for Jelavic (a player sold by the oldco), Green's Rangers is effectively the same club and, consequently, responsible for its football debts. Fifa's media department confirmed that an investigation into the matter is already under way. "We have indeed been contacted by SK Rapid Vienna on this matter," said a spokesman. "As the process is currently ongoing, we cannot comment further at this stage (until the process has been concluded)." Meanwhile, Uefa's press office confirmed: "Fifa's Dispute Resolution Chamber is the competent body to adjudicate on transfer-related disputes between clubs that have an international dimension." Victory for Rapid Vienna would be catastrophic for Green, who could then be pursued by the other clubs outside Scotland who are owed money by Rangers - France's St Etienne (£252,212.39), Chelsea (£238,345.43), Italy's US Citta di Palermo (£205,513.04), Sweden's Orebro SK (£150,000) and Arsenal (£136,560). Decisions that are not respected by the DRC may be enforced by Fifa initiating disciplinary proceedings.

Any fan who would boycott their own team is not a real fan of their team,I am a season ticket holder and I love my team and I would never boycott my own team because of what is happening at another club. A bit of a drama queen post I suppose but true none the less

I know this clown is banned,but I do believe that is the typical view from all fans of other clubs in Scotland. Rangers fans do sing no-one likes us we don't care,I have no problem with that because it is true,as we can see from the way they are all attacking us right now,so I don't think we Rangers fans have anything to be sorry about just because all other SPL fans hate us,I'd be more worried if they didn't hate us,the only reason they do hate us is because we are the biggest and most successful club in Scotland. I think it's called jealousy

That could very well be true,they could be going public to pile the pressure on Green?,let's hope so anyway

EVEN though theyâ??ve been singing the song about no one liking them for years, it is only now Rangers supporters can fully appreciate just how hated and detested their club is. In fact, it is hated so much by the nation at large, there are supporters of other clubs who are quite prepared to see the teams they say they support go bust just so they can punish Rangers. It is extraordinary how deep rooted and bilious the hatred of Rangers throughout Scotland is. And how it shames Scotland. As a sporting nation and as a nation. It would be interesting to hear what first minister Alex Salmond, as a Hearts fan, thinks of the stance mad Vlad is taking on behalf of the Tynecastle club Does wee Eck agree, it shames Scotland that there are tens of thousands who are willing to say they hate Rangers more than they love the club they support? But right now Salmond looks to be too feart to say anything about the festering hatred of Rangers which is sweeping the length and breadth of Scotland Take Motherwell fans as a classic example. They are ramping up the pressure on the Fir Park clubâ??s directors to vote no to Rangers as a NewCo being admitted to the Scottish Premier League. And they say they will boycott their own club if Motherwell vote Rangers in. Yet the men in the boardroom at Fir Park have done their sums and have gone public with the fact that that those bitter and twisted people in Lanarkshire have jammed Motherwell between a rock and a hard place. And left Motherwell directors in a lose-lose situation. If they vote to keep Rangers out of the Scottish Premier League, the money which goes from the SPL with the Ibrox clubâ??s departure from the scene, means that Motherwell will go bust. Vote to keep Rangers in the Scottish Premier League and if Motherwell supporters follow up with their threat of a boycott, then Motherwell will go bust. Therefore, it is clear, Motherwell do not have people who support Motherwell. Motherwell are merely a football team, a club, those who hate Rangers can use as a vehicle to express their hatred. And the hatred does not stop in the ranks of the Scottish Premier League either. Let me introduce you to a woman, so wrapped up in her bigotry, so engulfed in her hatred of Rangers and so swathed in her bitterness that she does not give a hoot for the club she claims she supports, Partick Thistle. Her name is Morag McHaffie and she is the chairwoman of the Jags Trust. She has gone public with her demand that those who support Thistle should stop going to Firhill should Rangers be parachuted into the First Division. I wonder what the ghost of all the great Rangers men who have contributed to Thistleâ??s history would make of that, were they still around. Has this McHaffie woman ever heard of Ibrox greats Davie Meiklejohn and Willie Thornton who were so successful when they managed the Jags? The last few months has seen Thistle lose the income from rugby lodgers, plus the much needed money from their shirt sponsors who went bust. Now Morag McHaffie wants to rob Partick Thistle of income from gate receipts. And sacrifice the Maryhill Magyars on the alter of her hatred. What a wicked, warped wumman! But that is the way it is in this small, dark, bitter and twisted wee country of Scotland. A nation where there are no penalties to be paid for hating Rangers. Other than for that hatred, that vindictive twisted bigotry, to kill off Scottish football. Rangers supporters have spoken about their desire to leave the Scottish Premier League and start again from the bottom. And that is what the SPL bigots and other short sighted bigots, such as Morag McHaffie, want. There is, though, a fault in their strategy. And it may well be this. By the time Rangers climb out of the Third Division, and through the Second and First Divisions, the reconstruction that has been talked about for years may well have been forced on the top flight. With the Scottish Premier Leagueâ??s membership halved. Six clubs could go to the wall in the next three seasons. And all because of a vicious, vindictive, bitter, bilious, bigoted vendetta from people who hate Rangers more than they love their own clubs. Scottish football is on the brink of being butchered on a medieval sacrificial alter of dark superstition and hatred. A hatred of Rangers. ..... AND..... WELL known liar Charles Green has a cheek calling anyone dishonest and greedy. I made the point recently that if Charles Green remained in charge at Ibrox there would be a mass exodus of players. That is because they believe, under Charles Green, Rangers are on the brink of going bust again. In fact, Charles Green the proven liar, may manage in weeks what it took conman Craig Whyte months to achieve. Rangers are back in financial trouble. That's the bad news for their fans. The very bad news. However, Charles Green's short lived and shambolic reign is coming to an end. That's the good news for those supporters. The very, very, very good news.