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You mean this one? Unconfirmed reports that there is a deal on the table for the club to be sold before the players are due back to training on Thursday.The players by having the press conference have been forcing the issue. Green is skint and under major pressure,with cash running out, the club is crumbling and he is trying to force the players by offering legal action on them. No news of who is behind it but Laudrup is thought to be involved.The source has been good to a point and i know he is close to this but..... I know how this sounds like a carlsberg post and will except a ban or abuse but at this point in time we need action and we need is soon ,we are dying on our feet.

Teario! TEARFUL Steven Whittaker and Steven Naismith walked out on Rangers yesterday insisting: We HAD to go. The Ibrox pair claimed they were left with no choice but to rip up their contracts after refusing to transfer to Charles Green’s newco. Furious Green has now vowed to sue them — and has issued the same threat to other walkout stars Rhys McCabe, Sone Aluko and Kyle Lafferty. That won’t put the brakes on an Ibrox revolt that is gathering pace ahead of Thursday’s return to training. Naismith admitted he was quitting with a heavy heart but said: “It’s a tough decision but it’s the right one. “There’s too much uncertainty at Rangers. “We don’t know which division the club will be in or what will happen with the new company. “I feel I’d be getting held back if I was to move down divisions.” Whittaker choked back tears as he joined Naisy at a Glasgow hotel yesterday afternoon to explain the reasons behind his decision. They revealed their intention to leave just 24 hours after boss Ally McCoist had rounded on the stars who are jumping ship. McCoist claimed players were using the newco as an excuse to win a move. Both Steven Davis and Allan McGregor, who along with Naismith are the most valuable assets, are understood to be considering their position. New owner Green is seething as he watches the squad unravelling. He fumed: “What is happening is that the players want to leave for nothing, thereby denying the club any transfer value at all. “At the same time, players who are ready to breach their contracts want to secure handsome signing-on fees for other clubs, while Rangers get nothing. “The players’ actions are all the more breathtaking given that virtually everyone else employed at the club has got on with the job since the CVA was refused and a new company had to be formed.” And he has warned he will challenge them in the courts as he believes they cannot leave. Green is due to meet with officials of the players’ union today. He vowed: “The club is facing massive challenges in terms of its league status and the last thing the fans want to see is a dispute between the club and players. “I can assure those players and clubs who may be interested in signing them that Rangers will seek damages for breach of contract and for inducement to break contracts.” It emerged last night that Green had turned down an £8.7million takeover bid from Ibrox legend John Brown’s consortium. The bid was lodged late on Friday night but it was dismissed without explanation by the Green regime’s lawyers yesterday. The offer would have represented a quick profit of £3.2m for Green’s team but it was flatly rejected. Read more: http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/feeds/smartphone/scotland/4392519/Whitty-Naisy-so-emotional-as-they-quit-Gers.html#ixzz1ymy4FDiP

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Happy birthday mate:cheers:

That does make sense,and if the other chairmen of all the other clubs can't see that then where is their integrity?. It's a pity someone from Rangers FC come out with statements like that in the rHags.

By DAVID FRIEL CELTIC fans will rubber-stamp plans to boycott clubs who vote to allow newco Rangers into the SPL at an EGM tomorrow. comment on this story 1 comment And it has emerged Hoops diehards will also take action if SPL rivals try to slash Celticâ??s income by pushing through new financial rules next month. SPL clubs will vote on proposals to change the majority needed for significant decisions from 11-1 to 9-3 at an AGM on July 16. With newco Rangers now almost certain to be refused entry into the SPL by then, the 11-1 vote needed to carry this motion is likely to be achieved. This could isolate Celtic and give other SPL clubs the power to push through rules to increase their income. But a mass boycott of away grounds could take place if Hoops fans feel SPL sides are guilty of trying to weaken their club. Writing on the Celtic Supportersâ?? Association website, fansâ?? chief Joe Oâ??Rourke said: â??Why should Celtic suffer for the sins of another club which is now dead? â??Celtic and other teams are going to lose revenue because people in power failed to act. â??Some Celtic fans wonâ??t renew their season ticket if a newco is allowed into the SPL. â??Now we have the added problem of the other ten SPL clubs trying to change the voting system with regards to financial affairs in the SPL. â??If changes need to be made they should be done by discussion and mutual agreement.â? http://www.thescottishsun.co.uk/scot...ue-threat.html Reply With Quote

DUFF and Phelps, the administrators of Rangers Football Club plc, today issued the following statement. David Whitehouse, joint administrator, said: "We welcome the decision by Lord Hodge today. "Producing this report for Lord Hodge will give us an opportunity to demonstrate that the allegation of conflict of interest by the BBC was wrong and grossly irresponsible. "We have a well-established conflict checking procedure which was fully ahered to and there was no reason for us not to accept the role as administrators. "It should be remembered that HMRC withdrew their application to appoint administrators to enable us to do the job. We maintain there is no conflict of interest. "Since the BBC documentary we have met Mr Roger Isaacs who appeared on the programme and was asked for his professional opinion as a forensic accountant. "Mr Isaacs informed us that he was not shown relevant documentation by the BBC and now, having reviewed the documentation, has told us that he is satisfied that our firm did not have knowledge of Ticketus funding being used to acquire Rangers in 2011, prior to the transaction being completed. "We are also cooperating fully with the investigation announced by the Insolvency Practitioners Association and we look forward to that inquiry been concluded as soon as possible. "We have also referred the BBC allegations to our solicitors." http://www.tv.rangers.co.uk/articles/20120622/administration-statement_2254024_2819682

Martin Ritchie Statement Martin Ritchie has responded to the many requests the Club have had regarding the Rangers situation. The Chairman has requested we post the following statement for our fanbase : â??Many supporters have expressed concerns regarding the potential â??Rangers Newcoâ?? outcomes and their impact on Scottish football, the SFL and our own club. We clearly have no say on whether the SPL wish to accept the â??Newcoâ??into their league next season. â?? â??However, as a member of the SFL, we do have a say in whether a â??Newcoâ??would be admitted into the SFL. David Longmuir, Chief Executive of the SFL, contacted all SFL clubs this week and assured them that any meaningful proposals would be put before all SFL members.â? â??The board at Falkirk FC strongly believe the current turmoil should be a catalyst for change in Scottish Football. League reconstruction, First Division play-offs, a fairer distribution of the gameâ??s wealth and the ending of undemocratic voting systems should be the minimum level of change.â? â??It would totally unacceptable if a â??Rangers Newcoâ? were admitted to the First Division on the current rules. Even a weakened â??Rangers Newcoâ? would have resources that far outstripped all other First Division clubs and this would pretty much guarantee them promotion before the season even starts.â? â??Fairness is a word not often quoted in the current situation. However, I think it worth reminding everyone that when Falkirk FC were faced with provision liquidation in 1998, the new consortium of owners paid every creditor (including the Inland Revenue) in full, i.e. 100 pence in the pound. If we had gone down the route taken by many clubs since then paying only a fraction to their creditors, we would have had the resources to accelerate the development of our stadium and make an earlier return to the SPL.â? â??Any decisions taken by our board will be made in the best interests of our club and of Scottish football.â? Martin Ritchie (Chairman) http://www.falkirkfc.co.uk/index.php...986&Itemid=320

Charles Green faces a new and serious obstacle to selling season tickets â?? and income stream worth between £7-8 million â?? to Rangers fans after fears were expressed by the Lloyds Bank Group. Greenâ??s consortium, which is now in control of the assets â?? Ibrox stadium and car park, the Murray Park training ground and, perhaps, the playing squad â?? which belonged to the former company, wants to use the former business to continue to sell season tickets through direct debits taken out before HMRC decided to put Rangers Football Club Ltd into liqudation. However, Telegraph Sport can reveal that Lloyds has raised concerns about this proposal with the administrators, Duff & Phelps, who ran the club from Feb 14 until Greenâ??s consortium took control. Duff & Phelps approached the bank to ask for a solution to the problem of collecting season ticket payments by direct debit into an account held by the former company. The bank, however, is understood to have raised a number of concerns about such an arrangement, in particular the difficulty of ring-fencing the funds sufficiently securely to ensure that season ticket income is not used to pay creditors or used for any purpose other than to ensure that supporters who pay for tickets are able to use them next season. Green, nonetheless, yesterday assured fans that season ticket money "will not be used before the current issues surrounding the club, such as what league we will be playing in, are resolved". http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/teams/rangers/9347854/Rangers-in-crisis-Lloyds-Bank-raises-concerns-over-plans-for-former-club-to-collect-season-ticket-money.html

Ex-Rangers director Dave King has claimed the newco club would not be able to generate a profit. The South Africa-based businessman held talks with Charles Green, chief executive of the new Ibrox club on Tuesday. He claimed to have received assurances that the last owner of Rangers FC plc, Craig Whyte, was not involved in the Sevco consortium that bought over the club’s assets. Mr Green’s group paid £5.5m last week to cover administrators Duff and Phelps’ £3m fees, as well as an estimated £1m to cover the liquidation of the company incorporated in 1899 by neutral insolvency firm BDO, a process that will begin in several weeks’ time. Mr King, who is subject to a restraint order preventing him from dealing with realisable property because of a multi million tax case against him, said Mr Green’s “for profit” model of running Rangers will prevent them from competing at the top level. He told STV News Mr Green had also given him “absolute, categorical insurances” that Mr Whyte is not involved in the newco. Mr King added: "I think [Charles Green] is going to try to run the club to make a profit. I don’t believe that’s possible. I believe for Rangers to be the Rangers that we all want them to be, it requires investors who are willing to subsidise losses for a number of years. I don’t believe you can do that on a commercial basis." Regarding the failure of the consortium led by former Rangers manager Walter Smith to take over the club, Mr King said he was "not surprised" the £6m offer had been rejected. Challenge He said he thinks running Rangers will be "immensely challenging" for the Sevco group, while he also stated that he did not know where the money would come from to keep the newco club afloat. Mr King admitted that Sevco was now the "only game in town" for Rangers, while he also said he felt the new club would need around £30m of investment to cope with the next three years of "wilderness" because of the ban on European football for that period that the club received for carrying out a newco switch to shrug off its huge debts. After meeting Mr Green at Ibrox on Tuesday, the chief executive of Johannesburg investment firm Micromega Holdings said he felt the newco regime would have to "aggressively cut costs" to make a profit. He also stated that he did not feel it would be "in anyway possible" for a strong Rangers to emerge from a business model dependant on making profit. Mr King previously claimed he invested £20m in the club in 2000 when Sir David Murray was in charge. He then stated he was planning to sue the former owner for the cash because of Sir David's financial mismanagement of the Glasgow club, including the use of offshore tax avoiding employee benefit trusts (EBTs) to pay the wages of players and some directors. Sir David claimed he would vigorously contest that action if it arose, while Mr King was unsuccessful in registering as a creditor of Rangers FC in a company voluntary arrangement (CVA). He had lodged a claim for £20m and stated that he would put any money he retrieved back into the club. He also accused Sevco chief executive Mr Green of using season ticket sales to fund his takeover, similar to Craig Whyte, who bought Sir Davids 85% stake in Rangers for £1 last May and used a £25.3m deal with London firm Ticketus to wipe out the club's £18m debt to Lloyds Banking Group. Mr King is currently being pursued by the South African Revenue Service (Sars) for 2.7bn rand (around £227m) dating back to 1991.

MALCOLM MURRAY, Chairman of The Rangers Football Club, issued the following statement today. He said: "On behalf of the Board of Directors I would like to reaffirm the long term commitment of the investors who acquired the Club last week. "The consortium is wholly committed to rebuilding Rangers and their investment is regarded as a strategic long-term project. "As I have said previously I am not in this for personal gain and what is of paramount importance is the Club regains stability both in financial and footballing terms. "Since the announcement last week by the Walter Smith consortium, our position as a Board has been clear in that we would welcome constructive dialogue with all those involved. "The Green consortium said last Thursday evening that it was not looking for a sale and that is the view of the investors. "We can however say to supporters that the assurances the Walter Smith consortium are looking for regarding financial probity and high standards of corporate governance will be met. "Following the announcement today on behalf of the Walter Smith consortium, the Board would urge all Rangers fans to now get behind the Club. "We have huge issues to address in terms of the Club's status within the SPL and SFA and it is important that we unite prior to decisions being taken about the Club's future by the football authorities. "We continue to welcome any input from members of the Walter Smith consortium or other stakeholders who have Rangers interests at heart. "These matters are of critical importance to us all as Rangers fans. All fans, myself included, have gone through enough anguish in the last year and it is now time to move forward. "The most important thing of all is working together to deliver a successful future for Rangers and Scottish football. "I have had good discussions today with Ally McCoist, Sandy Jardine and members of the Rangers Fans Fighting Fund and all are agreed, it is important for the Club to move forward." Charles Green, Chief Executive added: "I fully recognise there is a huge job to be done to rebuild the trust between the fans and the Club which has been badly broken. "I will do everything I can to help rebuild Rangers and the most important challenges we face at the moment are about our future and what league we play in. "I can assure fans that I will work tirelessly in the interests of the Club to secure its future."

NEWCO Rangers are likely to be held responsible for the misdemeanours of the old club over alleged dual contracts as a condition for re-entry into the SPL. The 12 member clubs will vote on whether to admit the newco into the top flight on July 4. And if Rangers are allowed into the SPL, Express Sport understands the other clubs will insist they take responsibility for previous indiscretions. The Ibrox outfitâ??s new chief executive, Charles Green, whose consortium took control last week, has made an official request to transfer the soon-to-be liquidated clubâ??s SPL share to the newco to allow them to continue in the top flight. Rangersâ?? SPL fate will be decided at next monthâ??s vote and they would require a minimum of eight votes, of which they would have one, in favour of the request. Following the SPL boardâ??s five-hour meeting at Hampden yesterday, the top flight announced they had brought disciplinary charges against Rangers following an investigation into the alleged payment of players outside of The SFA are driving a plan to merge the SPL and SFL in time for the new season contracts through EBTs between 2001 and 2010. The SPL have ruled Rangers have a case to answer over a possible break of rules. If Rangers are found guilty, they could be hit with a wide range of sanctions. These include being stripped of titles, expulsion from the league, stadium closure, a fine, a points deduction, being forced to play behind closed doors, the payment of compensation, a signing embargo and/or any other punishment the SPL board sees fit. SPL chief executive Neil Doncaster said: â??The SPL board heard a report today from our solicitors following the investigation into payments outwith contracts allegedly made by Rangers FC to â?? or for the benefit of â?? players. â??The delay in the investigation was caused by an initial lack of co-operation from Rangers but it has now been completed. â??The SPLâ??s view is that there is a case to answer and disciplinary charges will be brought when the future status of Rangers is clarified. â??This will happen prior to the start of the new season.â? If five or more clubs vote against newco Rangers then a club from the First Division would replace them in the top flight. If, however, they are voted back in then they will begin the league campaign at Kilmarnock on August 4. Due to the uncertainty over Rangersâ?? status, they were replaced by â??Club 12â? when the fixtures for the new season were released yesterday. Doncaster went on: â??An application for registration of transfer of Rangersâ?? SPL share has been received and consideration of that will depend on receipt by the SPL board of all required documentation and verification. â??As such, a general meeting of all 12 member clubs has been convened for 10am on July 4 to decide whether to approve the transfer. â??Itâ??s fairly straightforward what happens next and, as such, I wouldnâ??t wish to comment further.â? Responding to the SPLâ??s announcement, a Rangers spokesperson said: â??We note the announcement from the SPL. â??It is disappointing we have received no formal notification of this to date beyond a media statement.â? The SFA are driving a plan to merge the SPL and SFL in time for the new season. On a radical overhaul of the league set-up in Scotland, Doncaster said: â??Talks been on going for the past 18 months and they remain ongoing.â? http://www.express.co.uk/posts/view/327518/In-the-dock-Newco-Rangers-won-t-escape-punishment

FURIOUS SPL chairmen want to strip Rangers of SEVEN league titles â?? if the crisis-hit club are found guilty of making dodgy payments to players. A number of bosses also want to take back any cup silverware from the Light Blues if their controversial use of Employee Benefit Trusts is judged to be illegal. The Ibrox outfit â?? now in liquidation â?? is accused of abusing the scheme to avoid £47million in tax between 2001 and 2010. And in a highly-charged five-hour meeting club bigwigs from Scotlandâ??s top flight met at Hampden yesterday to hammer out a list of sanctions, with the possible removal of silverware top of the list. It was also revealed a decision on whether a newco Rangers will be allowed to re-enter the SPL will now be taken on July 4. And IF they are allowed to enter the top division an independent commission will decide if itâ??s the old club or the new club that has a case to answer over EBTs. A league insider said: â??There was plenty on the agenda regarding Rangers at the meeting. â??The EBTs were high up, as was the prospect of letting a newco back in the league. â??Itâ??s not the view of everyone, but one punishment that was definitely talked about was stripping Rangers of their titles. â??To be honest, Iâ??m not sure what good it would do going forward. â??But there is definitely a mood to see the old Rangers have some of their titles taken off them.â? Last night Rangers Supporters Association General Secretary John MacMillan warned fans would be enraged if any of their trophies were taken back. He said: â??It appears the SPL have evidence Rangers have been caught doing the wrong things â?? thatâ??s what it suggests. â??Weâ??ll have to wait and see what that evidence is of course. It looks a very serious situation â??I think the fans would be angry if any trophies were taken away. â??If itâ??s true it would appear to have been done willingly and the previous regime need to hold their hands up to that. â??Should it not be Sir David Murray they are pulling up? If anything happened it was in his time.â? Andy Kerr, of the Rangers Supportersâ?? Assembly added: â??I would be disappointed if this led to the loss of titles. â??We declared these payments in the annual accounts every year. â??That would not just be turning the clock back it would be turning the screw as well. â??If it is established that there were two contracts then obviously there is an issue there. I would hope that everyone would be put under the same spotlight.â? The move comes after SPL chiefs hired top law firm Harper McLeod to carry out a probe into Rangers' financial affairs when bosses from HM Revenue and Customs took them to court. Last night they said Rangers had a â??prima facieâ?? case to answer over the EBTs paid to top stars. A spokeswoman said: â??The SPL board heard a report from its solicitors following the investigation into payments to, or for the benefit of, players allegedly made by Rangers FC outside of contract. â??The delay in concluding the investigation was caused by an initial lack of co-operation from Rangers FC. â??The investigation has now been completed and, in the view of the SPL, there is a prima facie case to answer in respect of its rules. â??Disciplinary charges will be brought when the future status of Rangers FC is clarified and prior to the start of season 2012/13.â? Under strict rules clubs must tell the SPL of every payment made to players. The highest cash payment was £6.3million to ex-owner Sir David Murray, while 63 players and 24 staff are said to have had payouts. Acccording to figures obtained by BBC Scotland Barry Ferguson got £2.49million, while former boss Alex McLeish got £1.7million and goalkeeper Stefan Klos £2million. Spanish striker Nacho Novo and Dutch ace Ronald De Boer also netted £1.2million each. Ex-boss Graeme Souness received £30,000 from the trust in 2001 â?? 10 years after leaving the club. Lawyers Harper Macleod looked into dealings dating back to the leagueâ??s formation in 1998. Rangers have won seven titles since then. Last night SPL chief executive Neil Doncaster revealed there is NO limit to the sanctions which could be handed out if the EBTs are found to be illegal. But he admitted the league still didnâ??t know who would be punished â?? the old club or new club. He said: â??Itâ??s only charges at this point, nothingâ??s been proven yet. â??The board will have to make a decision on who to prosecute. There are two companies at the moment. The board has already said the proceedings will be taken by an independent commission. â??That will take place when the future status of Rangers has been determined. The sanctions are unlimited. Itâ??s whatever is deemed appropriate if guilt is established.â? Rangers newco club will find out on July 4 if it will be admitted to the Scottish Premier League. All 12 clubs must vote â?? including Rangers â?? with new owner Charles Green needing the backing of eight. If five or more say no, a First Division side would replace Rangers, whoâ??d likely apply for the vacancy created in Division Three after other clubs have moved up a division. Meanwhile next seasonâ??s fixtures were released yesterday with Rangers replaced with â??Club 12â??. Read more: http://www.thescottishsun.co.uk/scot...#ixzz1yCLRJUIa

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- http://sport.stv.tv/football/106806-...ir-own-words/? Aberdeen Duncan Fraser, chief executive: “A large number of our supporters have made their views and feelings very clear and as a club I can assure everyone that these are being taken into account. The integrity of sport in general and football in particular must be central to any decision. “This issue has our full attention and we will communicate any decision we take in relation to this situation with our supporters in a transparent way at an appropriate time.” Thursday, June 14 Celtic Peter Lawwell, chief executive: “We are fully aware of our supporters’ concerns regarding the current situation across Scottish football and the breadth of opinion within our supporter base. The issues are complex and there is much uncertainty. “Our guiding principle is that we will do what is in the best interests of Celtic Football Club and our supporters, consistent with upholding the interests and reputation of Scottish football. I can also give assurance that we will communicate further and directly with supporters at the appropriate time.” Thursday, May 10 Dundee United Stephen Thompson, chairman: “We are at a major crossroad for Scottish football and, significantly, the future of many clubs. It is appropriate that the SPL shareholders and the individual boards are allowed time to reflect and privately discuss this matter in the best interests of Scottish football. “Before making any decisions, Dundee United will continue our dialogue with our supporters’ representative groups and listen to our customers’ views.” Thursday, June 14 Heart of Midlothian Sergejus Fedotovas, director: “Justice is very important but lessons learned are more valuable. Rangers’ situation has shown certain problems and many clubs see punishing Rangers as the most important objective. “Scottish football should not be narrow-minded and should not put all focus on the punishment, but address the roots of the problem. Some problems are personal to individual clubs but there are a lot of systematic problems that should be addressed by acting together.” Friday, May 25 Hibernian Rod Petrie, chairman: “Fundamental to us at our club is to make sure the integrity of the game is not called into question and that the sporting integrity of the competition we take part in is maintained at the highest standards. “It’s not a question of any sum of money in return for that integrity – integrity is beyond purchase. It’s important that all clubs can have a place within football, provided they have earned it in a sporting sense and have abided by the rules.” Tuesday, May 15 Inverness Caledonian Thistle Kenny Cameron, chairman: “It is never good to see a Scottish club going into liquidation and it is a pity that Rangers have come to such a position. In the first instance we will sit down as a board and consider what the various potential outcomes are and how the different scenarios may play out. "Any speculation by certain parties as to how ICTFC may or may not vote on a newco is purely that, speculation, and we find it strange that some seem to know how ICTFC would vote under certain circumstances - they must have a crystal ball." Wednesday, June 13 Kilmarnock Michael Johnston, chairman: “You have got to be very careful not to come in too heavily with penalties and points deductions or financial penalties going forward which actually put people off investing in that club and trying to make it healthy. “How many more penalties should be piled on top of a club that is trying to recover from a desperate situation and a group of people who have no part to play in the bad things that have happened in the past?" Tuesday, May 22 Motherwell Board statement: “Motherwell FC are in the process of arranging a forum to discuss the issue with supporters of the club. Following that meeting, the board will meet and agree the club’s position and ultimately how we will vote if the meeting takes place as planned. “The ‘Newco’ issue is often portrayed as a straight choice between preserving sporting integrity and clubs accepting a reduction in gate money together with potentially a significant amount of commercial revenue. In reality it is far more complex than that. We are fully aware that an overwhelming majority of our fans and most others, who have so far expressed an opinion, are totally opposed to ‘Newco’ being allowed immediately back into the SPL.” Monday, June 18 Rangers Charles Green, owner ‘The Rangers Football Club’: "An application has already been made by the company to register with the Scottish Football Association and to participate in the SPL. "These applications will be considered over the next few weeks and I will continue to have discussions with the football authorities in relation to the Club's position.” Thursday, June 14 Ross County Roy McGregor, chairman: “I will listen to the arguments. I will not prejudge. We are taking a calculated risk on our budget for next season and it was done before this situation. It will make no difference.” Wednesday, June 13 St Johnstone Steve Brown, chairman: “If I’ve got a vote then I certainly will not let Rangers in without sanctions. That will not happen. The feeling from the people I’ve spoken to from within the chairmen’s ranks is that they won’t let Rangers in with a ‘get out free card’. “I think Rangers themselves and the majority of supporters accept that they’re going to have to get some form of punishment. That’s wholly accepted throughout the game. It has to happen.” Tuesday, May 22 St Mirren Board statement: “The board of directors as well as all other St Mirren supporters totally understands the sense of injustice felt at this time instigated by the way in which another club in our league has conducted their affairs. “Once all the facts are available to the board of directors, they shall take any decisions that are required, in the best interests of St Mirren Football Club only as their guiding line.” Monday, June 18

Why did the BHEASTS escape SPL investigation and punishment? Have any other Scottish football clubs been involved with EBT schemes? BBC Scotland Investigates wrote to all of the Scottish Premier League's member clubs and asked whether they had ever operated an EBT scheme. Celtic confirmed that it established one EBT scheme in April 2005, which BBC Scotland understands was for the benefit of the Brazilian midfielder Juninho Paulista. The scheme was worth £765,000 but the club did not declare the trust payment to the Scottish Football Association or the Scottish Premier League. The payments made to the trust were declared in Celtic's annual report for 2004/2005, but in 2008 the club became aware of an event giving rise to a potential tax liability which was subsequently paid after agreement with HMRC. The remaining 10 SPL clubs replied and confirmed they had never set up an EBT scheme for any of their employees. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-glasgow-west-18169502

I'm glad I am only interested in one club,my club the Rangers

By STUART BATHGATE Published on Monday 18 June 2012 00:00 Rangers are missing from the Scottish Premier League’s fixture list for next season, with “Club 12” having taken their place. The omission represents a change of heart from the SPL, who had previously said they would include the Ibrox club in their 2012-13 list, which is published this morning. The name “Club 12” indicates a more neutral stance, reflecting the possibility that Rangers will lose the vote to transfer their share in the league from the old company to the “newco” established by Charles Green last week. “The SPL are replacing Rangers with ‘Club 12’ in the official list of fixtures for the 2012-13 season,” a statement on the Rangers website read. “The governing body is sticking to the schedule of announcing the matches but have taken the Ibrox men out of the list after the developments of last week which saw Rangers FC change ownership under a newco scenario. The Sevco consortium headed by Charles Green completed the purchase of the club and its assets. They are now seeking to transfer the SPL share from the old company – Rangers Football Club plc – to the new company, The Rangers Football Club. “All 12 member clubs need to vote on this application and eight votes are required for Rangers to be playing SPL football next season. A date for this vote has yet to be set. If the transfer of the SPL share is successful then Rangers will assume the ‘Club 12’ fixtures.” The vote, at which Rangers will need the support of at least seven of the other 11 SPL clubs, will take place at a general meeting of the top flight. That meeting has yet to be called, and requires a fortnight’s notice, but the SPL board is meeting today and could issue that call, provided Green’s newco submits an official application to have the share of the old company transferred to it. It is understood that a technicality has delayed that application. The new fixture list is also expected to confirm a winter break for the first time in ten years. The break is scheduled to last two-and-a-half weeks and begin immediately after the New Year round of fixtures. That will mean the Scottish Cup fourth round – when the top teams enter – taking place at the start of December. The final is moving to a Sunday, 26 May, to avoid a clash with the Champions League final. Today’s SPL board meeting could also come to a conclusion on the league’s investigation of Rangers’ alleged use of dual contracts. The investigation is into the use by the Ibrox club of Employee Benefit Trusts, the issue at the centre of the First Tier Tax Tribunal, which was held in January but has still to announce its findings. The board may postpone publication of its findings. While many aspects of the Rangers saga remain unresolved, progress has been made on the planned reintegration of the SPL and the Scottish Football League. The unification of the two bodies was one proposal in the 2010 report into the game by former First Minister Henry McLeish, who said yesterday he was cautiously optimistic about ongoing talks. He warned, though, that everything might not be finalised in time for the new season. He said: “The timescale is very tight, but I think there is a renewed sense of urgency. The problems at Ibrox have emphasised the precarious state of Scottish football, and I think that has encouraged the Scottish Football Association, the SPL and SFL to try to make progress. “Many people who have been sceptical about the real need for further change are now willing to come to the table. They have recognised that the Rangers crisis is also an opportunity to get some issues sorted out. “I’m encouraged by the movement I’ve seen but I would caution against trying to rush to a solution.” Indeed, the authorities run the risk of new complexities. Several newspapers yesterday reported the possibility that, in a united league, a compromise could be found whereby Rangers would be relegated one tier, to what could be termed Premier Division Two. Under the present set-up, if Rangers do lose the vote on their place in the SPL they must apply to the SFL for a place in its structure. Up to now, it has been presumed that the place in question would be in the Third Division – where a vacancy would arise as a result of one team from each league moving up a division to fill the gap left by Rangers’ removal from the SPL. The demotion of Rangers to the First Division would mean they could be back in the top flight in a year, thus minimising the loss in gate receipts to SPL clubs. It could also help in the negotiations of a new television contract with Sky. However, such a compromise would be hugely unpopular with many fans of other clubs, who believe Rangers should be made to start again at the bottom of the pile.

Boumsong - on EBT's keith jackson -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- HE had never heard of an EBT until the day he signed for RFC. But now those six little letters will live with Jean-Alain Boumsong for the rest of his days. The Frenchman has watched on from afar with utter astonishment as Rangers have unravelled over the past six months and last week’s liquidation of the old company has hit him so hard he feels somehow compelled to return to Scotland to do what he can to assist in efforts to save Ibrox from oblivion. He may have only spent six months in Glasgow – and that was some eight years ago now. But even so he insists in that short time he felt a bond with the club the likes of which he has never experienced before or after. Which is perhaps why, even now, he still feels uncomfortable at the very mention of the tax avoidance scheme from which it is claimed he benefited to the tune of around £630,000. Something about that offshore payment plan just never sat easily with Boumsong. So much so, in fact, that for the first time he has revealed he gave serious thought to pulling the plug on his free transfer to the club on the day he arrived in Glasgow to sign his name on the dotted line. Eventually he was persuaded by accountants there was nothing illegal about the structure of the contract which would make him a wealthy man and a Rangers player. But Boumsong smelled a rat back then. And it’s rankled with him ever since. In an interview with Record Sport here at Euro 2012 he said: “My salary was normally paid but there was a trust. I was not comfortable with that to be honest. I didn’t know anything about it until the day I was going to sign. “When I discovered it I first refused to sign the contract and said, ‘What is this?’ “I didn’t want to sign because it seemed strange, we don’t have that kind of payment in France and I didn’t know anything about it. When I left Rangers, for example, to sign for Newcastle, it was for a normal contract with normal payment. “But the day I was signing for Rangers I was told it was legal. “As players we don’t know the law but my advisers said, ‘It’s okay, you can sign it. It’s legal’. “I wouldn’t have signed otherwise, no way. If I thought it was wrong legally I wouldn’t have gone. It’s important to be able to sleep at night without any fear of being chased by the tax office.” If only those running Rangers had been just as scrupulous or even shared some of Boumsong’s reservations, then the club may have been spared from at least a proportion of its ongoing crisis. LOSSES EBTs may not have been the cause of their undoing – that one rests with Sir David Murray’s decision to hand the keys to Craig Whyte – but they did leave a huge tax liability hanging over Ibrox and those potential losses led to Lloyds Bank leaning heavily on Murray to sell up in the first place. The finer details of how Rangers got into such a mess are all a little lost on Boumsong who was off to Newcastle in an £8m move after only six months into that lucrative five-year deal. He has since spent time at Juventus and Lyon and is currently looking for an escape from stricken Greek outfit Panathinaikos who are experiencing a financial meltdown of their own. There is for him though a very bitter sense of irony in all of this. He says he would gladly return to Rangers tomorrow, especially if he can help in Walter Smith’s attempts to stabilise the club. He would be willing to do so for around half of the wages he might earn himself elsewhere. All he would ask for in return is a stake in the future of the new Rangers company. He insists such a deal would not be about money. And there’s the irony right there. Because Boumsong insists the chance to make a quick buck was not the reason he chose Rangers in the first place. Which is why he still can’t get his head around why the club was willing to take any kind of risks over his contract. He said: “Believe me, I could have gone to other clubs for more money. I was a free agent at the time and sometimes it is not about money. I wanted to go there because they believed in me and they wanted me. “They wanted to build a team with me a big part of it so I decided to go. They trusted me and I trusted them so I signed.” Now, eight years on, Boumsong would relish the opportunity to do it all over again. He’s been stuck in Athens without any wages at all for most of last season, just one of the millions of victims of the economic disaster which threatens to bring all of Greece down. And now he would choose to return to Ibrox? The words “frying pan” and “fire” spring instantly to mind. But if the club can successfully overturn the disputed transfer embargo which was imposed as a punishment for Whyte’s shamed regime then Boumsong will be there, standing at the front of the queue, ready and willing to help. He insists it’s all down to a sense of duty or an inner calling. But most of all though he says he just wants to help clean up a mess that was made by others He said: “I don’t know too much about what’s happened. Of course, I watch it on TV but I don’t know exactly what’s going on there. “I hear there is a chance they could be forced to play in the Third Division and that would be a disaster. What would happen to the Scottish League without Rangers? That would be a real shame and to be honest I can’t believe it. It’s incredible. IMPORTANT “I know the other clubs need to complain because they don’t think what’s happened is fair but maybe they will find an agreement because they know how important Rangers are. “The lesson we have to take from this is that financial fair play must happen. Every single club must now control their finances. But I am quite surprised Rangers didn’t use the money they had better than they did. I mean, they paid big wages, but I’m surprised they weren’t better at business. “They sold the right-back, Alan Hutton, for £9m. When I left it was for a big transfer worth £8m and I cost the club nothing. “Sure, they’ve had to pay out wages so it’s not as though you can add £8m and £9m together and ask where the money is now. But you still ask yourself how can this happen to a club like Rangers? “I still have strong feelings for the club. It doesn’t depend on how long you spend at a club to feel part of it. I had some of my best moments in football at Rangers really. “I was happy there, my family was happy, and if I had the opportunity to go back I’d go, even now.”

JEAN-ALAIN BOUMSONG last night offered to return to Rangers on a cut-price contract if it helps Walter Smith resurrect the club. The French defender is so keen to go back to his crisis-ravaged former club heâ??s even proposed a deal that would see him paid almost half his wages in future shares of the Ibrox newco. Boumsong made the incredible gesture in an interview with Record Sport here at Euro 2012, where heâ??s a TV pundit for Al Jazeera. Now 32 and at Greek giants Panathinaikos â?? who are going through a financial meltdown of their own â?? he spoke of his shock at Rangersâ?? liquidation and distress over EBT payments. services And after learning legendary figure Smith was attempting to rescue the club by spearheading an attempted leadership coup to hijack the Charles Green takeover, Boumsong was quick to offer his own services. With Rangers continuing to contest a 12-month signing ban, the ex-Newcastle and Juventus defender said: â??I only played for Rangers for six months but it was a fantastic time for me. â??If I had the opportunity to go back to Rangers I would do so right away. â??Iâ??m doing well at Panathinaikos â?? we finished high enough to reach the Champions League qualifiers. Itâ??s a big club but Rangers are bigger. My contract ends next season. I have another year but Iâ??m almost free as the club has some big financial problems. â??Greece is a difficult place right now, we havenâ??t been paid for months. Itâ??s hard times, I need to feed my family. â??But if Iâ??d the opportunity to go back to Rangers it would not be a question of money as I know they are struggling.â? Boumsong says heâ??d play for almost half what heâ??s worth in return for a stake in the business â?? and insists he wouldnâ??t do it for any other club. He added: â??I donâ??t know the latest situation on whether Rangers can sign any new players but I know Walter Smith is trying to buy the club. â??Everyone knows who he is, he has Rangers in his heart and thatâ??s what Rangers needs. â??I feel that way too so maybe we could talk, why not? Maybe part of my salary could be given to me in shares. â??Instead of 100 per cent I could take 60 and the 40 be paid in shares of the new company. â??I am still fit and believe I can play for another two or three years at a high level. â??Rangers have some rich supporters in Scotland. Why has it taken until now for them to bring their money together? â??Anyone else who loves the club has to do what they can to help.â?

Sky has rubbished claims it is set to pull the plug on Scottish football if Rangers are not playing in the top flight next season. The satellite broadcaster which, together with ESPN, is three years into a £65million five-year deal, has so far kept its own counsel on the crisis that has engulfed Scottish football since the Ibrox club lurched into administration, before being liquidated last week. With Charles Greenâ??s Sevco consortium attempting to smooth a passage back into the top flight for the newco Rangers, there is no guarantee the four Old Firm games that are central to the existing deal will take place next season. An improved £80m five-year deal, to supercede the existing agreement, remains unsigned and, barring a remarkable turn of events, looks likely to remain so. The prospect of the existing agreement being shredded as a result of the ongoing saga looks nil, however. Reports last week claimed Sky were ready to rip up the existing deal if its terms were breached. But a senior London source told Sportsmail that, although a degree of renegotiation might be required in that eventuality, there is no question of the broadcaster walking away. Sky has never, ever discussed pulling out of covering Scottish football,â?? he said. 'We have not discussed that possibility, either with the SPL or any other footballing authority. Nor has that been on the agenda for consideration within Sky, despite all the problems and difficulties being faced by Scottish football at present. 'If Rangers are not in the SPL, that would change things for us, naturally. It would leave a quality hole in Scotlandâ??s top division. Competition would deteriorate and, in that event, we would have to renegotiate. â??But let us be very clear â?? we have always tried to be supportive of Scottish football and have never made any negative noises or sent any negative messages. â??Scottish football is still very much in our plans for the future. Walking away has never been on our agenda.â?? Sportsmailâ??s source also stressed that Sky would not try to influence the outcome of the current crisis. â??We have, in the past, been asked for our opinions, but we believe that football should be run by the football authorities. We are a TV company,â?? he said. The ongoing crisis in the Scottish game will be illustrated on Monday when the SPL releases its fixtures for season 2012-13 with â??Club 12â?? taking the place of Rangers. The club representatives attending the SPLâ??s monthly meeting will also be given an update on the investigation into alleged double contracts, following Sportsmailâ??s revelations that off-shore payments were excluded from playersâ?? contracts over a decade. However, the new incarnation of the Ibrox club could yet be playing in the top flight, if Green gets the seven additional votes he requires from the SPL in two weeksâ?? time. Such a scenario is being bluntly opposed by the majority of fans throughout Scotland, who believe sporting integrity should override any commercial interests. Weekend reports suggested a compromise might come in the shape of a radical revamp of the Scottish game, which would see the SPL and SFL merge into one body in time for the new season. It has been suggested the newco Rangers would begin life in the second tier â?? SPL2 â?? with Dundee promoted to the top division. The fudge would be designed to punish the new Rangers by ensuring they do not re-enter at the highest level â?? while keeping sponsors and TV companies onside through the expansion of the SPL to two divisions. Promotion and relegation play-offs for all divisions, a pyramid system for league entry and a rethink on TV revenue distribution would be the other facets of the plan being hatched within the SFA. However, David Longmuir, chief executive of the Scottish Football League, said he was against any such plan. â??It would be a newco scenario and the only way we could accommodate any new application would be to create a gap in the Third Division through the play-offs with teams shuffling up,â?? he said. â??We would then judge every case on its own merits. â??There would be no provision for any newco Rangers to go into the First Division rather than the Third. â??The decisions that have to be made by the SPL and SFA in the coming weeks are far more crucial than the knock-on effects that come to the SFL. â??There are no winners in this situation. The good of the game is balancing sporting integrity with the finances available and to be realistic about the future.â?? Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/foo...#ixzz1y5mbHlRr

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Rangers would have to start in Scottish League Division Three, says SFL chief executive David Longmuir David Longmuir, the chief executive of the Scottish Football League, is opposed to a proposal which would see Rangers demoted to the First Division. His counterpart at the Scottish Football Association, Stewart Regan, has been discussing the matter with the SPL as they attempt to work out a compromise punishment for the club, who could be found guilty of misuse of dual contracts at a meeting of the Scottish Premier League board at Hampden on Monday. Regan is also anxious to merge the SPL and SFL but there is little chance that a move to integrate the two bodies for the first time since 1998 could be completed in time for the beginning of 2012/13. Should Rangers be expelled from the elite division (either by the SPL or the SFAâ??s appellant tribunal), then they would be forced to apply to join the SFL in the Third Division. However, the possibility of Rangers dropping only one division has been mooted in an attempt to salvage the new, four-year broadcasting agreement with Sky, which has yet to be signed. Longmuir, though, is not convinced of the merits of that argument. â??The decisions that have to be made by the SPL and SFA in the coming weeks are far more crucial than the knock-on effects that come to the SFL,â? he said. â??There are no winners in this situation. The good of the game is balancing sporting integrity with the finances available, and to be realistic about the future.â? Longmuir also suggested that â?? in the event of Rangers being ejected from the top tier â?? he would not welcome any application from them to join his organisation unless they were prepared to start at the bottom. Any vacancy arising in the SPL would be filled by First Division runners-up Dundee, while losing play-off-finalists Airdrie United and Stranraer would be promoted to the First and Second Divisions respectively. That would leave Rangers facing the prospect of meeting the likes of East Stirling, Annan Athletic, Peterhead and Montrose four times a season and replacing the Old Firm clash with derby matches against Queenâ??s Park. â??It would be a newco scenario and the only way we could accommodate any new application would be to create a gap in the Third Division through the play-offs with teams shuffling up,â? said Longmuir â??We would then judge every case on its own merits. There would be no provision for any newco Rangers to go into the First Division rather than the Third Division.â? Meanwhile, Rangers are set to be left off the fixture list for the forthcoming Clydesdale Bank Premier League season, with 'Club 12â?? taking their place, as the uncertainty at Ibrox continues. The Glasgow club, champions in 2010-11 but now facing an uncertain future, announced the news on Sunday on the eve of the publication of the SPL fixtures, which takes place at 9am on Monday. With the process ongoing, the punishment for Rangers being liquidated and the establishment of a newco Rangers is still to be determined and they could yet be demoted from the Scottish Premier League to the Scottish Football League. It remains uncertain if Dunfermline, relegated from the SPL last term, or Dundee, runners-up to promoted Ross County in the Irn-Bru First Division, would occupy the 'Club 12â?? slot should Rangers be denied a place in the competition. A story on Rangersâ?? official website read: â??The SPL are replacing Rangers with 'Club 12â?? in the official list of fixtures for the 2012-13 season. â??The governing body is sticking to the schedule of announcing the matches as planned but have taken the Ibrox men out of the list after the developments of last week which saw Rangers FC change ownership under a newco scenario. â??The Sevco consortium headed by Charles Green completed the purchase of the club and its assets last week when HMRC refused to support an exit from administration through CVA. â??They are now seeking to transfer the SPL share from the old company â?? Rangers Football Club plc â?? to the new company, The Rangers Football Club. â??All 12 member clubs need to vote on this application and eight votes are required for Rangers to be playing SPL football next season. â??A date for this vote has yet to be set so the SPL have decided to use 'Club 12â?? in their list of fixtures in order to cover all eventualities. â??If the transfer of the SPL share is successful then Rangers will assume the 'Club 12â?? fixtures.â? http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/foo...-Longmuir.html

The Dundee fans are revolting. You know what I mean... The Dark Blues, who carry the biggest away support in the First Division, are contemplating a boycott of away games and it's understandable considering how they've been treated. With Dundee fighting for their very existence, their fans have been royally shafted - once by their own board, and now by the SFL board. It wasn't the fans who didn't pay the tax bill, but they're the ones who stand to lose their club. Because make no mistake, Dundee FC are very close to going out of business, and it wasn't the fans that put them in that position. Sadly, the boycott will hit innocent First Division clubs with their own financial worries. It wasn't these clubs who voted to hit Dundee with a swingeing 25-point penalty which almost certainly condemns them to relegation, but representatives of part-time clubs in the lower divisions. A boycott will hit other clubs hard, very hard in some cases. Raith Rovers, for instance, are due two visits from Dundee and stand to lose around £40,000 from the absence of an expected 4,000 visiting fans for the two games, if the boycott goes ahead. That will be the cost to just one First Division club of a misguided and disproportionate punishment. If clubs are to be hammered for relying on a benefactor as Dundee did, then a lot of clubs will be twitching nervously. In Dundee's case such a benefactor who seemed to be the real deal let them down badly. His reputation is in tatters but he doesn't face losing his club. He never supported it in the first place. Dundee fans are fighting for 117 years of history and great memories. That may mean nothing to those who made the points-deduction decision, but they may be about to find out that they have provoked a sleeping giant. http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/jimspence/2010/11/dundee_punishment_is_misguided.html

By Gordon Waddell on Jun 17, 12 06:28 AM in LET me start by saying this: There are no solutions. Only varying shades of s***. So for the good of everyone, it's time to be pragmatic rather than dogmatic. When your choice lies between decimating Rangers as justice, or decimating your own team as punishment for not doing so, there MUST be a middle ground. So let's try this. Relegate Rangers to the First Division. Bring Dundee up. With the Ibrox team absent, get the SPL voting rights changed. End the stranglehold the insane 11-1 majority gives the Old Firm. With Rangers gone, the power has gone. In its place, you have something resembling democracy which, even if they come back, the Old Firm can't change. And with Rangers only down a division, you persuade Sky and ESPN it's not the end of the world. Stick with us and you'll soon have back your precious Old Firm games. That way, crucially, you protect the central income of the clubs who are left. Gers are still out of Europe for three years and with any sense they'll have backed down to the SFA and have accepted the justice of their original transfer embargo. The pros? They get a sporting punishment and don't just walk back in to the SPL unmolested. The rest of the clubs get what they've been agitating for but could never have achieved with Rangers there, which is a change to their rights. And they haven't had to completely leverage away their souls to do it. Sky are hopefully still on board. You get two up, two down from the SPL at last, ending the self-serving cartel - AND the SFL insist on it staying that way as the price to pay for facilitating it. Throw in a boost for the First Division clubs in terms of revenue, assuming Rangers still have a support. Most of the clubs there are equipped to cope, as opposed to the Third. The cons? It's not inflicting enough hurt on newco Rangers. But think on it this way. It's like punching someone you detest in the face over and over again. Sure, you may derive satisfaction - but is it worth breaking your knuckles? As it stands, all things being equal, from the chairmen and owners I've spoken to, the vote would go against Rangers. But all things aren't equal. They're under serious pressure from their supporters to do the right thing. The fans want Rangers emptied. And it's easy for me, as a diddy club fan, to understand why. Just look at Rangers' support for evidence, threatening to boycott the very clubs who have their fate in their hands. Even in their death throes they can't shake the arrogance they've worn like a tattoo on their foreheads for a century and more. There's no contrition, no apology. Nothing from their would-be owner, from the previous vandals, or from the massed ranks. It makes you want to see them get theirs - and get it big-time. In the background, though, most clubs are bricking it. Privately, they're seeking comfort from the SFA and Sky that doing the right thing isn't going to cripple them - and they're not getting any. Take Dundee United. They get 29 per cent of their turnover from central revenue. Same again from season tickets. The rest is made up of, sponsorship, gate money, commercial income, yadda yadda. For clubs like St Johnstone, the figure for central income is closer to 50 per cent. And there's not one of them, other than Celtic, who could afford to lose the guts of that money overnight. People keep saying to me the Sky threat isn't real - that they'll be there, or there will be a deal in its place. If that was true, the chairmen would be sleeping at night. And they're not. Because it's not as simple as taking it away and saying 'Doesn't matter, just cut your cloth, the game will be better for it anyway'. Maybe it would, but the reality is the clubs have contracts to honour, commitments made on the basis of income forecasts. Players' wages, staff, rent for training grounds - they don't go away, even if you lose 30 per cent of your revenue. Obviously the counterpoint is that by voting yes, they alienate their own fans instead. And they can't afford that either. Which is why a middle ground has to be found for everyone's good. People will say there's no mechanism for the solution I've argued. So what? There's no precedent for ANY of this. Create a mechanism. Speak to each other. Don't treat it like you're in a vacuum. Get David Longmuir, Jim Ballantyne and Stewart Regan in the room with all the SPL types - and make it work. It's not perfect, but nothing is. I'm not even saying I think it's right, because I don't. I'd love them to take the chance to go to a 16-team league, bring in a pyramid, split the revenue evenly, create a football utopia. They'll never going to do it, so we might as well find a halfway house. This way it's a sporting punishment for Rangers, it obliterates the Old Firm's power base in the SPL and the collateral damage isn't apocalyptic. All of which is assuming Rangers survive at all, of course ...

THE SFA have been told FIFA wonâ??t be stepping into the debate over the registration of Rangers players. But thereâ??s a grey area on what happens to their registrations, with Charles Green claiming theyâ??d be in breach of contract. Hampden chiefs wrote to FIFA this week seeking guidance but SunSport can reveal the SFA have been told to sort it out themselves, because Hampden holds all player registrations, It means the SFA would rule in any dispute if the likes of Allan McGregor, Steve Davis or Steven Naismith chose to walk away. An announcement is being delayed as FIFA drag their heels over assurances the SFA want in the event their decisions are disputed by the newco club. FIFA rules stipulate they would only get involved if a dispute had an international dimension. They could be called on for the big earners or if the likes of Dorin Goian or Carlos Bocanegra chose to quit. Each playerâ??s situation would be taken on a case-by-case basis, further complicating matters. The SFA are mindful of both the situation at Ibrox and the views of PFA Scotland that its members CAN walk. Itâ??s thought the hierarchy will now meet early to discuss a way ahead. A FIFA spokesman, asked if registration disputes would be down to the SFAâ??s discretion, said: â??Yes. Neither a player nor a club can hold the registration of a player. A player is registered at an association. As a general rule, a contract may be prematurely terminated by either party without consequences of any kind where there is just cause. â??Whether a just cause is given or not must, in case of a dispute, be assessed while considering the specific and particular circumstances of the concrete case. â??Consequently, it is not possible to provide a straight-forward list of occurrences that constitute just cause. â??However, FIFA is only competent to hear an employment-related dispute between a club and a player if the facts have an international dimension.â? Read more: http://www.thescottishsun.co.uk/scotsol/homepage/sport/spl/4376051/FIFA-take-back-seat.html#ixzz1y0ZoCKQu