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RANGERS boss Ally McCoist and his top-team squad will today plead with administrators for the chance to foot the bill of keeping their football club intact.

 

McCoist has held a series of heart-to-heart talks with his shell-shocked players, and captain Steve Davis in particular, as the dressing room braces itself for the cost-cutting plans expected to be announced by London firm Duff and Phelps before the end of this week.

 

And Record Sport understands the manager and his players could attempt to safeguard jobs across the club – from the tea ladies to the ticket office staff – by cutting thousands of pounds off their own wages instead.

 

The big-hearted plan will all hinge on the scale of the cutbacks required to mend the financial crisis which absent owner Craig Whyte has left behind during his disastrous reign.

 

If the damage is too severe not even McCoist and his players will be able to fix it on their own.

 

However, the Rangers manager believes there is a willingness among a majority of his men to sacrifice what they can for the cause.

 

This could mean accepting percentage deferrals on their pay packets, possibly for as long as it takes the club to come out of administration and get back on a stable financial footing.

 

And it would allow them to limp on together until the end of the current campaign without seeing some of their team-mates forced to face a firing squad.

 

It will be discussed further at Murray Park this morning before McCoist takes his players on to the training pitch to prepare for their next SPL match, away to Inverness Caley Thistle on Sunday.

 

But before they know how deep they will have to dig McCoist faces another crucial round of breakfast-time talks with Paul Clark of Duff and Phelps.

 

The Ibrox boss will ask the administrator to clearly define how much money needs to be sliced off the club’s wage bill – and then ask for the authority to implement that himself. It would then be up to McCoist and his players to find a fair and equitable way of shouldering the cost between themselves, with the biggest earners facing the most substantial cuts.

 

McCoist would only say last night: “From the meetings I’ve had with the players and with Steve Davis I can tell you the players are united.

 

“We all want to find a solution in the best interests of the club. I will speak again with the administrators and update the players.”

 

A source close to the talks added: “There is a lot of talking to be done but Ally knows the best way to handle this is by keeping the players together and showing a united front.

 

“It would be far better for everyone to take a hit than for individuals to be tapped and the shoulder and taken away. That is the nightmare scenario and the lads are worried sick about it.

 

“The good news is that dressing room is full of guys who are Rangers fans and feel a sense of duty.

 

“They also realise there are other people around the club whose jobs are at risk. It’s not just about the dressing room. There are many others whose hard work and dedication goes unseen.

 

“Without the support and help of these people it would have been impossible for the players to deliver success in the last few years. The players’ attitude is at Rangers we are in it together.

 

“So if it’s at all possible to make some kind of deal with the administrators then that would be the first option for Ally and the players. But it all comes down to just how much they need to cut.”

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You can't ask players to completely forfeit their wages, we might think of them as all high rollers who roll about in their own money but it isn't the case for every footballer. I think though if you have Rangers in your heart, and I have no doubt that there are more than a small band in that squad that do, that a wage cut shouldn't be beyond them. If you've been brought up with Rangers, you know what the club is, and you know there is no player bigger than the club. I wouldn't doubt that if it was to help keep the team going, there are some players who would be happy to take that cut. I don't agree with wages being completely stripped though.

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