Steve1872 4 Posted July 9, 2012 Share Posted July 9, 2012 RANGERS legend Paul Gascoigne yesterday insisted thereâ??s â??never been a better timeâ? to play for the Ibrox side as he made a bizarre pledge to join the skint club next season. The 45-year-old star vowed to help old pal Ally McCoist by pulling on his boots again days after the fallen giants were dumped out the top flight. Gazza, who helped Rangers clinch their famous nine league titles in a row, made his pledge as controversial lawyer Giovanni Di Stefano revealed he wants to buy the old Rangers and exploit a loophole that he claims would allow them to play in England. Gazza, who quit Ibrox in 1998, said: â??Iâ??ll play for Rangers next season. I will be there next season supporting Coisty and his team. â??And Iâ??ll you this â?? if I can get my hip sorted Iâ??ll make myself available for a few games in the Third Division if Coisty needs me. There is no better time to play for Rangers than right now. â??I can honestly say that if I had just played in a tournament like the European Championship finals and I had the chance to sign for Real Madrid, Barcelona or Rangers I would choose Rangers because of Coisty and the fans.â? Gazza, in his Rangers heyday, cost £4.3million when he joined them from Italian outfit Lazio in July 1995. He helped them lift the Scottish Cup and League Cup as well as two league titles, and enjoyed three forays into the Champions Legue. The legend, who played with McCoist added yesterday: â??I had the best time of my life at Rangers. I lived next door to Coisty for four years and I know he is Rangers through and through. Serious business ... Ally â??It wouldnâ??t matter if the club was in the Sunday league â?? he would still manage them for nothing. I am convinced he will make the club great again.â? Meanwhile former Dundee director Di Stefano has written to administrators Duff and Phelps revealing he is interested in snapping up the old Rangers before the company is wound up. The 55-year-old lawman â?? dubbed the Devilâ??s Advocate after representing Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein and Moors Murderer Ian Brady â?? wants to revive the clubâ??s fortunes. And he claims his bid will be bankrolled by a string of wealthy oil sheikhs â?? if the Ibrox side are allowed to play in England. The old Rangers is currently in administration and will be liquidated shortly. Charles Green transferred the assets to his newco Gers after buying the club for £5.5million. Di Stefano wrote: â??Iâ??m aware the assets of the company were sold to Charles Green, but I have spoken with the registrar at Companies House that confirms The Rangers Football Club Plc is a company still â??only in administrationâ?? and is capable of acquisition, transfer and/or assignment. â??I would be obliged if you would confirm your understanding of the situation. My advisors clearly confirm the company is still capable of being sold as a corporate shell including, but not definitely inheriting, the liabilities that Charles Green did not assume in his agreement with you when assets were sold. â??That however, would be my problem and argument with HMRC once I owned the said company.â? The Italian claims Gers have a right to play in English football due to an agreement dating back to the 1880s. Hero ... emotional Gazza during Rangers days Scottish News Group In a three-page letter to the FAâ??s chairman David Bernstein, Di Stefano insisted that the old Rangers could still enter the English divisions. Plans ... Giovanni David Martin / Fotopress. He told him: â??There is an interested party in the Middle East who may acquire the shares of Rangers and accept all the contingent liabilities if the club is entitled to play in the English league. Having researched the rules of the period and Articles of Association of both the FA and Rangers FC, I find nothing which would sustain anything other than Rangers inheriting the right to play in the English league. â??I could find nothing that suggested Rangers lost their right or were expelled from the FA after their incorporation in 1899.â? Earlier this year, Di Stefano urged the ruler of Qatar, Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani, 59, to purchase the crisis-hit club. Last night sports law expert Dr Gregory Ioannidis, of Buckingham University, said: â??Although in theory any club could apply for FA membership, it would have to be according to the limitations of procedural requirements and the rules currently in place. It is also a matter to be decided by the relevant league. In theory RFC could apply for membership but it would have to be from the bottom.â? Duff and Phelps refused to comment. Read more: http://www.thescottishsun.co.uk/scotsol/homepage/news/4420369/In-your-dreams-team.html#ixzz20AgALjT8 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
calscot 0 Posted July 9, 2012 Share Posted July 9, 2012 We could resurect the nine in a row team and still win the third division -judging by the masters results. Could really draw in the fans watching the likes of Gazza, Laudrup, Gough, Goram etc... 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
simplythebest 0 Posted July 9, 2012 Share Posted July 9, 2012 Now this would be interesting to say the least. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
craig 5,199 Posted July 10, 2012 Share Posted July 10, 2012 We could resurect the nine in a row team and still win the third division -judging by the masters results. Could really draw in the fans watching the likes of Gazza, Laudrup, Gough, Goram etc... I seriously think they could. They would be able to move the ball around other teams. I know it wont happen but the idea isnt as far fetched as one might think..... A div 3 team of : Goram (after training....) Moore, Gough, Amoruso, Numan Laudrup, Gazza, BF, McCann Mols McCoist (player manager anyone) Would be pretty darned close ! With some youngsters in the spine to do the running that team would be a joy to watch IMO 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gribz 743 Posted July 10, 2012 Share Posted July 10, 2012 Hands down SOME of the former players could come back and give us a fairytale. But if Alexander is staying (good lad) then we dont need Goram. Craig Moore is a good shout, he cant be older then 36. Laudrup could still walk into the team if we were SPL!!! Mols and Novo are the best shouts for me. And Albertz. Barry Ferguson is another good call Craig. Would they all play for us though? 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craigy1881 79 Posted July 10, 2012 Share Posted July 10, 2012 Sadly as nice a gesture Gazza but I think our U12's would be in better shape to tackle the 3rd division 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
foggy dewhurst 0 Posted July 10, 2012 Share Posted July 10, 2012 mccloy jardine jackson roberts mathieson henderson gazza laudrup wee bud mcoist hatley ther will be a rush for season books now . 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
blueflag 379 Posted July 10, 2012 Share Posted July 10, 2012 , McCann Really?,, what a shame putting his bloody name in besides the others.. Neil McCann? he can go take his face for a shit 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
GovanAllan 0 Posted July 10, 2012 Share Posted July 10, 2012 Really?,, what a shame putting his bloody name in besides the others.. Neil McCann? he can go take his face for a shit Never did us a wrong turn on the pitch or since unlike some so called Rangers legends. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craigy1881 79 Posted July 10, 2012 Share Posted July 10, 2012 I liked McCann as a player, I actually quite like him as a pundit as well these days. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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