ian1964 10,447 Posted July 17, 2012 Share Posted July 17, 2012 CHARLES GREEN has put Rangers future back in doubt by refusing to reveal who the owners of the club are. And that means the Scottish Football Association have no alternative but to refuse Rangers a licence to play football. But it is Green and his continued protection of the identity of who is behind Blue Pitch Holdings, whose 23 per cent stake make it the largest shareholders in Sevco, that is blocking the way to Rangers membership of the SFA. I believe the SFA were handed more information last night which may help the governing body unravel the mystery of just who the faceless men who own Rangers are and put them on the trail of the shadowy Blue Pitch Holdings. But until Charles Green comes clean there is now surely no way the Scottish Football Association can allow Rangers to be given a licence to be able to play football. They have a clear duty to ensure that there is nobody involved who has any connection with any criminality, particularly money laundering, something which Green first mentioned on the day when he first emerged from the shadows as Duff and Phelpsâ?? top choice to take over as front man for the faceless men who own Rangers. The SFA must be particularly careful, given the way they blundered and did not properly investigate Craig Whyteâ??s background and where the money he used to buy Rangers came from in May 2011. Had they been tougher and more thorough in May 2011, the disasters which have befallen Rangers and the meltdown those disasters have sent Scottish football into, would never have happened. Scottish Football Association chief executive Stewart Regan knows his organisation and its Main Board cannot make the same massive mistake again. For if the SFA handed Rangers a licence and then the shadowy men who hide behind the Blue Pitch Holdings wall of secrecy were found to be involved in any criminality, have any links to any criminality, such as money laundering, or should the funding for the cut price deal which saw Charles Green handed Rangers on a plate by seriously under investigation, Duff and Phelps, be found to be in any way dodgy, the SFA could not survive. There can be no doubt that the Scottish Football Association in general and Stewart Regan and his chosen emissary , vice president Rod Petrie of Hibs, have performed poorly through this whole sad sorry saga. Which is why they must make sure they know who it is who owns Rangers and then conduct a serious investigation into them and their funding before giving Rangers their licence to play. It is Charles Greenâ??s delaying tactics and Charles Greenâ??s refusal to come clean about their indentity of the shadowy men who own Rangers which is holding up the SFA licence. That is a fact! What is also a fact is the timing of Charles Greenâ??s disgracefully curt call to the Rangers staff, announcing redundancies at team time on Monday night, came just hours after the SFA told him they were not satisfied with the extent of the information he had supplied to them before they could consider giving Rangers a licence to play. A coincidence? Or a low life ploy designed to take the heat of Charles Green and turn it on Stewart Regan, who is always an easy target for Rangers supporters? Goodness knows Regan has deserved to be in the firing line often enough as the way he has handled the whole Whyte Scandal and the way it has impacted on Rangers and Scottish football, has been disgraceful. But this time it is not Regan who is at fault and who is harming Rangers. It is Charles Green. It is Charles Green and his continued refusal to name all of the people who own Rangers. To list the names of the shadowy people who hide behind Blue Pitch Holdings. And to give the Scottish Football Association time to investigate them and ensure the money which is being invested in Rangers is clean money and has been raised by legal means. That is surely no more than any sensible, sane and rational Rangers supporter would not merely expect of the SFA, but actually demand of them in order that there can be no repeat of the fraud perpetrated on their club by Craig Whyte. But get set for more leaks from Charles Green, for more nods and winks on his behalf, that his impasse with the SFA is all Stewart Reganâ??s fault and that it has got nothing to do with demands for the faceless men who own Rangers to be named and investigated. But none of those leaks, none of those nods and winks, will fool the overwhelming majority of hardheaded Rangers supporters who are also demanding that Charles Green name the faceless men who own Rangers. The overwhelming majority of hard headed Rangers supporters who were fooled by Craig Whyte in May 2011 and are now determined not to be conned out of their club again. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bluedell 5,354 Posted July 17, 2012 Share Posted July 17, 2012 I thougt Green had said that he had supplied all details of shareholders to the SFA? 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
der Berliner 3,283 Posted July 17, 2012 Share Posted July 17, 2012 Ach well, David. If private people want to invest via that Holding, people not wanting to be named, so be it. The SFA will want to know EVERYTHING that goes on at Rangers now, with CVs and all of every investor and director and whatnot. Fair enough and for good reason. Whether they have the right to do this and ask this is a legal matter, I would assume. And, while I am at it, if the SFA wants it from us, I expect them to announce that they will want it from every memberclub too. Set standards, guidelines and rules for all concerned and follow them thoroughly. Whipping up another standard for us and use a different for the rest will not work. BTW, we speak of SFA people closely tied to our opposition clubs. Which company would happily hand business and confidental papers to their competitors?* Thus agree to open the club to further harm by the opposition? *Yes, I know that we are not exactly competitive these days, but you get the meaning. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheWeeBlueDevil 0 Posted July 17, 2012 Share Posted July 17, 2012 Anti Green propaganda ? 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
andy steel 0 Posted July 17, 2012 Share Posted July 17, 2012 They can't all be right. Charles is on SSN this morning telling us that the SFA are being told even now who his people are. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim1955 12 Posted July 17, 2012 Share Posted July 17, 2012 Who is alessandro celano of blue pitch holdins? 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
der Berliner 3,283 Posted July 17, 2012 Share Posted July 17, 2012 AFAIK some Swiss guy? 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheWeeBlueDevil 0 Posted July 17, 2012 Share Posted July 17, 2012 (edited) BLUE PITCH HOLDINGS Mr Green has revealed that Blue Pitch Holdings is the largest investor in his consortium with 23 per cent of the shares and is fronted by Swiss businessman Alessandro Celano. Blue Pitch Holdings is not registered as a UK company and internet searches have failed to find any trace. A Mr Alessandro Celano is a director in 1508 London Ltd which is a very upmarket London design studio. Intriguingly, fellow director Fayeeza Naqvi is the wife of Pakistani born Arif Masood Naqvi – one of the 50-most influential people in the global private equity industry who holds Pakistan’s highest civilian honour. Both he and his wife attended the London School of Economics and graduated in 1982 with Fayeeza joining a London-based global bank. She is renowned internationally as a collector and patron of Middle Eastern art and a tireless voluntary worker for underprivileged women and children in India and Asia. Mr Naqvi is the founder and CEO of the Dubai-based investment bank Abraaj Capital – the leading private equity firm in the Middle East, Northern Africa and South Asia with US$ 1.5 billion of paid-up capital which since inception in 2002 has raised approximately US$ 7 billion with about US$ 3 billion distributed to investors. A Linkedin profile lists an Alessandro Celano as head of the Family Office of Orchadia SA based in Geneva and that a Mr Arif Masood Naqvi is the sole director of Orchadia SA. Repeated attempts to contact Mr Naqvi by emailing the Geneva-based lawyer representing Orchadia SA and Abraaj Capital in Dubai have gone unanswered. The emails attempted to clarify the possibility of a link between Mr Naqvi and Blue Pitch Holdings and sought clarification as to whether Mr Naqvi or any of his companies have invested in Rangers Football Club. After these attempts to establish the facts Mr Celano’s Linkedin profile was either removed or restricted http://scotslawthoughts.wordpress.com/2012/07/14/who-are-the-mysterious-sevcorangers-investors-some-answers-guest-post-by-ecojon/ Edited July 17, 2012 by TheWeeBlueDevil 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
the gunslinger 3,366 Posted July 17, 2012 Share Posted July 17, 2012 well one of them is wrong and both have poor records for accuracy. we better hope its leggat that's wrong this time. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frankie 8,182 Posted July 17, 2012 Share Posted July 17, 2012 The club have provided info but the SFA have asked for more details. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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