ian1964 10,513 Posted September 4, 2012 Share Posted September 4, 2012 The Rangers chief executive views China as a sleeping giant in terms of football and hopes to open training academies there while also recruiting Chinese players for Ally McCoist's squad. Rangers, under previous owner Craig Whyte, made an unsuccessful attempt to exploit the Indian market last year, bringing players Jeje Lalpekhlua and Sunil Chhetri over on trial, travelling to India to meet officials from the Indian Premier League, and launching a Twitter feed in Hindi. Green, though, is not put off by that failure, believing opportunities abound in Chinese football. "A few weeks ago I had a very rich Chinese man here," said Green. "He said, 'Charles, we are a country of 1.3 billion people but we can't find 11 footballers among them. How can that be?'" Green also boasted of the strength of Rangers' financial position. The club shed all its debt when the oldco went into liquidation. "Today we are the strongest club in Scotland," he added in an interview with Der Spiegel magazine. "We have the biggest fanbase, no debts, no loans, no overdraft and money in the bank. "Rangers are among the 15 most famous clubs in the world. We have the product, the names and the brand." http://www.heraldscotland.com/sport/football/green-checks-out-chinese-market.18775414 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
andy steel 0 Posted September 4, 2012 Share Posted September 4, 2012 Language is fascinating. Notice how the writer from The Herald attempts to create a reaction in the reader when suggesting a personality behind this statement: "Green also boasted of the strength of Rangers' financial position. The club shed all its debt when the oldco went into liquidation." How daaaaaaaaaaaaaare he boast! Where is his morality??? The 'boasting' is in the imagination of the writer, which we perhaps ought not to be surprised at, given he works at a paper which employs the like of Spiers. Perhaps Charles was smoking a huge cigar at the time, while taunting penniless Reeperbahn urchins with shiny florins. A direct link between shoddy business practice, and new financial strength, with the traditional Rangers superiority complex thrown in for good measure. Tells you a lot more about the person who wrote it rather than Charles Green. As to the point, I think we need to get ourselves up and running in Scotland before we think about exploiting the market in China. But then I am a staid Jock and not a businessman. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
der Berliner 3,357 Posted September 4, 2012 Share Posted September 4, 2012 Which Der Spiegel number might that be? None that I can spot, but will keep my eyes open ... 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ian1964 10,513 Posted September 4, 2012 Author Share Posted September 4, 2012 I have always said that there is no harm in trying to sell the Rangers brand world wide,it makes perfect business sense and can possibly bring in extra income 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
der Berliner 3,357 Posted September 4, 2012 Share Posted September 4, 2012 (Of course, it was more interesting to read that Green was talking to a Chinese millionaire than reading about the "brand" ... ) 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueMazza 0 Posted September 4, 2012 Share Posted September 4, 2012 Language is fascinating. Notice how the writer from The Herald attempts to create a reaction in the reader when suggesting a personality behind this statement: "Green also boasted of the strength of Rangers' financial position. The club shed all its debt when the oldco went into liquidation." How daaaaaaaaaaaaaare he boast! Where is his morality??? The 'boasting' is in the imagination of the writer, which we perhaps ought not to be surprised at, given he works at a paper which employs the like of Spiers. Perhaps Charles was smoking a huge cigar at the time, while taunting penniless Reeperbahn urchins with shiny florins. A direct link between shoddy business practice, and new financial strength, with the traditional Rangers superiority complex thrown in for good measure. Tells you a lot more about the person who wrote it rather than Charles Green. As to the point, I think we need to get ourselves up and running in Scotland before we think about exploiting the market in China. But then I am a staid Jock and not a businessman. It's like the Daily Fail, they write things like 'X flaunted her baby bump'. Um no, it's kinda attached and hard to miss, no flaunting going on there. They use more hyperbole than Leggo! 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
alexscottislegend 2,121 Posted September 4, 2012 Share Posted September 4, 2012 I'd love to know who the other 14 clubs are.... 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tumshie RFC 0 Posted September 4, 2012 Share Posted September 4, 2012 Good news. We should always be looking to expand our brand particularly in Asia, North America and Australasia. The Rangers story, particularly us climbing the divisions has struck a cord with many people and who knows we may get a few extra foreign Bears and Bearettes backing the team. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DUDE 0 Posted September 4, 2012 Share Posted September 4, 2012 Never wrong to explore unknown territories and let them know our beloved club exists I guess, but there's a desperate need to clean up the stuff that's going on at home and that is a very valid point indeed. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zappa 0 Posted September 4, 2012 Share Posted September 4, 2012 As long as he doesn't do a Cardiff on us. They wore a blue home kit for over a hundred years until Malaysian investors came along waving wonga. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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