Craig Whyte: I brought Charles Green in to buy Rangers

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Craig Whyte: I brought Charles Green in to buy Rangers

 

Craig Whyte claims to have introduced Charles Green to Duff and Phelps

 

Craig Whyte has claimed he introduced Charles Green to Duff and Phelps as the administrators searched for a buyer for Rangers.

 

The former Rangers owner made the claim in a wide-ranging interview with BBC Scotland's Chris McLaughlin.

 

He also claimed Duff and Phelps knew of the controversial Ticketus deal before the purchase of the club was complete.

 

Mr Whyte said the SPL knew in October 2011 that Rangers "had no money" and were heading for administration.

 

Full details of the interview, and reaction to it, will be on the news website later and on Reporting Scotland at 18:30.

 

There will be further analysis and discussion on Newsnight Scotland at 23:00 on BBC 2 Scotland.

 

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotlan...-west-19976991

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The link isn't working forlan..

[forlanssister 3,050]

The link isn't working forlan..

 

Sorry try this.

 

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-glasgow-west-19976991

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Wish somebody would put this wee scrote out of his misery.

[54andcounting 0]

...more shit stirring

[GovanAllan 0]

If he & the SPL knew in October we had no money then where did all the money go in 3 months?

 

Answer that you bug-eyed wee wank.

[forlanssister 3,050]

...more shit stirring

 

I somehow doubt that Duff & Phelps will be running to Carter Ruck.

[Bears 0]

Correct me if I'm wrong. But this is much to do about nothing. CG has said on a few occasions he met CW

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Just added by BBC.

 

Rangers: Craig Whyte defends his Ibrox reign to BBC Scotland

By Chris McLaughlin

 

Senior Football Reporter, BBC Scotland "I was driving the train when it crashed, but I didn't set it on its course." The words of venture capitalist Craig Whyte after I asked him who was to blame for the Rangers debacle.

 

The words of a man keen to speak out and explain his part in Scottish football's longest-running and most ruinous saga.

 

A man who has become a figure of hate and even of ridicule since his ill-fated takeover of the Ibrox club last year.

 

Whyte feels he has become the Rangers bogeyman, an easy target, but has the criticism been justified?

 

He failed to pay VAT and PAYE and ultimately led the club into administration.

 

He granted me an interview and promised to be open and honest with no subject off the table.

 

We met in central London just yards from where he first hatched his controversial plan to take over one of the biggest club's in British football.

 

He is no fan of the media spotlight and self-conscious about how he comes across on television.

 

He told me he had nothing to lose. I was sceptical.

 

He kept his promise and was surprisingly frank, hitting back as I probed on subjects like the season ticket deal with Ticketus, former owner Sir David Murray, PAYE, administrator Duff and Phelps and the role of the Scottish Premier League.

 

Who knew what and when did it all go wrong?

 

There was an apology for the fans - a denial of lies and questions about morality.

 

There were surprising revelations about how present chief executive Charles Green ended up in charge at Ibrox and discussions about just exactly how much he himself made from the deal.

 

Bought for a pound and sold for a pound? Whyte was pressed, but what did he say?

 

Bogeyman or the man to blame? Make your own mind up.

 

More to follow from BBC Scotland's exclusive interview with Craig Whyte.

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Even if some of it is correct, who would believe him.

 

Also the media outlet/ interviewer must raise questions, why now?