New ''Financial Guru' Joins Rangers

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You might want to ask Mr Lawwell that one but here's the rule just in case:

 

UEFA

 

Article 15 –

Special permission

1

If a club qualifies for a UEFA club competition on sporting merit but has not undergone any licensing process at all or has undergone a licensing process which is lesser/not equivalent to the one applicable for top division clubs, because it belongs to a division other than the top division, the UEFA member association of the club concerned may – on behalf of such a club – request an

extraordinary application of the club licensing system in accordance with

Annex IV.

2

Based on such an extraordinary application, UEFA may grant special permission to the club to enter the corresponding UEFA club competition. Such an extraordinary application applies only to the specific club and for the season in question.

 

Very interesting. Seems that the application could be made after the club has qualified for a European place and not at the start of that season on the basis that the club could get a European place if it merited one

[BrahimHemdani 1]

Very interesting. Seems that the application could be made after the club has qualified for a European place and not at the start of that season on the basis that the club could get a European place if it merited one

 

Yes indeed and that itself might well be a problem.

 

Let's say that Rangers won the Scottish Cup in May 2015. The Application would have to be submitted, processed and a decision made before the Europa Cup draw is made at the end of June. This year the cup final is on 17 May and last year the draw was made on 24 June.

 

What chance do you think there would be of all the steps being completed in 5 weeks? And that presupposes we win the cup.

 

Which is why I say we really need to look qualifying through the SPL in 2015/16 and having the licence in place to play in Europe in 2016/17.