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Mrs B.B is a Robbie Williams fans and therefore people she is friends with on Facebook are fans also. One of which is a hun who asked him in Q and A with him what he thinks of Gerrard joining rangers. His reply she posted on Facebook was “some say he won’t even manage one game when he finds out how effed they are financially “ . Even Robbie Williams understands better than sevco fans
Mrs B.B is a Robbie Williams fans and therefore people she is friends with on Facebook are fans also. One of which is a hun who asked him in Q and A with him what he thinks of Gerrard joining rangers. His reply she posted on Facebook was “some say he won’t even manage one game when he finds out how effed they are financially “ . Even Robbie Williams understands better than sevco fans
He was a Rangers (RIP) fan, I remember photos of him in the strip and from a quick google can see he also went to games I’m not sure if he transferred over to the new club though
Mrs B.B is a Robbie Williams fans and therefore people she is friends with on Facebook are fans also. One of which is a hun who asked him in Q and A with him what he thinks of Gerrard joining rangers. His reply she posted on Facebook was “some say he won’t even manage one game when he finds out how effed they are financially “ . Even Robbie Williams understands better than sevco fans
He was a Rangers (RIP) fan, I remember photos of him in the strip and from a quick google can see he also went to games I’m not sure if he transferred over to the new club though
Mrs B.B is a Robbie Williams fans and therefore people she is friends with on Facebook are fans also. One of which is a hun who asked him in Q and A with him what he thinks of Gerrard joining rangers. His reply she posted on Facebook was “some say he won’t even manage one game when he finds out how effed they are financially “ . Even Robbie Williams understands better than sevco fans
He was a Rangers (RIP) fan, I remember photos of him in the strip and from a quick google can see he also went to games I’m not sure if he transferred over to the new club though
Keith Jackson reckons rangers are "Overseen by a PR machine that belongs to Soviet Russia".
Rangers boss Steven Gerrard will be shocked when he discovers the scale of reform required at Ibrox - Keith Jackson Gerrard might think he's seen all the football God's can throw at him but that was before he walks into the Ibrox hotseat says Keith.
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ByKeith Jackson
If he doesn’t quite know what he is getting himself into then Steven Gerrard is about to find out. On Friday Gerrard will clock on for the first time as the new manager of Rangers. And when he walks through the doors at Auchenhowie flanked by his old friend and long-term mentor Gary McAllister, the pair of them will be stepping into the single biggest challenge of their combined careers.
Forget half-time in Istanbul 13 years ago, the night Gerrard pulled the biggest prize in club football out of the fire to confirm his status as a living legend at Liverpool. And for that matter, the penalty miss at Wembley in Euro 96 that might have been McAllister’s defining moment had he not found the desire and wherewithal to recover from it and go on to enjoy one of the most spectacular Indian summers English football has ever seen.
Five years later, at age 35, McAllister joined Gerrard at Anfield and within 12 months they had won a League Cup, an FA Cup and UEFA Cup together. They had also unwittingly allowed fate to have the deciding say on their futures. Which is why they are about to find themselves here, embarking on a new journey that almost no one else could possibly have seen coming. But what they will find waiting for them may come as a surprise, even for two men who probably think they have experienced just about everything football’s gods could ever throw at them. All that was before they got to Govan.
If they do not already realise the full scale of the task they are taking on then the reality will soon dawn on them. The outstanding professionalism they will bring with them to the job after so many years spent operating at the highest level will ensure it. They are likely to be shocked at what they discover. From the bottom up this is a club in need of urgent, radical reform. A youth department that fails consistently on its duty to deliver players fit for the first team. A director of football not remotely qualified or equipped for the position. A managing director who can’t decide what colour of underpants to put on unless he’s told in an email from Johannesburg. A board without a chief executive that brings new meaning to the word dysfunctional but refuses to give up any of its power for the betterment of the club.
An absentee chairman on permanent combat mode who also happens to be locked in a long-running feud with the Takeover Panel which could yet have very serious ramifications all round. A chaotic backdrop of internal squabbling, uncontrollable egos and personal agendas which all seem to come before the actual job of putting a winning team on the pitch. Overseen by a PR machine that belongs to Soviet Russia. And that’s before Gerrard and McAllister have even made it across the training complex and into a dressing room that is awash with averageness and littered with no-hopers, clinging for dear life to the kind of contracts no other club in football would have been daft enough to give them. Damaged goods such as Carlos Pena and Eduardo Herrera who continue to take home more than £40k a week between them.
That’s £2million a year wasted right there. Add the wages of Bruno Alves and the total reaches around £3.5m. Gerrard and McAllister will have to find a way of wading through all this wastage and cleaning it up to the satisfaction of their own professional standards. And they will also require help from above when attempting to bring in their own reinforcements, which is where things may become even more complex. That Gerrard will aim high in the transfer market is a no-brainer. What would be the point in bringing in a man of such a global standing if he is unable to dip into his own personal contact book for the benefit of the club?
Gerrard would surely not have agreed to take on this monumental challenge on the back of a promise that Scott Arfield, Allan McGregor and Jamie Murphy would be waiting for him on his first day. That’s not to say all three of these signings do not represent decent business. On the contrary,McGregor could prove to be a particularly inspirational character and the sort of stalwart around which Gerrard will look to build a side. But the new manager needs a whole lot more which is why he went to the bother of engaging with old pal Martin Skrtel some weeks ago, before he had even officially put pen to paper on his own Rangers contract.
This whole Skrtel business remains something of a mystery. Gerrard will have known even before he picked up the phone that the Slovak was being paid a small fortune by Fenerbahce. He either believed Skrtel was wealthy enough and therefore willing to take a huge cut in wages or he thought Rangers might be better able to accommodate his salary at the full whack of somewhere in the region of £60k a week.
Perhaps the truth lies somewhere in the middle but what seems certain, however this pursuit came to its end, is that someone somewhere made a massive miscalculation. It will be fascinating to see if Gerrard will now revise his initial list of targets or if he’ll continue to go after the kind of players who would otherwise have been out of Rangers’ reach.
Brighton’s third-choice centre-back Connor Goldson is not quite in the Skrtel category so Gerrard will not expect Rangers to have any difficulty getting that deal across the line. That negotiations have already been ongoing for longer than seems necessary is just another indication of the difficulty this Rangers regime has in getting things done.
It’s believed two bids have now been rejected and that Brighton are holding out for around £1m more than the £2m offer on the table. The smart move would be to get this deal done and dusted before Gerrard and McAllister turn up for work first thing on Friday morning. At the very least, it would be a gesture of goodwill before the really hard graft begins.
Former Rangers stars face £24m EBT bill as Taxman's payback deadline looms HMRC's cash demand could hit a squad of Ibrox old boys including legendary goalie Stefan Klos as well as former owner David Murray.
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ByCraig Robertson
Former Rangers stars who benefited from a controversial tax avoidance scheme have just days left to come up with a payback plan – or face legal action. The Taxman is trying to recoup millions of pounds from Employee Benefits Trusts (EBT), which were operated by the Ibrox side.
Some experts have put the bill at £24million – half of the £48million which Rangers paid out in EBT payments to directors, managers, players and staff. HMRC are understood to have sent out notices requesting payback from those who were part of the schemes. They have set a deadline of this Thursday to open up negotiations on a settlement deal.
SPFL chief faces grilling over Rangers EBT letter to SFA as his own board demand clarification The Taxman was given power to go after former Rangers figures following a Supreme Court ruling last July which said EBT payments made under the David Murray regime at Ibrox were not loans but earnings that should have been taxed. It came at the end of a seven-year court saga over what’s known as the Big Tax Case. The payback could hit a squad of Ibrox old boys – from legendary goalie Stefan Klos to less heralded signings including Nuno Capucho and Julien Rodriguez.
Former club owner Murray, with an estimated liability of more than £3million, is by far the biggest potential loser. Last July, former team captain Barry Ferguson was made bankrupt, with debts of more than £1.4million. He faced an unpaid tax bill of £1.25million after receiving EBT payments.
HMRC are also targeting users of “disguised renumeration tax avoidance schemes” in thousands of other businesses.
Former Rangers stars face £24m EBT bill as Taxman's payback deadline looms HMRC's cash demand could hit a squad of Ibrox old boys including legendary goalie Stefan Klos as well as former owner David Murray.
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ByCraig Robertson
Former Rangers stars who benefited from a controversial tax avoidance scheme have just days left to come up with a payback plan – or face legal action. The Taxman is trying to recoup millions of pounds from Employee Benefits Trusts (EBT), which were operated by the Ibrox side.
Some experts have put the bill at £24million – half of the £48million which Rangers paid out in EBT payments to directors, managers, players and staff. HMRC are understood to have sent out notices requesting payback from those who were part of the schemes. They have set a deadline of this Thursday to open up negotiations on a settlement deal.
SPFL chief faces grilling over Rangers EBT letter to SFA as his own board demand clarification The Taxman was given power to go after former Rangers figures following a Supreme Court ruling last July which said EBT payments made under the David Murray regime at Ibrox were not loans but earnings that should have been taxed. It came at the end of a seven-year court saga over what’s known as the Big Tax Case. The payback could hit a squad of Ibrox old boys – from legendary goalie Stefan Klos to less heralded signings including Nuno Capucho and Julien Rodriguez.
Former club owner Murray, with an estimated liability of more than £3million, is by far the biggest potential loser. Last July, former team captain Barry Ferguson was made bankrupt, with debts of more than £1.4million. He faced an unpaid tax bill of £1.25million after receiving EBT payments.
HMRC are also targeting users of “disguised renumeration tax avoidance schemes” in thousands of other businesses.
I’m thinking the proverbial is heading towards the fan at quite a considerable pace around Ibrox. Jabba is slowly losing control and can’t keep a lid on the amount of leaks that are seeping away, King is becoming a scatter gun with a range as wide as his eyesight.
Where’s the club captain, the takeover panel, the accounts, endorsed UEFA licence, Compliance Officer charge, safety certificate for Celtic games, Paul Murray, Barry Scott, Park senior and Don Estelle want their money, alleged fall out between Johnston and King, Stevie G arriving on Friday, Skrtl no thanks, close brothers payback eats up the season ticket money, BFDJ as club fatbassador, Carlos Pena back for his beer tokens, will Dickson be flung under the Res 12 bus.
Jabba has too many fires to fight and is writhing about in a packet of Golden Wonder salt n vinegar crisps, his skin blistering and bursting with rage and burn. It’s gonny be fun watching him lose it. And he will.