If everything had gone to plan then Mr Gerrard would already have his two centre-halves in the door.
The inter-galactic spin is that Martin Škrtel was not a Sevco target.
Sorry to be a contrarian, but I must demur.
The other half of the preferred Gerrard pairing was to be Connor Goldson.
Now that might still happen.
However, the basket of assets will have to up their offer to him.
I’m told that the personal terms offered by the Engine Room Subsidiary are half of what he is currently earning at Brighton & Hove Albion.
Then, of course, there is the trifling matter of the transfer fee.
You may recall dear reader that Mr Gerrard has been promised a re-building budget of £20m.
Perhaps he would have been better advised to have taken the corporate ambassador role that Liverpool had offered to him.
It might be worth noting that young Master Murts, for all of his anguished zip chewing, has more managerial experience than Steven Gerrard.
I am told that over the last couple of weeks close confidantes of the Kop legend have been getting in touch with him.
Their reason for doing so has been to question his sanity in taking the Ibrox job.
In a few days, Mr Gerrard will be introduced to the complex nuances that reside within the term “clusterfuck
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If Mr Gerrard promised a budget of $20m, then why he was not accepting the corporate ambassador role offered to him by Liverpool.
why don’t the spfl revisit the fit and proper person criteria concerning Mr King a then find him unfit to hold office this way they could ban him.
Shirley, DavieG has brought Scottish football into disrepute with his half-arsed accussatory statements – unless of course I missed his written public apology for being an ill informed twat.
King’s latest deflection move seems to have been blown out of the water with a robust SPFL response that everyone who needed to know of the appointment was informed several months ago and the media reported on it at the time.
Smacks of McCoist’s ‘who are these people’ rant when he already knew the answer.
Something bad is coming down the pike and King, by his ranting, is trying to shift the inevitable blame to the football authorities.
It’s an indication that he, and the club, are trying to minimise the fall out from the UEFA licence application and protect those at Ibrox who were involved in the process.
No one, apart from the gullibles, is fooled by King’s calls for suspensions and an inquiry.
He wants transparency, let the football authorities give him that and rather than risk the wrath of the non football club Chairman again why don’t the SFA call in a UEFA auditor to have a look under the Ibrox club’s bonnet, including the 2012 application and the current status of the club for next season’s licence?
There you go Dave, problem solved, taken out of the hands of the local biased haters and passed to an independent body.
Now if one of the current SFA execs was a former board member at Ibrox, was up to his knees in £96k worth of EBT’s from an illegal tax scam and had shares in the Ibrox club would anyone blink an eye?
Wake me up when this media nonsense is over.
Terry Butcher saying that players will come because of Gerrard just as they did for Souness….ffs there is no comparison whatsoever.
Souness was being bankrolled, English football was banned after Heysel.
The circumstances couldn’t be more different.
It’s all noise and hot air but mostly wishful thinking.
When Rangers come to Celtic Park in the league in September and get another doing because many of the same players will be stepping out after Stevie G discovers, too late, that he’s been sold a warchest pup, what then?
Will Dave King call for an investigation by the SFA/SPFL into his new manager to ascertain whether Stevie G had actually travelled to Seville in 2003 to cheer on the Hoops and if so have him suspended as well?
If Gerrard turns out to be a top class coach I wouldn’t be surprised in the slightest, however that won’t be in Glasgow with Rangers.
He has no idea what he’s let himself in for and ear plugs will be a must for his family if any of them roll up at Ibrox for a match.
No one in the media is asking how a club/company/thingy with a £29m turnover, and £22m of debt, can find £20m, allegedly, to fund a rebuild.
Foderingham,Tavernier, John, Alves, Cardoso, Dorrans, Holt, Jack, Rossiter, Murphy,Windass, Pena, Herrera, Docherty, MOH, Forrester, Dodoo, Cummings, et al, will all still be drawing down significant wages and be part of the first team squad.
It’s unsustainable and without further soft loans and a significant share issue then what?
Oh and lets not forget King’s little problem with COS/TOP.
That’s not going away neither are the SFA charges arising from the 2012 UEFA licence application…. though no doubt that will be another issue for Oldco, hee haw to do with Newco, but hey still the same club, just look at all those titles and cups in the roll of honour.
I’ve always respected Stevie G in my opinion he will not be hoodwinked in The near future ie 6 months he will be able to walk back into a career at Liverpool we’re being at castle greyscull for a short time will be good for his CV is. A Different kettle of fish if mr king told me it was raining I would lookout the window I think rangers will go down like a chinook helicopter
This is killing me here, waiting for a blog on King Dave’s latest unhinged statement …
Thanks Phil,
Three articles bang,bang,bang,hit the funny bone expertly,anyone reading them would think you well practiced in the hilarity prose/comedy stakes.Although,as stated you’re script wae sevco is writing itself;coz ye quite literally couldnae make it up.
Unfolding pandemonium ???
Roll on the KO of 2018/19 season.
Molto Grazie.
Mhiguel HH?
Dirty Dave wants an investigation. Like the man with a W on each buttock bending over….WOW.
The Sevco supremacist continues to cast the first stone whilst living in Glasshouse St.
No question of circumcision here….a complete prick.
I see his Glibness is pushing out his long brass neck into the media again and now demanding clarity and transparency from the SPFL…
Pissing off both football bodies in the same week!
Dave seems to be flexing his ‘pure cheak’ muscles to show all and sundry that he can get his own way from afar.
The man is fair going at it to appear a staunch as he can before the ‘unwashed’… he has to do something in the absence of cash and incoming players (or outgoing).
It’s about time the financial and football authorities (and why not the Rainjuuurz board) took this loose cannon out. They are all being played like a flute in an orange walk .
Can’t wait for the whole circus tent to come down .
You have it to Dave King, he has the gullibles eating out of the palm of his hand.
Just a coincidence that they have been cited by the SFA…..some issue about a UEFA licence application I believe?
He’s a laugh a minute and not even Chairman of the football club.
Why has the SFA allowed him to get away with this, time to take some action.
A tax cheat, had to buy himself out of jail time in SA, can’t he believed on anything he says unless backed up by documentary evidence, at war with COS/TOP, announces a share issue in June with no follow up news since.
It’s an absolute hoot to hear the convicted criminal talk about probity and transparency in Scottish football…..except of course where Rangers are concerned.
It’s amazing that Gerrard is prepared to walk into this most dysfunctional of football clubs being led by a complete chancer who is making his predecessors appear to have been good guys.
It’s deflection, pure and simple so that the consequences, if any, of submitting a fraudulent UEFA licence application can be laid at the door of the haters in the SFA and SPFL.
The guy is out of control and he will do and say anything to deflect from the fact that the club, under his stewardship, is financially strapped and can’t even tell their fans when the new Hummel merchandise will be available.
First task for Maxwell is to shut this eejit up as he plays to his audience, whose view of the world is already severely warped.
And, be honest, who thought DavieG could possibly make a bigger twat of himself.
If he wants to be taken seriously as a guardian of integrity in Scottish football, maybe he should demand transparency concerning the financial interests of the Park family in more than one club in Scottish football.
I see DavieG had disappeared up his own hubris with this latest demand for independent investigations and transparency. He may be surprised to find several memebers of the SMSM already ensconced up there.
I hear there are also copyright issues. He’s cobbled this statement together from sentences used by bampots over the years regarding the probity of himself, Sevco, EBTs, SFA discretion, LNS whitewash, imperfect registrations, UEFA licences etc
I see the Lying King has now called for the suspension of, and an independent inquiry into, the Chairman of the SPFL. It appears he has been involved in some open and above board dealings with a business DD has an interest in. Only in the interests of transparency…….. obviously!!!
If ever a support was setting itself up for a fall it’s those over at Ibrox.
No panic says one blogger, already 3 players in, Goldson will be 4.
Hardly trembling at the thought of Arfield and MacGregor coming to the party and Murphy wouldn’t get near the Celtic bench.
As for Goldson, whose he?, unless a deal is completed in the next 48 hours it’s likely that he will be consigned to the ‘Rangers will not be held to ransom’ column, a la Skrtel or was never on Stevie G’s list anyway.
Maybe Mr Gerrard will surprise everyone… I’m not really into football but thinking outside the box… could he perhaps revolutionise the training programme… sell the training ground and bring in speed and alertness training in the legendary car park by jacking up cars on to bricks and “stealing” the wheels… which I’m told is a regular pastime where he comes from… and as we all know the wheels are going to come off the whole kit and caboodle anyway…. what is not to like…. !!!
Where’s it written he was getting 20m? Idiot of the highest calibre if he’s believed it.
Keep shining the light.
It will soon be StevieG’s job to explain which players he is targetting and then why they have not chosen to join his revolution. Once he’s exhausted all the usual bullshit excuses – will he blow the gaff on DavieG with “no money” or will he join the conspiracy and revert to “no comment” ?
Here are a few suggestions StevieG could sse in he early stages – dabbers at the ready bhoys:
Fax Machine – on the blink
Agent Holidays – no mobile reception
Wife Issues – sunshine, designer shops, kids’ education
Owning Club – holding us to ransom because we’re a big, rich club
Personal Terms – unrealistic demands by a dubious/criminal agent
Medical – didn’t pass for unspecified reasons
Motivation – didn’t show the required desire to reduce income
Not First Choice – better, cheaper, unspecified options have become available
Boyhood Club – preferred another club for purely sentimental reasons
Misinformed – told by influential, international haters that he would not be welcome as a non-Church of Scotland believer
The astounding thing is that Gerrard is going into this shambles not sleepwalking but actually wide awake and therefore we really have to question his sanity unless he has another agenda. HH
Reminds me of a line from the film Layer Cake,
Where Michael Gambon is telling Daniel Craig, he’s going to the opera tonight,
The Damnation of Faust,
“A man sells his soul to the devil,
It all ends in tears, these arrangements usually do”……
Much weeping and knashing of teeth as the EBT recipients are confronted with the reality of their situation.
Most of them can consign their side letters to the waste bin as, apparently, the entity that guaranteed them against any comeback from HMRC is no longer with us.
However the man behind the scheme and drawing down £500k per annum for administrative and professional services in relation to the scheme is still around.
I wonder if any of the recipients legal bods are casting an eye towards Edinburgh for retribution rather than join the queue at the door of the liquidators?
Anyone who has any idea about Scottish football knows that Celtic and Rangers are far superior to any other Scottish club….. according to Goldson’s ex team mate James Collins!
Obviously James is not one of the enlightened as to the true situation Scottish football is in.
Aye James, Brendan 6, Rest 0. That would suggest that only one team in Scotland is far superior to the rest.
This stuff from our media is comedy gold but hey ho it fulfill’s the fantasies of it’s diminishing readership.
If it’s not going back 12 years to highlight an injudicious comment made by Mr Hughes, then it’s the appointment of an SPFL blazer with connections to Dermont and co thats being dragged out.
No such navel gazing when Gordon Smith and Ogilvie were in charge at Hampden.
The former single handedly attempted to move the date of a Scottish Cup Final because Rangers were tired, and the latter with a €96k EBT in his pocket and shareholdings in Rangers and Hearts.
To be fair when this possible conflict of interest was pointed out to the SFA CEO he, being the gent he is, did the right thing and transferred ownership of the shares to his wifie.
Conflict of interest gone for the bestest administrator ever in the history of Scottish football….move over Jim Farry.
I’m sure the plan was for Stevie G to turn up on Friday surrounded by half a dozen of his must haves.
As things stand Arfield and MacGregor are the only newbies with Murphy already on the premises courtesy of the DOF.
Apart from Martin and Goss going back to their clubs there has been no other outward movement from the first team squad.
It appears that there will be no clear out of the current players and everyone will get a chance under the new management team.
Cynics might say that’s because they can’t be punted or the promised warchest is still on it’s way from South Africa.
I wonder if he has a ‘get out’ clause. Does a clusterfuck of an omnishambles have more resonance?
No sign of the June share issue. No news on the failure to comply with the COS/TOP ruling.
No £4m bid for MacBurnie according to Swansea yet the Scottish media had the deal over the line last week.
Extended negotiations to land Goldson with an alleged 3rd offer being made. £4m for Bartley, £5m for Rhodes…..Close Bros must be amazed how much value Rangers are getting from their secured loan.
The fanfare to greet Gerrard will hit new heights on Friday.
No one in the Scottish media has dared ask the question as to where the £20m warchest will be funded from or if it even exists.
Does Stevie G have punditry commitments during the World Cup that he thinks are more important than being at Murray Park to greet his players, old and new, as they arrive for the new season?
Surely not.
Apart from the noise around the appointment there are no positive signs that the club is heading in the right direction.
Kings prescence around the club, distant or not, will deter prospective investors.
The media scream millions bids here, there, everywhere.
The soft loans have dried up and Close Bros secured loan was required to keep the lights on.
What message does that send out, certainly not the one being promoted by the Scottish media.
Bottle has the chance to ruin his ambitions of management when he assembles the shower of second rates and discovers he has no funds to buy new players of quality. He has been lied to as he will soon discover.
Phil you might even say his deal is FUBAR. I have to wonder about the people who are giving him
advice about this position offered to him at IBROX. They must have been out on a bender the night before. Either that or the Ego he has is bigger than the one His Glibness has or he is just plain stupid and
likes a good yarn.
Anyhoo keep up the good work.
KTF
The most fundamental nuance Stevie G will be learning about at Sevco, will be the difference between
A) A Shitload
and
B) A Load of Shit
Subtle, but Significant. : )
Juxtaposition is all! Still laughing, brevity is indeed the soul of wit !
What a silly silly man, he deserves all he gets jumping into bed with that bunch of filth down Ibrox way!!!!
Money on the way
I assume Mr Gerrard isn’t doing any of the negotiating at the moment since he doesn’t start working for Sevco until Friday? Does his current employer know he’s moonlighting for Sevco, (that’s if he is, and if he actually has a current employer.)
My money is on #StaunchStevie not lasting past December, but please at least let him *start* the season. I need the laughs.
Apparently the deadline for the EBT recipients to pay whats due to HMRC is just about upon us.
I trust the Scotland manager’s people will be handling his affairs whilst he’s in the Americas.
What’s the plan Mr Maxwell if the Scotland manager doesn’t clear his debt to HMRC and the ordinary people who do pay their taxes?
The chap who owns Sports Direct is forking out for Martin Skrtel as a present for his manager. You know, the manager who managed Gerrard and Skrtel.