Changing perceptions at Ibrox

“We want to change how the club is perceived”.

That was attributed to a very senior person within the new regime at Sevco.

Dear reader, I was informed of this by a very well-placed Ibrox insider yesterday.

For the avoidance of doubt, I have complete faith in the integrity of my source.

The featured image is from March this year, after UEFA had sanctioned the Ibrox club for a racist banner in the stadium that John Brown played for.

You can read about it here and here.

At the time of that UEFA disciplinary case the takeover talks were ongoing.

It is worth noting that this was the vibe that the new regime arrived with.

Essentially, the snarling nativism and Herrenvolk hubris was to be a thing of the past on Edmiston Drive.

However, if Ibrox were to become  the home of a normal football club then the current  stayaway protest  could become permanent for some of the poor dears.

Now the Ibrox klanbase want Russell Martin binned.

My information is that the Enlightened One is on £25k per week.

If his severance package is, as I’ve been told, equivalent to 1.5 times his annual salary, then it will cost the Delaware Crew £1.95m to be shot of him.

Of course, that doesn’t account for the rest of his backroom team and I believe that the club aromatherapist is on a decent wedge.

If we follow follow the money, does the parting of the ways mean new funds from the guys in Delaware or immediate savings in Paddy Stewart’s budget?

My own take is that the Enlightened One looked relaxed in his presser today.

Perhaps young Russell knows something that the Stenography Corps do not.

Then again, it’s all about perceptions…