Souness expects fresh start for Rangers

Tue, 14 Feb 12:23:54 2012

Former Rangers manager Graeme Souness fears the club will cease to exist in their current form as they prepare to pay the price for "chasing the dream".

Rangers owner Craig Whyte has admitted they faced a potential £75million tax bill, which they could not pay, following a tribunal into payments made to employee benefit trusts over the first decade of this century.

The process of administration now looks inevitable with little likelihood of a deal being struck with Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs.

Souness told talkSPORT: "I think they will go into administration and reappear as Rangers 2012 or something, sadly.

"It is just a tragedy that has happened to them. I think they will come out of it. I think there will be an addition to the name, Rangers whatever.

"They will come out without their debt and start again."

 

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  1. Shamrock rangers, just an idea.

    From inverkenny, on Wed 15 Feb 21:34

  2. God Save The Queen..... But The Queen cant Save Rangers­ ??????

    From RICHARD, on Wed 15 Feb 17:41

  3. Rangers will reappear in english football!!!!!

    From Stevieg, on Wed 15 Feb 9:21

  4. tax dodgers rangers 2012

    From good2fish, on Wed 15 Feb 7:27

  5. tax dodgers rangers 2012

    From good2fish, on Wed 15 Feb 7:26

  6. You could call them forest rangers, after the ones­ that pay their taxes

    From ian collins, on Wed 15 Feb 5:47

  7. i,m a celtic fan and the only place to win leagues and­ games is on the field not in the courts ,i rather not­ see rangers loose 10 points it will damage scottish­ football every club in scotland will be a loser at the­ end of the day its not the fans or the players faults­ its greedy people who have no interest in the game­ trying to make a quick buck

    From Gerard D, on Wed 15 Feb 4:48
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    Now theres gratitude for you, we have given the tims a­ present of the spl title, or maybe not. What a triumph­ it would be if we clawed our points back and reclaimed­ what is rightfully ours the suicide stats would rise­ dramatically from the great unwashed.
    We will always be­ the mighty Rangers regardless of what becomes before or­ after this great name.

    From b.rae599, on Wed 15 Feb 4:18

  9. WATP

    WHERE ARE THE POINTS

    SKINT FANNYS FC

    From crosstown rebel, on Wed 15 Feb 4:07

  10. I think Rangers are a team of the modern times like a­ lot of the teams in England they were given credit­ because of who they are and there credit just ran out­ as there debt got bigger and bigger.

    Unsure if mr­ Souness and mr Murray are fully to blame but back in mr­ Souness's day i don't think for one moment a­ large wage packet got some of the bigger names to­ rangers from england if my memory's right it was­ the fact they could offer football in europe and­ english clubs at the time could not !

    Rangers will be­ back and build from the ground upwards,may be the money­ won't be there but who they are and what they have­ done will count when asking players to come to them.

    From buddabelly91816, on Wed 15 Feb 3:45

  11. Sir David Murray,

    This was a dodgy deal that you set­­ up, it was set up to help you avoid paying the tax­­ & inflated wages to your teams from 1990 -­­ 2006.

    Why dont you stick your hand in your cash lined­­ pockets and bail the club out of the debt you lumbered­­ them with?

    Why dont you help the club that you say­ you­ love, why dont you help to preserve the history­ and the­ dignity of your fanbase?

    Your call big man !

    From TamTheBam65, on Wed 15 Feb 3:42
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    Its THE only way the beggars can win the title,we have­ been in a sorry state for some time now and yet we­ still managed 3 in a row,W.A.T.P..........

    From Gillian, on Wed 15 Feb 1:40

  13. Rangers have been raped! sign of the greedy times im­ afraid!

    From davidcation, on Wed 15 Feb 1:38

  14. Rangers...Heres to new beginnings......W.A.T.P.

    From David, on Wed 15 Feb 1:13
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    Cmon The Celtic pulled back 19 points the leagues not­ over,........although your club is PMSL.

    From Joey, on Tue 14 Feb 23:26

  16. texas rangers, begging bowl rangers ,big issue rangers­ the list could go on and on lol

    From anon, on Tue 14 Feb 23:23
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    W.A.T.P.

    From w_aitkenhead, on Tue 14 Feb 23:22

  18. I think that it was SOUNESS who put Rangers on the road­ to destruction. It was he who offered vast wages to­ English and foreign players to come and play in­ Scotland, knowing full well that Rangers COULD NOT­ afford these sums.He and DAVID MURRAY must be held­ accountable for the demise of Rangers.

    From A Yahoo! user, on Tue 14 Feb 23:18

  19. P-E-N-I-S don't make me LOL any more you and­ Moonbeams started the Rot. Did you see Cragie the Ex­ Millionaire, outside­ Greyskull last night addressing­ the combined residents­ of The Bellvue and The Great­ Eastern. He looked like­ a scared Rabbit caught in the­ Headlights. I was­ surprised at his pathetic effort at­ speaking in Public­ as I thouht he would've gained­ plenty of experience­ from his plethora of Court­ Apperances. Also check out­ his picture in to-day's­ Daily Ranger, where does he­ get his Suits, is Gilt­ Edge still open, looks like he­ presses his trousers­ with an Accordian, for the benifit­ of the ORC'S­ thats the wee box you play in the­ ORC'S walk on­ the 12th

    From THOMAS, on Tue 14 Feb 21:52

  20. Mr souness please report back to base your mission has­ been sucessfully completed. OVER.

    From lean machine, on Tue 14 Feb 20:52
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