Wacky Mark Warburton believes that he’ll be handed a summer transfer war-chest by South African based criminal David King!
The former city trader should know his way around a set of club accounts but despite a £2.5m going concern warning and loans totalling close to £20m Warbo is expecting to splash the cash in the summer to push Sevco into the Champions League.
In January the London based Ibrox boss was outbid by Leeds United for midfield general Toumani Diagouraga while in August Celtic signed top target Scott Allan after splashing out £225,000 on the Hibs midfielder.
Undeterred Warbs is convinced that Mr King will find more sources of loans to fund his bid of bringing Champions League football to Ibrox in 18 months time.
“What we have to do now is give our targets to the board and push hard to see what we can get,” the footballing visionary explained. “I understand the size of the club and it’s naive not to think that there’s expectation.
“Logic will tell you that Celtic, and teams like Aberdeen and Hearts, have been in Europe and have battle-hardened, experienced players at that level but we have also got quality within our squad. What we have to do is recognise the task and recognise the expectation.
“They won’t say ‘Go up there and enjoy it and hopefully in season 18/19, have a go’. That’s not going to happen. We have to get our recruitment right to give ourselves the best chance.
“There’s no wild statement, no ‘We’re going up to beat whoever’ none of that nonsense. All we’re saying is that we’re comfortable that we can go up and be highly competitive.”
Overlooking the failure to sign Allan or Diagouraga Warbos claimed: “The proof is always in the pudding but so far when we’ve gone for players we got the players.
“In June of last year we went for the likes of Tavernier, Holt, Foderingham, Waghorn, Kiernan and Halliday, and we got them.
“We got the backing we needed. What we have to do now is give our targets to the board and push hard to see what we can get.
“I understand the size of the club and it’s naive not to think that there’s expectation.”
Going by the latest financial results released from Ibrox Warbo will do well to get his hands on his promotion bonus never mind a war-chest to take the four-year-old club to the Nou Camp.