Douglas Park has rejected Dave King’s bizarre offer of £3m not to play Celtic in the Sydney Super Cup.
The former Ibrox chairman has turned his fire onto his old boardroom colleagues after realising that Club 1872 won’t be able to raise the funds needed to buy out his diminishing stake in the company.
Taking advantage of the tension between supporters and directors over the Sydney Super Cup venture King exclusively revealed details of his cunning plan to three unquestioning newspaper sources.
What sort of term, interest rate or conditions were attached to the loan wasn’t asked as The Sun, Daily Record and Herald/Glasgow Times all broke the story within five minutes of each other on Wednesday morning.
Chris Jack put his name to the story in the Herald/Times, now he has given the Blue Room response with no sign of anyone offering King the price he is looking for for his shareholding:
King attempted to open up an avenue out of the competition by offering to cover the costs of Rangers backtracking and not sending Giovanni van Bronckhorst and his squad to Sydney during the break for the World Cup later this year.
But chairman Douglas Park has refused the deal – which could have been worth around £3million – as Rangers continue to consider their options following the furious backlash that has piled pressure on the Ibrox board and key executive figures at the club.
With no sign of a compromise between King, Club 1872 and the board it looks like further protests from fans can be expected with Stewart Robertson and the club executives refusing to comment on Ange’s Homecoming Tour or the reaction from their customers.
Further details are in the pipeline from King and his outlets to put pressure on the Ibrox Board of Directors.
He knew fine well they wouldn’t take his money, it was only a ploy to keep the hordes on his side, anyone with half a brain could see that.
The glib and noble liar sees no shame in ways to recover wasted capital no matter who foots the bill