Keith Jackson has claimed that caving in to fan pressure over the Sydney Super Cup could cost the Tribute Act £5m.
No breakdown is given for the figure but the Daily Record reporter recently shared an exclusive from Dave King with The Sun and Herald/Times about a £3m offer from the former Ibrox chairman to cancel the friendly with Celtic.
Very little was given away in the 44 word Ibrox statement on Thursday afternoon which has reduced the threat of disturbances at Sunday’s Glasgow derby. In their previous SPFL match Ibrox fans halted play three times away to Dundee at Dens Park.
In the Daily Record, Jackson explained:
Furious bosses of the Sydney Super Cup are set to hit Rangers with a whopping £5million bill for pulling out of the derby Down Under.
Record Sport understands urgent legal discussions kicked off in Australia after the tournament’s promoters woke up on Friday morning to discover the Ibrox club had pulled the plug on the deal to face bitter rivals Celtic on the other side of the planet in November.
Rangers have blamed event giants TEG Live for the dispute, insisting that the Aussies are ‘unwilling to fulfil their commitments’ and it’s understood this centres around a perceived reluctance to package the friendly as an ‘Old Firm’ clash.
But this has been angrily refuted by sources Down Under who are adamant the club’s commercial director James Bisgrove even gave his personal approval to an initial launch at the start of last month in which the ‘Old Firm’ slogan was not used.
Celtic seem to be going ahead with the Sydney Super Cup without their city business partners. The hoops play Sydney FC on November 17 with the organisers of the competition expected to arrange other opponents for the scheduled November 20 derby match.
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