Record EXCLUSIVE! Rohl in line for £4m boost

The Daily Record has conjured up a £4m boost for Danny Rohl’s January transfer war-chest.

The only problem is that the cash won’t be available until after stadium expansion at Ibrox is completed.

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Since 1998 Ibrox has been the second biggest stadium in Glasgow. Since 1999 it has been the third biggest.

Those issues strike at the heart of the misplaced superiority complex of Ibrox fans.

It also provides Celtic with a basic advantage of between £5-8m a year.

Trying to bridge that gap sent Rangers into liquidation. It also adds to the handicap that their Tribute Act has to overcome every season.

Offering a solution to that the Record opens with:

Rangers could increase revenue by around £4million per season if they press ahead with the board’s ambitious plans to expand Ibrox again.

Again? Apart from the much delayed and costly disabled section being added to the Copland Stand last year there hasn’t had any alteration at Ibrox this century.

And who is offering the revelation?

That’s the view of football finance expert Stefan Borson who has offered a revealing insight into the ambitious plans laid out at a recent Fan Advisory Board meeting.

Leeds United are spending £650m to add 15,000 to the capacity of Elland Road so the same naturally applies at Ibrox using Record logic.

The main part of the Record story is:

At a recent round-table meeting laid out by the FAB, Andrew Cavenagh and Co revealed long-term plans to lower the pitch and add seats to increase the capacity by around 4,000.

Borson believes that would increase gate and hospitality revenue by around 10 per cent – worth around £4m per season to the Ibrox coffers.

It would cost a fraction, if not an insubstantial one, of the £650m they are splashing out on Elland Road – but he reckons it might just be worth the investment.

Borson was writing for Football Insider. The website that has half a dozen sources inside 30 top UK clubs constantly revealing exclusive news.

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There is no chance of lowering the pitch any further. Already they are very close to the water table in the nearby River Clyde.

If it could have been done Dave Murray would have sorted it. The larger capacity of Celtic Park depressed Murray every day.

Every year he offered up moonbeams to his media messengers. Since Celtic Park was expanded in 1998 to 60,000 seats Ibrox has been unchanged.

No casinos, hotels or rolling pitches have been installed. .No third tiers added, the corners areas are an eye sore

Until they opt to send in the bulldozers and relocate to Hampden for a season the Tribute Act will always be trailing 10,000 seats behind Scotland’s most successful club.