The Daily Record has unearthed another billionaire to invest in Ibrox.
Neil Lal joins Craig Whyte and the San Francisco 49ers in being posed to pump billions into the black hole of Scottish football.
In November 2010 James Traynor and Keith Jackson introduced the man from Motherwell that went on to become one of the biggest legends in Scottish football.
Alas, after rolling a pound coin into the sweaty palm of Dave Murray the man with the googly eyes put Rangers into administration.
When Queen Elizabeth rejected the offer of a CVA the club was put into liquidation.
In February 2025 Jackson uncovered more billionaires. Multi-billionaires.
The story was introduced as the San Francisco 49ers. Two days later it was diluted to 49ers Enterprises before landing at the feet of mystery man Andy Cavenagh.
Apparently Cavenagh is a billionaire from the pharmaceutical industry.
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— Daily Record Sport (@Record_Sport) September 10, 2026
Billionaire Neil Lal has reiterated his desire to become an investor at Rangers.
And the Scottish-Indian businessman is hopeful he can agree a deal with 49ers Enterprises to pump some extra money into the club.
The 49ers -which is owned by the York Family – became majority owners at Ibrox back in May 2025 in a mega move that was exclusively revealed by Record Sport.
The US-firm have certainly put their money where their mouth is, splashing around £70million across their first three transfer windows while bringing in approximately £37million through players sales.
With the apparent off the radar wealth of the 49ers it would be a strange move if the 49ers (Cavenagh) needed extra investment.
DESPERATE TIMES AT THE RECORD
Unfortunately tonight’s billionaire tale isn’t from Jackson but from Anthony Evans.
It is unlikely that an Aberdeen based online reporter has access to billionaire movers and shakers.
Mention of increasing the capacity of Ibrox is another old favourite at the Record.
That story has been doing the rounds since 1998 when Celtic Park was completed with a 60,000 capacity.
Various options have been explored by both clubs without any meaningful increase.
The latest idea has been to lower the pitch to increase capacity by a few thousands with the other alternative being to try and add capacity at the corners.
Back in 2010 when Whyte was introduced the Record was selling 270,000 papers six days a week.
These days around 30,000 copies roll out of Oldham to head up the M6 and M74 to the Record’s declining army of readers.
Lol,just think of all those rupees, remember he’s an Indian billionaire.
So he’s probably got 4bob in his pocket and crate of ginger bottles in his van.
Once again running at a loss,but let’s invite other Tam Shepherd billionaires into the fold.
Ach well – 100 more copies purchased by most Sevco and some Celtic lunatics tomorrow then !
…….And the band played believe it if you like. Now where have i heard that before. ?
It’s a tried and tested formula used by the Record. Whenever there’s a big,must win derby game, the good news spills out.
Good news puts a spring in the step of gullible supporters, they’ll sing a little louder and bounce a little higher. All designed to distract from the fact their team is nowhere near what they thought it would be.
If you take a look at their Facebook page
They’ve actually edited the headline to that article from Billionaire to Millionaire
🙂
This is the guy that put a consortium together to buy Leicester for £200m reportedly. He said at the time he wanted to eventually buy the huns. I wouldn’t dismiss it as fantasy as most Indian business men in Scotland support the huns and this would be a good get out for any wavering yank.
This is the guy that reportedly put a consortium together to buy Leicester for £200m. He said at the time he wanted to buy the huns and market them in India, which is not surprising as most Glasgow Indian businessmen support the huns. Anyway it could be a welcome get out for any yank who is having second thoughts about the investment in the huns.
I see that other theRangers ‘billionaire ‘ from Motherwell wee Mr Whyte has set up a website to give out advice to rich people on how to avoid paying tax in the UK ! An ex theRangers owner dishing out tips and recommendations on how to avoid paying your fair share of tax for the upkeep and health of the country ? Those two were a match made for each other from day one ….total kismet in the multiverse stars !
Going for an Indian
The Glasgow Radjas FC are in Lucknow having a cash-and-carry Super Ali who Khan speak the kings Hinglish, Singh like Tikka Turner and is willing to buy into the club for £1.99 less VAT. Lawrence and his Patels do like to go on a daily pilgrimage to the local Taj Mahal to Sikh Allah carte nourishment which makes Shah Wobbly Wobbly Shankland miss a Sitar Urdu himself an injury on match days.
Eid be doing himself and the other ten little Indian bears a favour if they found their curries too hot for a change and went upstairs to do some yoga exercise.