With Sandy Easdale simply not
bothering to vote, having already lost a portion of his voting bloc, Mike
Ashley’s flirtation with Rangers appears to be nearing its conclusion.
Both Llambias and Leach are
expected to be removed from the Ibrox board within two hours, meaning a
landslide victory for King, Murray & Gilligan.
Furthermore, none of Ashley,
Llambias or Leach attended the EGM and the latter two reportedly hid inside the
bowels of Ibrox as it took place before being whisked away by car upon its
conclusion; if one act summed up the utter shambles of the L&L regime, that
might just be it.
Sandy Easdale, for now, remains
ltd board chairman, and still a significant shareholder, but his future at the
Club is now shaky at best and the most likely projection is his selling of his
shares. Most likely to either the RST or Rangers First.
Mike Ashley still has the ace up
his sleeve of both the second tranche of the loan plus the conditions of it
(which may still include his right to appoint board members) but speculation
persists that King is working the legal angle to have this voided.
The winds of change blow through
Ibrox as we speak, and time will tell if they are of benefit or not.
At least this impending regime
has the support’s backing, and that will help a huge amount. Assuming King and
co attain power, my personal hope is he will bring in Robert Sarver, Brian
Kennedy, Douglas Park and George Taylor – and, of course, their very ample
financial resources.
The way is forward. Hopefully.