Shady £6M offer is extremely unwelcome for Rangers

We had to note with interest Dave King’s ‘offer’ to cover the loss of pulling out of Sydney, meaning the SA businessman will fund the club with £6M out of his own pocket.

We have a major issue with this offer, and that is the source.

Not so much King himself, but the media through which it was reported. The Glasgow Times’ Chris Jack brought this story yesterday and said the following:

“The Aussie trip could be worth around £3million to Rangers and Herald and Times Sport understands former chairman King has now offered to cover the costs should the Ibrox board find a way to pull out of the Super Cup and attempt to save face with a disgruntled fanbase.”

Have we EVER known Dave King not to mouth off directly to the press when he had something to gain from it?

For this occasion, he’d be giving up around £6M, and lo and behold it’s conjecture and that a media outlet ‘understands’ rather than him boldly coming out with the promise himself.

He did it back in the day, he claimed he would pump in £50M and that was, well, bollocks, to put it frankly, and this time, a more tangible amount of £6M (one he could be expected to deliver on) and instead of his direct quotes committing £6M to the board to cover the Sydney pull out it’s instead reported second-hand by a friend or two of his in the media.

Dave King has, as far as we’re concerned, zero intention of pumping £6M in, and this is just yet more propaganda.

Rangers’ board has done it, supporters groups have done it, and now King, the master of it, is joining in too.

It’s very unsavoury and comes at a very unwelcome time.