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He's a man who knows how to get the ball into the back of the net. I'm actually disappointed to see him go.

Good luck to Colak, wish him all the best and another who's welcome back at Ibrox anytime.

“[Antonio Colak] took the time to speak to all the staff and squad in Germany to say goodbye and thank you. This moment typified Antonio’s class as a man. Everyone at Rangers would like to wish him and his family huge success moving forwards and he will always have a warm welcome at Ibrox.”

The SPFL sub-committee appointed to deal with the "independent" review of the SPFL are Chris McKay of Celtic, Karyn McCluskey who is a SPFL non-exec director who is a Celtic fan and James MacDonald of Ross County, so there's at least 2 of them who will be looking after Doncaster and Celtic's best interests.

From all accounts a classy guy on all fronts. Good luck big man.

Seriously, You have to admire the seamlessness of Peter Lawwell's approach? Okay, we have been caught with our pants down. We will fudge an apology, pay some compensation, promise it will never happen again(ie we will ensure that we are never caught again) and, set up an INDEPENDENT review loaded with our place men. You know all those folks criticising the Blazers will say nothing because Peter has told them to say nothing.

Our success this year will not revolve around Barasic staying or leaving. If Forest are giving you money for a 30 year old in the last year of his contract, I would grab it with both hands. If we can muster the following outgoings it will offset any additional spending we have planned for Danilio, Cifuentes etc. Colak 2.5 Sakala 4 Borna 1.5 Wright 1 McCrorie .5

If Forest are giving us money for a 30-year-old, I'd bite their hand off!

£2.5M is a bloody good deal.

I don't think we can gain further but it's been a notable victory nonetheless.

Money for a player in his final year you must take it .

I totally agree Cammy the end of his contract should be put in place immediately. If it means he has gardening leave, then so be it. That is better than him keeping his job for an indefinite length of time. Doncaster won't quit his luxury £400,000 job unless pushed. He has a blowtorch proof neck.

Good luck Colak. He exceeded my expectations. I wasn’t massively excited last summer with his signing when most were. 29 years old and a track record of playing at a below-Rangers level, I thought it was underwhelming to say the least after how we had ended the season. Ultimately, I wasn’t wrong about his overall quality as a player, but he was a far better finisher than I think any of us expected. And Beale should have played him more when he got over his injury. Morelos did not repay the faith shown in him.

BREAKING Rangers win SPFL apology and compensation as cinch row resolved 27 mins ago By Graeme McGarry@Graeme_McGarrySenior Sports Writer SPFL chief executive Neil Doncaster will now face questions over his handling of the cinch sponsorship deal. (Image: SNS) THE long-running dispute between the SPFL, Rangers and Park’s Motor Group over the league’s title sponsorship has finally been resolved, as the governing body were forced into issuing an apology and agreeing to pay compensation to the Ibrox club, as well as sanctioning an independent inquiry into the governance of the SPFL. The so-called ‘cinch dispute’ has rumbled on acrimoniously between the parties for over two years now, ultimately costing the league hundreds of thousands of pounds in legal fees, after Rangers successfully argued an existing contract agreement with Park’s prevented them from providing advertising inventory to a competitor in the motor vehicle industry. Recommended by Herald Sport exclusively revealed last month that Rangers had been granted permission by the SFA to take the SPFL to court over the dispute. But after the apology, the promise of an inquiry and a six-figure settlement was agreed between the SPFL and Rangers – which the Ibrox club will split three ways between the Rangers Charity Foundation, a charity of Park’s choosing and the SPFL Charitable Trust – Herald Sport understands that all parties consider the matter closed. The statement read: The Scottish Professional Football League, Rangers, and Park’s of Hamilton have confirmed that the long-running dispute between them in relation to the SPFL’s title sponsorship contract with cinch has been brought to an end. The SPFL has accepted that Rangers had a pre-existing contract with Park’s at the point that the SPFL entered into its title sponsorship contract with cinch in June 2021. All three parties have now agreed to withdraw the resulting Scottish FA arbitration, with the SPFL making a contribution to the costs of Rangers and Park’s. These sums will be donated to charity. The SPFL regrets any damage to the reputation of Rangers and Park’s as a result of the dispute. SPFL Chairman, Murdoch MacLennan, said: “We are delighted to have finally drawn a line under this dispute following discussions between ourselves and Rangers, and we are keen to do all we can to learn from this protracted disagreement. “I am particularly grateful for the constructive approach shown by all parties in helping resolve this long-running situation and am very happy to apologise if there has been any damage to the reputation of Rangers FC or Park’s of Hamilton. “Going forward, we have also agreed to commission an independent review of governance to help ensure the SPFL can avoid any such dispute in the future. This review will commence in October 2023. “I am pleased we have put this matter to bed at last and am now looking forward to working constructively with Rangers and our 41 other clubs at what is a hugely exciting time for Scottish football as a whole.” A spokesperson for Rangers commented: “Rangers acknowledges the apology from the SPFL and is pleased that this long running dispute has been brought to a conclusion. In welcoming the independent review of SPFL governance, the Club wishes to give thanks for the efforts and patience of those who have driven this to a satisfactory outcome.” Questions will now however be asked of SPFL chief executive Neil Doncaster and the way that the agreement with cinch was pushed through in the first place, with Rangers informing Doncaster ahead of the conclusion of the deal that they would not be able to comply with the terms of the contract. Having forced the deal through, the admission from Doncaster that he was wrong to do so will be a humiliating one for the 54-year-old, who had cast doubt about Rangers’ claims of a pre-existing agreement with Park’s before ultimately being forced to climb down. Doncaster himself stopped short of apologising to Rangers, expressing only his regret at any damage to their reputation, while it was SPFL chairman Murdoch McLennan who offered a full apology. The victory will however be seen as a vindication of outgoing managing director Stewart Robertson’s position, who long maintained that Rangers were bound by the terms of their agreement with Park’s, and who has publicly expressed his concern around the corporate governance of the SPFL.

Good luck Tony Goals

Colak is off to Parma - official.

How can Rangers gain further from this? To see people like MacLennan and Doncaster removed would be great. I consider that unlikely to happen. Even if it did happen similar replacements might be found and then we are back to square one.

I was expecting a statement from Rangers regarding the settlement and inquiry. Was never gonna be truly independent but the subcommittee mentioned above will ensure all the skeletons stay in the closet.

Colour me shocked.

Bailey Rice sounds like something you’d get in the chinkys that aside I’ve heard good things about this lad

Oh ye of little faith...

I watched Bailey Rice a couple of times last season in the B team games on TV/stream and he looks like a real player

Everyone has their price of course, so worth in money against worth on the park will have to be taken into consideration.

Good to see Bailey Rice involved, it would be a huge boost if he burst into the game this season coming.

There's no mix up at all. If should is different from actual then that alone tells you it isn't working.

Would it? I thought a sacking would be the result of him breaching his employment contact via gross negligence or similar and thus he’d be binned off with no additional pay. However I don’t think Celtic want him gone so he won’t go anywhere

Backdate the sacking to the signing of the agreement.

🤣🤣, should be, but the corrupt cabal will protect each other, their hatred of all things Rangers means nobody will call for resignations.

Resignations surely at the SPFL. Doncaster for starters

When news of this dispute between Rangers and the SPFL first came to light over the SPFL's determination to foist their Cinch deal on all members' clubs, allow me to remind Gersnetters of Michael Stewart's comments on Saturday's Sportsound on BBC Radio Scotland : "I do not like the way Rangers do things as a club. Neil Doncaster and Murdoch MacLennan, these are the good guys here". No one on the show challenged Stewart on that statement.

I would sacrifice the wife for that salary

Meh. Was hoping for some changes, new faces and fresh ideas. Looks like we've just shuffled the pack.