ian1964 10,870 Posted April 3, 2012 Share Posted April 3, 2012 (edited) PAUL MURRAY fears his bid to buy Rangers is DOOMED. The Blue Knights chief is worried a USA consortium will emerge as front-runners when the final bidders for Gers break cover today. In a bizarre twist late last night, Chicago-based Club 9 Sports insisted they WONâ??T be bidding. The American firm revealed they donâ??t want to buy the stricken Ibrox club and have been acting as part of a larger consortium. Pointedly, they did not say if that consortium would still be lodging a bid before todayâ??s 5pm deadline. Former Gers director Murray clearly believes that the American group will be favourites if they make their move. Administrators say they are expecting up to five bids this afternoon â?? with Sale Sharks owner Brian Kennedy ready to return to the fray. But Murray fears the American plan effectively involves forming a new Rangers after taking the current club into liquidation. He insists that would be a DISASTER for Gers. Speaking from Dubai last night, Murray told SunSport: â??Since the weekend the administrator has almost been preparing the field to come to the conclusion of liquidation. â??I really donâ??t know why that is. Maybe he sees Club 9 as being the preferred bidder. â??I think that liquidation is their preference so maybe thatâ??s what heâ??s doing, I donâ??t know. â??I just find it pretty worrying that since the weekend the whole tone of the thing has moved towards liquidation. â??From our point of view all we can do is put our best foot forward. The reason I have spent so much time on agreeing a deal with Ticketus is that I firmly believe a CVA is the best outcome for the club and that liquidation is a really, really difficult thing for the club. â??I for one would not like to see that and Iâ??ll be trying my best to stop that. â??Ultimately, though, itâ??s simply not my decision.â? Club 9 Sports issued a statement late last night insisting they were NOT fronting a buy-out bid and were only part of a consortium looking to take over the club from Craig Whyte. They said: â??We can confirm that representatives of Club 9 Sports have been involved with investigating, analysing and considering a potential purchase of Rangers Football Club plc on behalf of a group of interested parties from the US and UK. â??However, at no time has Club 9 Sports itself offered a bid to acquire the club. Our role has been as a member of a proposed consortium. â??We can also confirm that we have not met with, spoken to, or otherwise been associated with Craig Whyte in any way.â? Read more: http://www.thescottishsun.co.uk/scotsol/homepage/sport/spl/4237723/Fright-Knight.html#ixzz1r1V6xbzp Edited April 3, 2012 by ian1964 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ian1964 10,870 Posted April 3, 2012 Author Share Posted April 3, 2012 Jon L. Pritchett @tobaccoroadguy Reply Retweet Favorite · Open To further clarify, the US/UK group with whom we were working is not going to bid for Rangers. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
caseyjones 0 Posted April 3, 2012 Share Posted April 3, 2012 Jon L. Pritchett @tobaccoroadguy Reply Retweet Favorite · Open To further clarify, the US/UK group with whom we were working is not going to bid for Rangers. That certainly sounds more positive. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stefanovitch 0 Posted April 4, 2012 Share Posted April 4, 2012 Jon L. Pritchett @tobaccoroadguy Reply Retweet Favorite · Open To further clarify, the US/UK group with whom we were working is not going to bid for Rangers. That appears to clarify his earlier statement which alluded to them bidding for assets. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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