Creditor owed cash by Rangers blasts smirking Craig Whyte

[ian1964 10,861]

RANGERS may be edging closer to game, set and match but the man who drove the club to the brink is having a ball.

 

Craig Whyte was pictured splashing the cash and sipping champagne at an exclusive members-only tennis club in France.

 

The snaps are sure to stick in the throats of all Ibrox fans and their creditors, who are still owed millions by the ailing club.

 

Last night, magician Alan Duncan, who is owed £2100, hit out: â??I wish I could make Whyte disappear in a puff of smoke but failing that, I hope he chokes on that champagne.â?

 

Decked out in a garish pink polo shirt and massive black and gold designer sunglasses, Whyte laughed and shared jokes with three others round his table at the Monte-Carlo Country Club.

 

He was spotted larking about in the sun with a bevy of beauties, including Swedish girlfriend Izabella Andersson, 32, who he wooed by taking her to Ibrox to watch a match before spending the night at the plush Hotel du Vin in Glasgowâ??s west end.

 

Sipping champagne, and looking generally relaxed, the pair did not look out of place in the magnificent surroundings.

 

But Alan, 43, was furious when he was shown the photographs. He said: â??He has left the club in ruins and he has left smaller businesses, such as myself, in real trouble.

 

â??I could be facing financial ruin because of the state Whyte left the club.

 

â??Right up to the day they called in the administrators, they were telling me, â??Donâ??t worry, you will get paidâ??. But after that happened, they just tore up my contract.â?

 

Alan, of Glasgow, was the official kidsâ?? entertainer at Ibrox. He has spent the last two years transforming the family section at Ibrox, which was recently voted the best in Scotland.

 

Every home game, the father-of-five would go to matches to help keep youngsters entertained. He did face-painting for kids, as well as various magic tricks and handed out helium balloons.

 

But now his business, Alanâ??s Magic, face possible financial ruin. He was sick to the stomach to find out he will receive, at most, around 9p for every £1 he is owed.

 

Alan stands to get around just £180 from the £2000 he is owed â?? and could even end up with a lot less.

 

He added: â??I made Rangers money by making the family section more popular, which increased sales of family tickets for them, and all the thanks I get is a kick in the teeth.

 

â??Whyte has a lot to answer for but, looking at these pics, it doesnâ??t look like he will be back here any

time soon.�

 

The swish club is home to the ATP Monte Carlo Masters tennis tournament, held in April, which attracts some of the best players on the planet, including Andy Murray and world No1 Novak Djokovic.

 

Despite the clubâ??s name, it is not in Monte Carlo or even in Monaco, but is in Roquebrune-Cap-Martin in the Alpes-Maritimes department of south-east France, just outside Monacoâ??s north-eastern border.

 

Members can sit in lap of luxury, ordering bottles of Dom Perignon 2000 vintage at £311 a bottle.

 

The cheapest champagne on the clubâ??s wine list is a Louis de Sacy, which comes in at £45, or £29 for a half-bottle.

 

Facilities include saunas, masseurs on call to iron out any aches and pains, and magnificent wood-panel furnishing throughout.

 

It also boasts a heated ozone-treated swimming-pool, plus a number of tennis courts which are overlooked by the restaurant.

 

Anyone wishing to join has to apply in writing to the club president and has to be sponsored by two members, before paying the £1000-a-year fee.

 

It is not known if Whyte is a member of the club or if he was signed in as a guest.

 

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[andy steel 0]

A shame Alan's wizardry doesn't extend to calling the RFFF and seeing if they can help him out with what is, relatively, a small amount. Easier to bitch in the papers, I suppose.

[chilledbear 16]

I feel for the small creditors.

 

We are that consumed by Rangers. sometimes we forget about those that are hurt by it all.

[biggordy 0]

I wonder how much the rhag paid him for his "story"?

[calscot 0]

Small companies go out of business all the time - leaving debts to other businesses and customers - why should we feel sorry for them? We get shafted all the time by small businesses - usually moreso than big ones which is why we feel a lot more comfortable when we buy something from the likes of John Lewis than the guy in the market stall.

 

I actually do sympathise to a certain extent but I keep getting told this is all about business, and what is happening with Rangers is pretty ordinary and normal in that domain. I was under the impression that business is supposed to forget the emotional side.