Coistyâ??s TV licence

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RANGERS could finally be awarded SFA membership â?? but only for ONE DAY.

 

Ally McCoistâ??s men are set to land a conditional licence to face Brechin in a televised Ramsdens Cup clash on Sunday.

 

Then it will be taken back off them before talks continue next week. That is one of the options being considered by football chiefs as the stormy wrangle over the clubâ??s membership of the SFA rages on.

 

Just TWO days before Gers are due to play competitive football again, they have not yet been given the licence they need.

 

They continue to be at loggerheads with the SPL over the future punishments and TV rights. High level talks have hit a wall after a fortnight.

 

And as the deadline looms ahead of this weekendâ??s action, there have been real fears that the cup clash with Brechin scheduled may NOT be able to go ahead.

 

That has prompted officials to look into a compromise solution â?? and the 90 minute licence could fit the bill.

 

Legally SFA chiefs may be unable to sanction such a move â?? but they will still try if no agreement is reached by tonight.

 

Gers are refusing to cave in and sign any agreement which could see them stripped of league titles won during the EBT years.

 

But the SPL insist that an independent tribunal must be allowed to study the evidence and make a ruling. That is the biggest stumbling block in discussions between five parties.

 

The so-called old Rangers, new Rangers, the SPL, the SFA and SFL are all involved. E-mails were being sent back and forth late last night in a bid to finalise things and discussions will resume this morning in the hope that a deal can be struck.

 

Itâ??s unclear whether that would allow boss McCoist to sign any of his targets. Ian Black and Craig Beattie have been training with a view to signing deals.

 

Robbie Savage has revealed he wants to come out of retirement to play in the Third Division. But until the club has got SFA membership no players can actually be signed.

 

Meanwhile, Allan McGregor has joined Besiktas and insisted: â??Iâ??m ready for the challenge.â?

 

The ex-Rangers keeper, 30, agreed a two-year deal worth £35,000 a week with the Turkish cracks.

 

Gregsy, 30, completed his medical and will now jet out to Austria to join up with his new team-mates.

 

He said: â??Itâ??s a big club with big tradition and supposedly they have great fans who make a lot of noise.

 

â??Itâ??s a new challenge thatâ??s come up and Iâ??m ready for it. Iâ??ll be giving my all here, as I do every time I play.â?

 

Gers owner Charles Green will fight for compensation insisting McGregor could NOT quit Ibrox for nothing.

 

McGregor insisted: â??My club went into liquidation in June and I became a free agent.â?

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