ian1964 10,578 Posted October 26, 2012 Share Posted October 26, 2012 THE Ibrox chief says he cannot walk away from the club after it became 'much more than a business opportunity' to him. CHARLES Green has scrapped plans to make a quick Ibrox exit and vowed to stay on until Rangers are back in the Champions League. The man who took the club from the scrapheap admitted last night that he has become so attached to Rangers that he canâ??t walk away. And he could also be on another collision course with the SFA, who refused to hand over a £200,000 sell-on fee after Charlie Adamâ??s move from Liverpool to Stoke City. Rangers are adamant that the SFA have now cost them £500,000 in withheld payments. The governing body, and especially the SPL, might have been hoping Green would be in and out of Scottish football quickly but he has changed his mind. The Englishmanâ??s job was only supposed to last six months to a year but Green insists now heâ??s here for the long haul. He said: â??I donâ??t know when, or even how, it happened but this club has come to be something much more than a business opportunity. â??I look at the way the supporters and the people who work here have reacted to adversity and I believe they deserve more. â??My intention was to come in to the club, get the funding in place, make sure Rangersâ?? future was secured and then leave. â??That was my job but now Iâ??m staying until I hear that Champions League anthem blaring out once again across Ibrox. Thatâ??s what the fans and the people here should be given and if that can be delivered maybe Iâ??ll feel my job is complete.â? Green watched Celtic come within seconds of getting a draw in Barcelona on Tuesday night in the Champions League. And he is convinced that, even though his own club are still trying to find their feet in the lowest division, they can climb all the way back up to those heights. He said: â??Playing in the Champions League is the pinnacle and with the correct structures in place there is every reason to believe Rangers can return to that arena. We have plans to move this club forward and I know we, with the fans, can make it great again. Thatâ??s the objective now so I wonâ??t be leaving here in a hurry. â??I could say my initial job is all but done but thereâ??s a bigger challenge ahead now and Iâ??m not going until the Rangers fans hear that music blaring out inside their own stadium. â??Thatâ??s the night I will know we have achieved something special.â? Green has clashed with the SFA several times since taking over at Ibrox. And he could be heading for another collision with the governing body over money which the Ibrox club insist should have been given to them. Rangers are furious about the latest money wrangle with the SFA, who sent the £200,000 cheque from the Adam transfer to Duff and Phelps â?? even though the name on the order was Rangers FC. Thatâ??s Greenâ??s club and he believes his Rangers have now been done out of half a million because of the SFA, who are still refusing to pass on the £300,000 paid by UEFA for use of former Ibrox players, such as Croatiaâ??s Nikica Jelavic, in the European Championship finals. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
simplythebest 0 Posted October 26, 2012 Share Posted October 26, 2012 No doubt some will turn this into a negative somehow. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
kuznetsov 0 Posted October 26, 2012 Share Posted October 26, 2012 No doubt some will turn this into a negative somehow. maybe not a negative, but its surely a contradiction? after his never play in the spl patter. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
the gunslinger 3,366 Posted October 26, 2012 Share Posted October 26, 2012 and some will lap it up despite it being total bollox. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
simplythebest 0 Posted October 26, 2012 Share Posted October 26, 2012 and some will lap it up despite it being total bollox. So your ambitions aren't for Rangers to get back into the CL? 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
the gunslinger 3,366 Posted October 26, 2012 Share Posted October 26, 2012 So your ambitions aren't for Rangers to get back into the CL? of course they are but if greens not long gone by then he will be gutted. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
simplythebest 0 Posted October 26, 2012 Share Posted October 26, 2012 of course they are but if greens not long gone by then he will be gutted. How do you know? He could well be enjoying this job, he is a football man after all. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
the gunslinger 3,366 Posted October 26, 2012 Share Posted October 26, 2012 anything's possible. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
kuznetsov 0 Posted October 26, 2012 Share Posted October 26, 2012 right now, we are at least 10 years off being back in the c.l. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RANGERRAB 3,387 Posted October 26, 2012 Share Posted October 26, 2012 Pointless even thinking about CL. Immediate concern is getting a consistent run of decent performances in SFL3 - something which seems to be beyond us at present. Regards Mr Green I do wish he'd tell us how he intends to get the monies due to us from the corrupt SFA/SPL. Launch the exocets please Charles. Lets get them into court. It's the only way to deal with these cretins........ 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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