Green May Give Evidence As Imran Seeks Rangers Payout

[Frankie 8,830]

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Rangers former chief executive could be called to give evidence in a Scottish court as a former commercial director at the club seeks a £500,000 payout from the Ibrox outfit.

 

Imran Ahmad, whose employment with the Glasgow club was terminated last year, maintains that he is due the bonus money in an action being contested by Rangers.

 

His counsel, Kenny McBrearty QC, told a judge today that Charles Green was on his list of witnesses ahead of a hearing in the case.

 

Mr McBrearty said that while Mr Ahmad's solicitors have spoken to Mr Green they would want a meeting with him to clarify his witness statement.

 

The Yorkshireman took up the position as Chief Executive Officer at Ibrox after leading a consortium to buy the assets of the stricken Rangers Football Club plc.

 

But he left the role last year and is now living in France.

 

In his action Mr Ahmad maintains that under the terms of a contract provision he would be entitled to a bonus of five per cent of commercial contracts negotiated by him subject to written approval from the CEO or chairman.

 

He said that a letter from the then CEO Mr Green had set out confirmation that his bonus for 2013 would be "no less than 500K".

 

He claims that Mr Green had the express authority of the board at Rangers to agree his bonus.

 

Mr McBrearty told Lord Woolman in a commercial action at the Court of Session in Edinburgh that since a previous hearing in the action adjustments had been made to the pleadings for Mr Ahmad to clarify matters.

 

He said it was contended that "the letter at the heart of the case" from Charles Green to Mr Ahmad was to be treated as written approval of a bonus of pounds 500,000 in terms of a clause in the ex-commercial director's contract.

 

The senior counsel said it was also being asserted that Mr Green had the authority of the board which had been given at a meeting when Mr Ahmad was not present.

 

He said it had always been Mr Ahmad's position that there was authority on the part of the former CEO to provide written approval of the bonus, but what had changed was that it was now being said there was express authority from the board on the issue.

 

Mr McBrearty said that during the adjustment period in the case there had been no activity from the football club's side at all.

 

He said Mr Ahmad "might have been forgiven for thinking rigor mortis had set into the defender's case".

 

But Alan Summers QC, for Rangers countered that he was not aware of any rigor mortis on his part.

 

He said there remained the difficulty of reconciling the terms of the letter with the clause in the commercial director's contract.

 

Under the clause the way the bonus was calculated was to work out what five percent of the commercial contracts was, but it could not have been known to Mr Green at that point what the value of the contracts would have been, he said.

 

Four days of court time have been allocated to hear evidence and submissions in the case.

 

It's OK as huge fan Imran is going to put the money straight back into the club should he win...

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Green is probably on half of it anyway so ofcourse he would help his "paki friend" out.

[Waltersgotstyle 315]

The cheek of some people

[the gunslinger 3,366]

I will bet good money he gets a pay out.

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I will bet good money he gets a pay out.

 

I hope he takes f***ing IOUs !!

[simplythebest 0]

Pretty sure Green said he'd tell the truth if called to court like any of us have to.

[JTP 0]

Pretty sure Green said he'd tell the truth if called to court like any of us have to.

 

And what truth would that be?

 

That him and all his mates just got huge bonuses for turning up in the morning ........

[simplythebest 0]

And what truth would that be?

 

That him and all his mates just got huge bonuses for turning up in the morning ........

 

Point being it's Ahmad and not Green that's suing the club.

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Pretty sure Green said he'd tell the truth if called to court like any of us have to.

 

Hahahaha! :fish:

 

You'd need someone to hypnotize or cast a spell on Green to get the truth.

[D'Artagnan 173]

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Do you think Chuck will be on oath ?