Dave King has promised Rangers fans a regime of 'transparency and accountability' if his team win control of the Ibrox boardroom on Friday.
King, a former director of oldco Rangers, says he has already been told he will win a 'landslide victory' at the EGM when he hopes to oust the remaining two directors on the board of the Scottish Championship side.
Current CEO Derek Llambias and finance officer Barry Leach have steadfastly refused to resign their positions, meaning the financially-strapped club must pay tens of thousands of pounds to stage the gathering at their stadium in the south of Glasgow on Friday morning.
King has already said he will not immediately take up the post of chairman, preferring Murray, like himself a former director of the oldco, to assume the role on a temporary basis while he awaits the green light from the authorities over his 'fit and proper person' credentials'.
But the South Africa-based businessman believes the outcome of Friday's meeting is a foregone conclussion and once the vote is rubber-stamped he will begin his work to rebuild the club.
Speaking exclusively to Sky Sports News HQ's Jim White, he said: "I am very excited for the first time in a couple of years. Everyone who has followed this saga will know I have made numerous attempts to try and get in a position where we could get the right structure on the board, the right people on the board, to take the club forward
'Irrelevent'
"I think from the fans point of view we have some really, really tough years ahead. I think there was a lack of direction and one of the things I have tried to fight against is the 'noise level'.
"If I look at all the stuff that has happened over the years, even last night with WH Ireland (the company who resigned as Rangers' nominated advisor), probably about 95 per cent of the stresses and strains the fans have gone through and stuff they have read in the newspapers and media is what I call noise level. It has always been irrelevent.
"The main game plan now, and the main thing I have stayed focused on, was to try and get regime change and try and install on the Rangers board some like-minded individuals who know what the club is about and who know what the history is about.
"People who will give the fans hope that we will take the club forward into something they will recognise more as the real Rangers as opposed to what we have seen over the last couple of years.
"I feel we are at that point now. It has been a long road but I am asking the fans to remain calm to remain steady because after tomorrow we will finally have a direction.
"It will be a long road but as long as we travel that road together I guarantee the fans absolute transparency and accountability and if there is one thing that has been missing in Rangers over the past couple of years it is not just the ethos and the level of respect but accountability and transparency, which has been completely absent.
"The fans need to hear this and they should be demanding this. Rangers fans have sat on the side and watched other people playing games with their club and I say games in the true sense of the word. It has been games
"We have seen a number of people in responsible postions who have really played to their own agenda and the fans have really sat on the sideline. It is my belief if it wasn't for the fans voting with their feet and boycotting games we wouldn't be where we are today.
"They deserve a huge amount of credit for their contribution to what I am hoping is a new and exciting time for the club."
Good luck Mr King and Co
The Kings Speech
posted on 5/3/15
his eyes are weird though - one's at home while the others off for the messages
I just wish he had wee fergus's eyes, they were lovely
posted on 5/3/15
"I guarantee the fans absolute transparency"
posted on 5/3/15
that they were
ill say this for him - nice little burberry check on the collar of his wool jacket at the airport - discreet but knowing
a little like mccoist's nods......
posted on 5/3/15
comment by Bluebell (U7064)
posted 2 hours, 43 minutes ago
<Dc>
Pete ra denier
Ohhh ahhhhh who`s ma da
We can look to the ancient Gaelic language where there is an answer to that question
Chuckies yer da
Sounds like the basis for a chant from both sides of the stadium similar to the COYBIG....
And Laudrup its nice of you to say I'm not beeling though you'll have to excuse me, I just wrote that reply to pass the time until my custom made Dave King dart board comes to the house.
It has no doubles or trebles
In all seriousness though I think it would be very difficult for King to do a worse job than the current mob have done. I have never seen anything like it and I don't think I ever will again in terms of sheer incompetence.
The fact that the novelty of the sheer embarassment wore off for a lot of Celtic fans is testament to the fact that the club could not have been run any worse had Martin McGuiness and Phil 3names formed a coalition to take control.
posted on 5/3/15
The fact that the novelty of the sheer embarassment wore off for a lot of Celtic fans is testament to the fact that the club could not have been run any worse had Martin McGuiness and Phil 3names formed a coalition to take control.
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posted on 5/3/15
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More like Chuckie fooking la la
You cheeky wee bassa....
posted on 5/3/15
Plagiarised from Tom English !!
posted on 5/3/15
comment by meuandcoop (U5293)
posted 22 minutes ago
Plagiarised from Tom English !!
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I didn't realise that English coined that turn of phrase, I'll be getting a chap at the door from those nice people at GCHQ and the NSA.
I always wondered why there was an American spy base 5 miles from my house. They were spying on me
posted on 5/3/15
Now you know ! English used the analogy last night on BBC. Be afraid if youve said it in the house before yesterday !
posted on 6/3/15
Rangers' extraordinary general meeting at Ibrox on Friday is expected to be swift, but with far-reaching consequences for the club.
Shareholder Dave King is believed to have more than enough votes to secure the simple majority required to have his five resolutions passed.
He wants chief executive Derek Llambias and finance director Barry Leach voted off the board.
And King is nominating himself, Paul Murray and John Gilligan as directors.
Many shareholders have voted by post or by proxy, since the EGM was originally due to be held in London.
That decision prompted a backlash, and the two hotels chosen to host pulled out.
Rangers' extraordinary general meeting at Ibrox on Friday is expected to be swift, but with far-reaching consequences for the club.
Shareholder Dave King is believed to have more than enough votes to secure the simple majority required to have his five resolutions passed.
He wants chief executive Derek Llambias and finance director Barry Leach voted off the board.
And King is nominating himself, Paul Murray and John Gilligan as directors.
Many shareholders have voted by post or by proxy, since the EGM was originally due to be held in London.
That decision prompted a backlash, and the two hotels chosen to host pulled out.
And poor old Sandy Easdales shares have dropped 6%
Here`s to a good day for us Bears,it`s been a long old road and there`s still along way to go,just hope today is the start of a new begining for the club and we can get back to talking about the team on the park.