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Murray: we had to send out message

Postby Kintyre Forum News » Fri Jan 16, 2009 1:14 am

Not quite sure what his message was but.......from the Herald today (well yesterday!)

Sir David Murray insisted last night that the potential sale of Kris Boyd was intended to serve as a warning that the financial running of Rangers had to change.

"There has been a lot of mischievous reporting in the last week," said Murray, who claimed that the sale of Boyd was not vital to the club's fiscal position. "Frankly, it is immaterial whether he stays or goes as far the long-term financial future of the club is concerned."

He confirmed that there was no change in the situation after Boyd refused an offer from Birmingham City.

Murray watched his side beat St Johnstone 2-0 at McDiarmid Park on Tuesday when there was a muted protest against his tenure at the club with a banner insisting he "must go".
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He said yesterday: "The Boyd situation is simple. We received an offer that we believed, collectively, Walter Smith, manager and Martin Bain, chief executive represented good business.

"The player then went to Birmingham and refused terms. That is where it stands. But Rangers will go on whether the player goes or not. In that sense, it is immaterial whether he stays or goes."

Asked why there was an impression that Rangers were promoting the sale of the player, Sir David said: "This was to send a message that the club could not go on as it is."

But surely the selling of the leading striker was a dramatic move? "I have been criticised for over-spending and now am being criticised for spending too little but the situation is straightforward," the Rangers chairman said. "I had to take steps to let everyone know that the situation as it is could not go on."

He was speaking after a statement was issued by a section of the Rangers support criticising both his tenure and the recent achievements of the club. The We Deserve Better Campaign is supported by the board of the Rangers Supporters' Trust and other groups, according to Stephen Smith, one of the organisers.

He said: "There may be things that the chairman would want to dismiss but several of our areas of concern - for example the winning of two league titles in eight season - are matters of fact."

The Rangers Supporters' Assembly distanced themselves from the action, stating "this is not a time for factionalism and division".
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Re: Murray: we had to send out message

Postby blueboyno1 » Fri Jan 16, 2009 2:17 pm

[quote="Kintyre Forum News"]Not quite sure what his message was but.......from the Herald today (well yesterday!)

Sir David Murray insisted last night that the potential sale of Kris Boyd was intended to serve as a warning that the financial running of Rangers had to change.

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If that was the case then why at the start of this carry on did he state that no player other than Boyd was for sale .
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Re: Murray: we had to send out message

Postby The modfather » Sat Jan 17, 2009 10:51 am

Kintyre Forum News wrote:
He said yesterday: "The Boyd situation is simple. We received an offer that we believed, collectively, Walter Smith, manager and Martin Bain, chief executive represented good business.



These are the same charlatans who thought that signing lee mcculloch,kyle lafferty, maurice edu and Andrius Velička for a combined 9.5million was "good business"

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