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BBC News
3 days ago
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Analysis: 'New Rangers owners feel expertise as important as financial muscle'
Given the months of speculation, the takeover announcement comes as no surprise, but what it does give us is the first glimpse of what the new consortium are all fans have been forced to endure another season of Celtic dominance but, for them, the impending takeover has provided some light at the end of what has seemed like a tunnel with no is a fanbase bruised and battered by placing faith in saviours who, in recent years, promised a lot and delivered little. They should be forgiven for casting a suspicious eye over any group or individuals who claim that this time it will be that respect, the new group have said very little so far, but the news of a £20m investment - the vast majority of which, I've been told - will go on football operations, will be broadly welcomed. Those who hoped the entire might of the San Francisco 49ers would be thrown at Ibrox on day one might, perhaps, be disappointed. However, that was never going to be the is £20m the club didn't have last week, but will it be enough to provide the immediate success the supporters crave?Throwing money at footballing problems is only part of the answer. This new group feel their expertise will be as important as their financial muscle, and that will be interesting to monitor going forward. The takeover announcement is a milestone on a much longer it's about laying the rest of the path and proving with actions that they'll deliver what the fans have demanded for so long - the dominance of Scottish football.
BBC News
13-05-2025
- Business
- BBC News
Fox set to leave Leicester to join Plymouth
Leicester loans manager David Fox is set to leave the club after just two weeks to join Plymouth have told BBC Sport the 41-year-old will become Argyle's new head of football operations as the club plots their return to the finished his career with a three-year spell at Home Park, making 142 appearances, and returns after the club was relegated to League One on the final day of the who also played for Norwich, Blackpool, Colchester and Crewe, had previously been loans manager at Huddersfield and has only been at King Power Stadium a matter of weeks. A new head of recruitment is also expected to be named by Plymouth to replace Jimmy Dickinson, who is joining Bolton to reunited with former Argyle boss Steven Schumacher.
