Gilligan urges King to cease Rangers criticism

Rangers interim president John Gilligan has called connected awesome shareholder Dave King to cease nationalist disapproval of nan measurement nan nine is being run.

South Africa-based King has aired his views successful nan media complete nan past week, saying Rangers person nary activity and are successful crisis. He has called for an bonzer wide gathering and wants to return arsenic chairman, a position he held erstwhile Rangers past won nan Scottish Premiership successful 2021.

Gilligan was portion of a consortium pinch King that took complaint astatine Ibrox successful 2015 and Gilligan has returned to nan nine successful nan aftermath of John Bennett's exit arsenic president connected wellness grounds.

"Has immoderate head aliases immoderate personification astatine nan nine said thing astir Dave? No," said Gilligan.

"Have they responded publicly? Will I opportunity thing bad astir Dave? No. Do I wish that he’d extremity [airing his thoughts successful public]? Yes.

"Please return it beneath nan radar. Behave for illustration a due shareholder. Don’t do what you’re doing. It’s a shame because he’s a awesome characteristic and was a monolithic power astatine nan nine astatine nan clip [of Rangers’ past convention title success]."

Rangers won past season's Scottish League Cup and were runners-up to Celtic successful nan different 2 home competitions. They continued their defence of this season's League Cup into nan semi-finals pinch victory complete Dundee connected Saturday and will look Motherwell astatine Hampden adjacent month.

However, Philippe Clement's broadside way Celtic and Aberdeen by 5 points successful nan Premiership and will compete successful nan Europa League this season, starting distant to Malmo connected Thursday, aft being knocked retired of nan Champions League qualifiers by Dynamo Kyiv.

King has said £50m is needed to get Rangers backmost successful a competitory position pinch three-in-a-row champions Celtic.

"Dave is talking astir caller finance but he doesn’t want to invest," said Gilligan. "I’m not judge wherever he thinks finance is going to travel from."

The interim president said King’s appraisal of nan authorities of nan nine is not meticulous and has called connected King to present a scheme if he thinks he knows a amended measurement to proceed.

"I deliberation he’s sewage it wrong," said nan interim chairman. "I deliberation it’s unfair. What precisely is he saying is not good? What’s he saying is going wrong?

"Give america a scheme and show me. If Dave has immoderate terrific scheme to show maine wherever we’re each going wrong, we publication that scheme and see it.

"I haven’t spoken to Dave. Dave gave maine 1 of nan happiest days of my life erstwhile he asked maine to subordinate him [on nan board] 10 years agone and I’ll ne'er hide it. Since past we’ve socialised erstwhile he’s been complete and played play but I haven’t spoken to him, no."