Dave King's bid to complete a sensational Rangers return looks set to be dashed.The ex-chairman has offered to replace outgoing Ibrox chief John Bennett, who announced he was stepping on Saturday due to health reasons.
But Record Sport understands King’s former allies in the boardroom have no plans to dispatch an SOS to his base in Johannesburg following a bitter bust-up that followed his shock Ibrox exit back in 2020.
King left his colleagues stunned when he chose to walk away from the chairman’s seat at the height of the Covid pandemic in order to focus on ensuring his South African business survived the pandemic.And the likes of Douglas Park and George Taylor are in no mood to forgive and forget.
John Gilligan - a key King lieutenant when the Castlemilk-born millionaire wrestled control of the club away from the Mike Ashley-backed regime in 2015 - has been brought back and put in temporary command at Ibrox and will lead the search of a new chief executive and permanent chairman.And the former Tennent Caledonian Brewery managing director has made clear to the Light Blues’ remaining board members and major investors that he is happy to handle the reins as long as necessary.
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