Rangers nuclear option is GOOD for Celtic and I know the first thing they must do if takeover happens – Hugh Keevins

dailyrecord.co.uk:

If Celtic put down a fiver, Rangers will put down 10 bucks.I have to revisit, and update, the quote given to me three decades ago by the former Ibrox owner David Murray in light of the ongoing takeover talks between Rangers and the owners of San Francisco 49ers.

Murray’s words, all about bravado at a time when Celtic were the dominated – as apposed to dominant – half of the Old Firm have reverberated down through the years and lost none of their pungency.And now they have renewed relevance while the prospect of Rangers being under new ownership, and redirected from being a club much reduced in stature after years of boardroom manoeuvring, managerial upheaval and dwindling success on the field, clearly exists.

There was a lot of corporate speak from the Ibrox chief executive Patrick Stewart when he did an interview for the club’s own TV channel on Wednesday.He addressed the “shame” that was attached to exiting the Scottish Cup at the hands of Queen’s Park and explained why manager Philippe Clement was still in a job, in defiance of the fanbase’s wish to see him gone from the club.

But you could have quickly cut through the verbiage and easily come to a conclusion that Rangers need a full-scale revolution leading to the installation of people to run the club who do not come from its traditional background.Every time Rangers suffer an embarrassment on the scale of their elimination from the Scottish Cup at the hands of a Championship side, I wait on the radio for the first caller to demand the imposition of “real Rangers men” to make things better.