Ally McCoist backs Rangers players in wage cut row

RANGERS manager Ally McCoist has backed his players after they rejected a 15 per cent pay cut.

Rangers players are put through their paces at training this morning. Picture: SNS

Chief executive Graham Wallace proposed the idea on Thursday as he seeks to cut costs at Ibrox.

McCoist said at a media conference on Friday: “I can assure everyone that the players have my 100 per cent backing.”

And the Rangers boss stressed that the players were not the ones to blame for the club’s ongoing financial woes.

Ally McCoist. Picture: SNS

McCoist, who recently accepted a 50 per cent cut to his £825,000 salary, said: “I don’t know who is responsible but I do know who is not responsible and that’s the players and supporters, who have given us two years of 36,000 season tickets.

“I have my own ideas about who is responsible, but I would rather keep them to myself.”