Charlie Adam ‘not interested’ in plight of Rangers

CHARLIE Adam showed scant regard for the old maxim “once a Ranger, always a Ranger” by claiming he is “not interested” in the turmoil at former club Rangers, notwithstanding the plight of his goalkeeper brother Grant.

The club which developed the Liverpool and Scotland midfielder is fighting for its existence after going into administration last month, for which they were docked ten points by the Scottish Premier League.

That punishment effectively lost the Scottish champions their SPL title but that is the least of their worries with administrators Duff and Phelps today set to name the number of players who will lose their jobs, with some reports claiming there could be as many as 11 leaving.

One of those casualties could be Grant Adam, 20, who is on loan at Airdrie United – and that is the only concern of big brother Charlie, who was often the target for the boo boys when he was at Rangers.

The former Rangers midfielder, 26, was asked about the Ibrox club’s situation following Scotland’s 1-1 friendly draw with Slovenia and the tone of his response was crystal clear.

“I am not interested,” he said. “Simple as that. It is nothing to do with me, I don’t need to say anything. The only person I am interested in is my brother. My brother is there and for me, that’s the important thing.

“He might lose his job and it is going to be difficult. I have spoken to Grant but that remains private between us because he is my brother and that’s the way it goes.

“But the rest of it, it is nothing to do with me. I can’t affect what has happened there and what has gone before. That’s the situation Rangers are in and they have to deal with it. I don’t have any bad feelings [towards Rangers]. They are in a bad way, everybody knows that, let’s get on with it, deal with it and move on.”

Adam is loving life at Liverpool and was delighted to pick up his first medal for the Anfield club in the Carling Cup win over Cardiff at Wembley last weekend, even though he missed a penalty in the shoot-out.

The Dundee-born player knows there have been doubts about his ability to perform at the highest level from his time at Rangers but will not let that spoil his achievement. He said: “There is always debate no matter where you go and everybody has their opinion of you but that’s the way football is.”