Rangers newco: Andy Goram calls on Charles Green to sell the club to John Brown consortium

ANDY Goram has urged Charles Green to sell Rangers to a consortium led by his former team-mate John Brown, claiming the Ibrox chief executive does not have the trust of the supporters.

• Andy Goram casts doubt on Charles Green’s position

• John Brown’s consortium wants a fans-led buyout

• Goram wants newco Rangers to start in Third Division

The Rangers goalkeeper Goram claims newco Green has given a figure that would persuade him to sell the club, as he continues to struggle to get the Ibrox club on track.

Scottish Premier League clubs yesterday overwhelmingly rejected Green’s application for his Rangers ‘newco’ to join the top flight and the club’s fans are refusing to buy season tickets en masse.

Green’s Sevco consortium have rejected at least two bids since buying Rangers’ assets for £5.5million on June 14 - the first from a consortium led by Walter Smith and the second from a group involving ex-Rangers player Brown.

Goram has backed former team-mate’s attempts to assume control of the club on behalf of supporters and believes Green must sell if the figure is reached.

It is understood work will continue on plans for putting together a fans-led buyout over the weekend.

Goram told Sky Sports News: “John Brown put a bid in last week of £8.7million and it was refused point blank.

“We all know Charles Green is not in it for the long run.

“There will be an announcement next week and hopefully it will be successful with the figure that he wants. He can’t backtrack on that now.

“Hopefully that will happen and get it back to the fans because John’s idea is no one individual will run the club.

“The fans deserve to be involved. That’s his plan, bring Rangers men back to the club and really start from there.

“Charles Green really must consider his position. There is no long-term plan at all, there is no investment coming in.

“They keep coming up with figures but they have never proved it.

“John Brown tried to get his legal team in to have a look at the title deeds to make sure everything is above board.

“If that’s the case, then sure, go ahead and buy your season tickets but hopefully something else will be in place before then and we can move forward in a different direction.”

Goram attended a meeting of the Rangers Fans Fighting Fund last night where Green and club chairman Malcolm Murray faced demands for clarity.

Sevco have promised to be more transparent in the next seven days, claiming announcements would prejudice their plans.

But income is unlikely to come in until the club’s league status is known and Goram said even the manager could not put his weight behind the new regime yet.

Goram said: “Ally McCoist told the whole truth, saying to the fans why they probably shouldn’t be buying season tickets, they don’t know what league they are going to be in, they don’t know what kind of team they are going to be able to put out.

“The chairman came in with Charles Green and another two members of the board and opened it up to the floor, which was interesting as people said to his face, including members of staff at the club, that they don’t trust him.

“You have to earn trust. The overwhelming majority don’t trust him so there is another massive problem.”

Green has vowed to accept the fate dealt by the Scottish Football League clubs amid a plan to place his team in the Irn-Bru First Division, but Rangers fans want Third Division entry.

“We made a mistake, we have done wrong, let’s start in the Third Division and work our way up,” Goram said. “All the fans want it, Ally McCoist came out last night at the meeting and said he is quite happy with that.

“If they put us into the First Division, sporting integrity goes out the window.”

However, SFA chief executive Stewart Regan looks set to block that after warning of a “slow, lingering death” for the game and Goram agrees with his prediction.

“If we go in the Third Division it will be meltdown, the clubs won’t survive and that’s a fact,” the former Scotland goalkeeper said.

“That’s why they have to put us in the First Division. I don’t know why they are delaying it for another week to announce it.

“Our understanding is it’s already decided, it’s a done deal.”