Dave King Rangers talkSPORT Q&A in FULL as he fears Celtic will be crowned world’s most successful club

Dave King Rangers talkSPORT Q&A in FULL as he fears Celtic will be crowned world’s most successful club.

Dave King worriesThere is a serious threat to Rangers’ status as the most successful club in the world.

Celtic and the Gers are tied at 118 trophies apiece, but if the Hoops take home additional hardware this year, they might pass their fierce rivals.In a campaign that could see the Light Blues give up their two prized brags, Brendan Rodgers’ team is also strong favourite to win the title for a Scottish record-tying 55th time. However, Egyptian powerhouse Al Ahly is officially recognised as football’s most decorated club with 121 major honours.

Dave King fears Rangers’ claim to being the world’s most successful club in the world is in grave danger.

Gers and Celtic are locked on 118 trophies apiece but the Hoops can overtake their bitter rivals if they win more silverware this season. Brendan Rodgers’ side are also heavy favourites to be crowned champions for a Scottish record-equalling 55th time in a campaign that could see the Light Blues relinquish their two cherished brags – although Egyptian heavyweights Al Ahly are officially recognised as football’s most decorated club with 121 major honours.

Are you returning to Rangers?

It’s definitely not the case that I’m going back. I have made myself available, and the reasons for that are that, although I was somewhat surprised by John’s resignation, I have been in fairly regular contact with him and I truly do understand the strain and effects that being the Rangers chairman at this time has been having on him.

“I just hope he’s well and I just hope that now he has stepped down that he can get back to normal. Having seen John stepping down, under normal circumstances, I would’ve expected someone else to step up from the board. What I’ve heard is what the board have decided to do is go outside and get a headhunter, try and get a chairman and a CEO, the job at Rangers is very different from trading at a public company. Right now, the club is in crisis, the extent of it I don’t know. Only those inside do know. Certainly, the operational issues at Rangers are a challenge and a lot of the policies, procedures and processes that were in place at the time I stepped down have been hollowed out during Douglas’ reign. I thought if no one is going to step up and we’re going to have to go to some external city-type appointment, I’m absolutely certain will not take the club forward.

“As the leading shareholder, perhaps I can step up for a period of time. So I’ve made an announcement that I’m available do that. I think something has to happen fairly quickly. The club lacks leadership in all aspects of the club. Clearly, we don’t all know what is going wrong. A lot is going wrong, it’s recruitment, it’s on and off the field issues, there’s poor management issues. Something as simple as the stadium, you don’t have to be smart to know that if you’ve got a project like that, that must start 10 minutes after the team finishes the last game in May. If you’re going to open Ibrox for absolutely vital European qualifiers where Ibrox is a hue advantage for Rangers. We’ve seen that against bigger and better teams. To have started that project with some of the steel still in China does indicates a lack of basic project management and management skills. I’m afraid that’s what’s happening right through the club at the moment. I’ve got the biggest interest. There is a crisis. I think it needs someone to step in quite quickly so I’ve just thrown my name in the hat and it’s now up to the board I guess to decide what they want to do with it.

Does it sadden you that Rangers are in crisis and lack leadership?

“I believe that to be 100% accurate. There are so many words I could use to describe it in a similar way, including grief and disappointment. Most likely, there are two primary categories. When we went through the club’s rebirth, to use the phrase once more, it had been completely destroyed and was back in the hands of the Easdales and Mike Ashley. Everything in the club was broken, and we had to reconstruct all of those policies, procedures, and scouting methods before we could make choices and take any management risks. At least we were moving towards the goal of 55 and there was a sense of unity and progress being achieved. The things that most disappoint me are the places where we have gone backwards where policies that were in place are no longer complied with by the present board such as the recruitment of players and how we write commercial contracts with players. All of the things that we were very careful with have just been abandoned – managers are allowed to do their own thing with no oversight from the board. The limited resources we had in competing with our neighbours had to be applied very smartly. We did the opposite – we’ve actually wasted money. My second disappointment is, that there was a great opportunity with the American consortium. We were trying to get substantial funds into the club. I’d seen proof of funds and negotiated with them on a business basis, they were going to come in and it was rejected.

How is your criticism going to play out if you come back to Rangers?

As for others who are currently employed, I don’t think it will be comfortable for them. Yes, it would not sit well with some of the incumbents if I returned. They appear to be aware of my methods. In my opinion, they have not put their shoulder to the wheel, despite my straightforward approach and expectation of swift results. In light of this, I can certainly see how some club members could feel more at ease with an outside appointment. Since I am the club’s largest stakeholder, I have a tremendous financial incentive to make sure everything is done correctly. In addition, at least I have certain advantages over the club.

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