Rangers outburst sparks SPFL emergency summit as league chiefs still wait on Ibrox proof
There are major concerns behind the scenes at Hampden that the £8m commercial deal could be pulled.
League bosses will hold emergency talks this morning over an escalating crisis with
Rangers - after the Ibrox club launched another blistering attack on Hampden’s sixth floor.
Record Sport revealed on Tuesday that SPFL sponsors cinch could pull the plug on a new £8m commercial deal after the champions refused to display any of their branding during an opening day win over Livingston.
And Rangers managing director
Stewart Robertson has doubled down on his position in a letter to Scotland’s other 41 clubs in which he raises a series of concerns about the handling of the potentially explosive controversy.
In his letter Robertson insists that Rangers made it clear they would not be able to honour the terms and conditions of the deal before league chief executive
Neil Doncaster put pen to paper on the agreement.
He suggests that Doncaster may have been part of an attempted cover-up ever since the dispute with the online car dealers went public.
And he has accused Doncaster of wasting hundreds of thousands of pounds by hiring an external agency to land the lucrative package in the first place.
Now we understand his outburst will be discussed at an urgent
SPFL board meeting this morning - while league chiefs are still waiting for Robertson to provide contractual proof to back up his claims that Rangers are legally obliged not to promote the partnership with cinch.
(Robertsons letter printed in full )
The high profile spat has infuriated a number of top flight clubs who fear the English based firm are on the verge of ripping up a deal worth £1.6m per season over the next five years.
And
Record Sport understands cinch have made it clear to the SPFL that they expect the situation to be resolved as a matter of urgency.