Police Scotland officers visited Sports Direct’s Derbyshire offices “investigating takeovers at Rangers”. The pluralisation is quite important.
Last year Police Scotland opened an investigation into Craig Whyte’s purchase of Rangers from the Duped One, fair enough. No one previously reported that more than one ‘takeover’ was being investigated.
Sports Direct had no involvement with oldco Rangers, whose merchandising relationship was with JJB, so clearly this police action is not connected to Mr Whyte. Sports Direct’s only relationship at Ibrox has been newco Rangers. If newco, who were formed when the assets of oldco were bought in liquidation, is subject to police investigation the potential consequences are far reaching.
Sports Direct were not involved with the asset purchase and were only introduced when the club sought investment and commercial partners, so they played no part in the second takeover (of assets). Their likely interest to police will be limited to being recipients of correspondence.
An asset purchase which was secured by criminal activity, if discovered, is legally invalid. This is different from a purchase which breaks civil law. A civil offence leaves the guilty party open to financial claim. An asset disposal subject to a criminal offence would see the liquidator seize assets on behalf of the creditors. Padlocks would be involved, so would lengthy legal processes.
The bar to securing a criminal conviction for such a matter is high and no evidence of such wrongdoing regarding the disposal of Rangers assets has been verified in three years, so don’t expect Padlock Day anytime soon.
I wouldn’t like to be trying to raise money in this climate, though. Good job the SFA are so thoroughly opposed to letting those with a track record of criminal inclinations controlling football clubs.
Yesterday, Fans Against Criminalisation (FAC) continued their campaign against the truly dreadful law instigated by former First Minister Alex Salmond. Despite a litany of failed convictions and representation from within football and the wider community, the Scottish Government have refused all requests to repeal the three-year-old law.
You can register your voice against this law by petitioning the Scottish Government to Repeal the Offensive Behaviour’ Act by signing this online petition. It is a outrageous, politically motivated, law, designed to “equalise” the law-abiding (that’s you) with actual criminals.
Don’t get me started!
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I’d also say mara had better team players to work with
Javier Mascherano was Argentina’s best player at the tournament, not Messi.
Messi was garage at the World Cup in South Africa.
Brilliant footballer, but he’s no Maradona.
HH.
Agree he’s no maradona, he’s fitter faster and better and without performance enhancing drugs
The big difference being his form was honest
One major difference between Maradona and Messi.
I don’t recall Messi being kicked all over the park by just about every opponent he came up against.
Maradona took a helluva lot of treatment, both on and off the park, during his career.
Messi has a substantially better support network.
Messi is a better team player. But Maradona was a one man team.
Rather than take drugs he works through his dips in form
That Argentina squad was very decent.
Maradona was surrounded by average to mediocre footballers in 86.
He more or less won the thing by himself.
Did the same at Barcelona and again with Napoli.
HH.
Mea Culpa,
You need to watch some of the earlier footage of Messi he was constantly the victim of major assaults, he got wise and adjusted his game to beat the cluggers
The drugs worked a treat for maradona
Nonsense.
Maradona didn’t start taking drugs until the late 80’s/early 90’s.
Cocaine allegedly.
Hardly a performance enhancing substance. Probably had a negative impact on his football if anything.
HH.
Maradona’s achievements at Napoli were incredible. for a team who had never won the League to do so twice, and also have success in Europe was some feat, given the opposition. Definitely the best ever for me
HH
I’ve seen Messi play more times in a month for his club than I saw Maradona in his career.
mea culpa
08:24 on 7 May, 2015
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Perfectly summarised.
HH.
twentyfirstofmaynineteenseventynine
08:30 on 7 May, 2015
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I agree.
HH.
“Did the same at Barcelona”
16 roads,
I don’t think Barca won la liga when he was there.
HH
Anyone who says Messi is not the best player of all times, is Brasilian or has no TV set in his house.
Naw he was caught then and only the naive would believe he had only started taking drugs just before he go caught
Remind us why he got sent home from the USA ?
It wasn’t cocaine
Anyone who on his birth day stayed in a hospital and did not go to Celtic game, did not speak to Jinky after the game what Paul67 did, is not true Celtic supporter.
geordie munro
08:37 on 7 May, 2015
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Probably because he was kicked stupid in Spain.
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“Even if I played for a million years, I’d never come close to Maradona. Not that I’d want to anyway. He’s the greatest there’s ever been.”
Lionel Messi.
HH.
Messi is the greatest there is and will become the greatest there has ever been, there compromise :)
canamalar
08:40 on 7 May, 2015
Remind us why he got sent home from the USA ?
It wasn’t cocaine
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Acid?
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Performance enhancement
Wonder how long he’d been taking them, by your logic probably only took them for the first time and was unlucky eh :) aye ding
16 roads,
Ok. Apart from him being a bit insincere now and then, He’s still the best :)
Whilst on the `greatest ever` debate. Who do posters think was the most overrated? I thought George Best was very good but I only remember a very short spell where he might have been considered great. He thought he was the best in the world , though, because a very polite Pele said he ( Best) was ! Never a candidate for world`s best for me, though.
JJ
Zbyszek
08:41 on
7 May, 2015
Very good 0:-))
JJ
I have always thought Maradona as the greatest player I’ve ever saw, however I’m now beginning to change that view to Messi.
Anyroadup business meeting in boozers the best venue
Daniel Fergus McGrain best player
Very closely followed by Paul McStay
Messi might make the top 5, will need to think about that :-)
Hail Hail
geordie munro
08:48 on 7 May, 2015
16 roads,
Ok. Apart from him being a bit insincere now and then, He’s still the best :)
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Fair enough.
I hope that Juventus win the CL anyway.
HH.
Cowiebhoy
Fair point :)
Hail Hail timland
canamalar
I’m not convinced Messi is getting into top 5 yet
Still got Henrik, Jinky, Lubo, Connolly, Auld and many many more
Celtic
If Maradona took performance enhancing drugs then he’s a cheat and no different to Ben Jonson or Lance Armstrong.
Grumpy, nippy replies, meetings in the boozer…
Canamalar, Are you Kenny Dalglish :)
Well Messi in the top 3 alongside Pele and Maradona .
Then comes a clutch of elite super world-class stars such as Cryuff , Beckenbaur, Gullit, Zidane ,Platini ,Eusabio ,Garrincha etc.
I dont think any player from these islands quite makes into this illustrious company.
Jinky ,Law , Best ,Gazza etc were football genius but not quite consistant enough.
JJ,
Interesting. There are many players who have played great for a short time and many players who have been world greats but struggled to get even near a world cup or a top 5 ever.
It’s all subjective and relative to your preferences and era I spose.
HH
Pele was the best ever,closely followed by the brilliant Gianni Rivera.