Whyte

By FOS Editor
August 4 2011

Following last night’s defeat in the Champions League Qualifier new owner Craig Whyte issued a bullish statement on the future – but only deeds will tell.

"Rest assured, new faces will be arriving at Ibrox," Whyte said in a club website statement.

"Ally and I sat together on the plane home and had a positive discussion about our signing plans.

"We have already recruited three new players and also secured key existing players on long-term contracts."

He then went on to say, "I fully understand the fans' frustration at the transfer speculation we have seen in recent weeks.

"Ally himself has said publicly that we are a good side that only recently won the league championship.

"Yes, we want to see new faces, but we all believed we should have been strong enough over two legs againstMalmo.

"Our efforts to sign players have not been helped by the fact we were trying to do business early in the transfer window.

"Selling clubs, particularly inEngland, were in no rush to make final decisions on their players.

"If anyone looks at when this club's transfer business has really been done in the last few years, it is towards the end of the window, either in mid to late August or late January.

"That said, we have move on and we will go forward working together as a club determined to build on our success of recent seasons."

This all sounds a bit lame to me, given they have made derisory offers for a number of players to date. This would be a more relevant statement if Rangers had already showed they were willing to deal properly with other clubs in the transfer market.

The statement looks as though this is something that has been put out to try to appease the fans after a disappointing defeat and deflect from that defeat.

They may well also have tied up three or four players on long term deals, but one of them helped cost them the tie last night when Steven Whittaker was sent off.

They also look like losing one of their best players with Madjid Bougherra looking as though he will be heading toQatarin the coming days.

Whyte now has to deliver on the words and show he is serious and has the ambition and cash to match them.