The excitement of Rangers first win under Barry Ferguson has taken the limelight away from a couple of developments regarding the potential takeover.
A deal with the San Francisco 49ers is said to be agreed with the Ibrox outfit now having to play the waiting game over a couple of red tape issues to do with dual ownership.
As a founding member of the Champions League and a former major player in European football, are Rangers about to become nothing more than a feeder club for Leeds United?
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Paraag Marathe clarifies Rangers feeder club stance
Whilst Rangers have access to the Champions League, this is nothing compared to what Leeds can make by finishing last in the Premier League.
In terms of player recruitment, they also have a distinct advantage.
According to Paraag Marathe, the face of the proposed takeover, and chairman of Leeds, the Light Blues aren’t about to be second in the food chain:
“Multi-club from the standpoint of a hierarchy – that’s not really how we’re looking at it. We’re looking at it as almost standalone, Marathe said at the Financial Times’ Business of Football conference via City AM.
“Leeds United stands alone and if we were to pursue another club, that club would stand alone. Are there benefits to having leadership and ownership of multiple clubs?
“Absolutely, with what you could share and do on the commercial side, even sometimes on the sporting side.
“But we don’t really look at it and we haven’t contemplated it as one club as a feeder club to another. Each club deserves all of our attention and effort.”
What are Rangers going to get out of takeover deal
Finance expert Adam Williams told Rangers News that the commercial side of the deal is where most benefits could be felt by a club restricted by a paltry SPFL TV contract.
The 49ers Enterprises group would be bringing exactly the sort of expertise that has been missing in terms of running an elite level sporting organisation.
The current board members and investors all have the club’s best interests at heart and are clearly successful businessmen, however, they have taken Rangers as far as they can.
What Marathe is saying should excite fans, having the support of a $9bn sports franchise is exactly what is needed when the building blocks are already in place for progress to be made.
