Jim Goodwin, the manager of fellow Premiership club St Mirren, has had his say after Rangers players were allegedly involved in a breach of Covid regulations [Glasgow Times].
The club confirmed they would be investigating after ten penalty notices were issued at an address in Glasgow over the weekend, with the news angering Gers supporters.
On Monday, First Minister Nicola Sturgeon weighed in on the issue, while a Green Party MSP called for season-ending bans for any players found guilty of deliberately breaching the rules.
Now, Goodwin has addressed the matter and has predicted that Rangers and the SFA won’t hold back in terms of punishments.
“It’s really disappointing to hear what’s gone on over the weekend with the Rangers players,” he said [Glasgow Times]. “I don’t hold Steven Gerrard or Rangers Football Club responsible for this. The players who are involved in it need to take full accountability for their actions.”
“No doubt Rangers will punish them financially and take as much money off them as possible. And no doubt the SFA and SPFL will step in and dish out the suspensions required.
“The last thing any of us want is the government stepping in and cancelling football. That’s not good for any of us. We’ve come through a hell of a lot together in terms of the challenges and the difficulties we have all faced and we all want to get the season finished. Unfortunately, like in any society, there are one or two individuals who let you down and that’s what’s happened again on this occasion.”
George Edmundson and Jordan Jones were both suspended by the Gers pending an investigation and later charged by the SFA and handed seven-match bans for knowingly breaching restrictions in November.
That incident may well have cost them their futures at Rangers, with both players subsequently sent out on loan to English clubs in the winter transfer window.
Any players found to have done the same over the weekend have left themselves open to similar punishments, with the powers that be at Ibrox no doubt angered by the considerable negative publicity the incident has generated.
Meanwhile, a player regularly praised by Steven Gerrard looks likely to leave Rangers this summer.
