Ex-Rangers chairman Dave King has tipped the Gers to leave Old Firm rivals Celtic in their wake and rake in over £70m of difference that will put distance between the sides.
The ex-Gers supremo helped salvage the iconic football club from the hands of investors who didn’t quite have the best interests of the Gers at heart.
King stood as the most prominent face in a group of investors who have now helped to steer the good ship Rangers back on course with the club now sailing out beyond Scottish football’s horizons.
It’s been a long path, but King believes that these moments are crucial for a Rangers side who’re threatening to leave Celtic behind.
“This could be a pivotal period in Rangers’ history because they have the chance of another title and two Champions League qualifications which will bring in potentially £60-£70million,” explains King [Rangers Connection Podcast].
“That money will go straight back into the team because you have shareholders who don’t take dividends.
“So, if you are able to win the league then you know from mid-May that you’re straight into the group phase and you can take your team to the next level.
“If you look across the road there is that level of instability. We had it for different reasons. We had it on the back of failure, they’ve got it, I guess, on the back of success.
“When you’ve got a new manager coming into a new environment with probably not a lot of team recognition or player recognition, you’ve got changes to the executive structure, is there a director of football coming or not?
“It takes a long time for these things to work. Even if you pick the best team, it can never gel immediately.
“So that period of transition, it transfers onto supporters and the team.
“Rangers, on the other hand, are so settled. They’ve got the right team with the vision and the strategies. So, I think Rangers are in a very good place.”
King was also left surprised by the “remarkable” collapse of Rangers’ Celtic counterparts who were trying to create their own history.
The South Africa-based businessman is amazed at just how the distance between the Gers and their age-old rivals got to be quite such a chasm as he talked up the “ease” with which the title was won.
“When I look back now after the raw emotion of winning at the time, it is the relative ease with which it was won both in terms of the gap they ended up with and also setting records along the way it really is quite extraordinary,” said King.
“I felt we could win the league against a very strong Celtic team who had such motivation to go down in history as the team that won 10 in a row.
“I felt we would be competitive but to be so dominant and put such distance between us and Celtic, it really is remarkable.”
Rangers chairman Dave King was also mentioning the future of an in-demand Rangers star – but that doesn’t appear to have stopped a Euro club from being linked.
