‘Kept an eye on them’ – US-based Rangers legend offers unique perspective on San Francisco 49ers takeover bid

February 21, 2025 sportnet247 football 0

 

‘Kept an eye on them’ – US-based Rangers legend offers unique perspective on San Francisco 49ers takeover bid

When Rangers were sold by a United States-based businessman in the late 1980s, it might reasonably be described as the most significant event in the Ibrox club’s history to date. Can a takeover by an investment wing of an American football team have a similar impact?

Rangers fans will firmly hope this proposed link up with San Francisco 49ers can trigger a much needed trophy spurt. But they will also pray that any new era avoids the boom and bust pattern of David Murray’s tenure. The steel magnate bought Rangers from Lawrence Marlbrough, whose relocation to Nevada from Scotland meant he felt unable to continue running a club with links to his family that dated back to the 1940s.

Murray became owner in 1988, initially with great success. However, cavalier spending combined with a ruinous disguised remuneration tax avoidance scheme combined to turn the Ibrox club into a financial basket case. Now, 13 years after that implosion, they are still trying to find a way out of the mess created, hence the Ibrox nation turning their lonely eyes to the west coast of America.

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