sillybilly 151 Posted February 24, 2012 Share Posted February 24, 2012 According to stv, ellis admits to being duped by Craig whyte, says sorry to the rangers fans for bringing him to the table, saying he had been told that whyte had money.Man, even his own men are having a go at him. He will know him better than most Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
reddrock 107 Posted February 24, 2012 Share Posted February 24, 2012 According to stv, ellis admits to being duped by Craig whyte, says sorry to the rangers fans for bringing him to the table, saying he had been told that whyte had money.Man, even his own men are having a go at him. He will know him better than mostThis from the man that near bust Norhampton town , feckin laughable lets all cover our arses , Ellis is supposed to be a business man and would have had access to the same personal and company checks on Whyte that the rangers board had . Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeeWallaceRFC 3,920 Posted February 24, 2012 Share Posted February 24, 2012 http://www.sportinglife.com/football/news/story_get.cgi?STORY_NAME=soccer/12/02/24/SOCCER_Rangers_Ellis.html&BID=165Rangers director Andrew Ellis has apologised to beleaguered Light Blues fans for his part in bringing Craig Whyte to Ibrox - and claims he was also "duped" by the under-fire Gers chairman.London-based businessman Ellis introduced Whyte to former Rangers owner Sir David Murray in November 2010, after his own bid to buy the club had come to nothing and on Friday he told Press Association Sport: "I'm sorry."Murray sold his majority shareholding in the Scottish champions to the Motherwell-born venture capitalist for £1 last May but the club is now battling for its existence after being forced to call in the administrators Duff and Phelps last week over an unpaid tax bill of £9million accrued since Whyte's takeover.Rangers were deducted 10 points by the Scottish Premier League and are still awaiting the verdict from a tax tribunal regarding the use of Employee Benefit Trusts(EBTs) during Murray's reign which could cost the club £49million.While the administrators try to untangle the financial mess at Ibrox, the Scottish Football Association have appointed Lord William Nimmo Smith to chair their inquiry into recent activities at the club.On Thursday, Rangers' director of football, Gordon Smith, and chief operating officer, Ali Russell, agreed to leave the club at the end of the month in a cost-cutting measure while Strathclyde Police have taken receipt of a dossier pertaining to Whyte's takeover from the administrators.In his first interview since joining the Ibrox board as a non-executive director, in January, Ellis said: "I can only say I'm sorry to the Rangers fans."Bringing Craig to the table was done in good faith and like a lot of other people I feel let down by him."I took Craig to meet Sir David Murray in the south of France and that's when talks began and I'm distraught that it has ended up like this."My interest in buying the club had ended due to the potential cost of the impending tax case but I had met Craig via the Cadbury family and was told by people that he was a very successful and wealthy businessman who was interested in buying Rangers."He appeared to have the money, he showed me proof of funds and told me about the numerous companies he owned."I was absolutely devastated last week to see the club go into administration with jobs at risk."I am very disappointed that Gordon, a good Rangers man, with his experience, will no longer be working at Rangers and I wish Ali every success for the future."But it could have been avoided."I believe that if a sensible deal could have been done with HMRC there was no need for the club to go into administration."Ellis insists he was unaware that Whyte had used money from the sale of future season tickets to buy Rangers.Whyte had stressed on January 31 that claims he had used cash from London firm Ticketus, reportedly £24million, to fund his takeover were not true.However, he was forced to backtrack last week after the club's administrators confirmed that money from the deal had been used by the Rangers chairman to pay the club's £18million debt to Lloyds Banking Group when he completed his takeover, and that they were looking for the rest of that cash injection.Ellis, a former board member of QPR and who once led a takeover of Northampton Town, said: "I was totally unaware of the Ticketus situation and when I asked Craig about it he denied it."Like all the Rangers fans I feel duped but not only about that."Craig and I shook hands on a deal that would see me getting 24.9% of the shares after his takeover."I was to have a contract to come up to Scotland and run the club and my team were going to be Ali Russell and Gordon Smith."I knew Ali from his time at QPR and had met Gordon through Jim White of Sky Sports."Both Ali and Gordon joined the club before me."After Craig took over he didn't want to honour our agreement and I had to chase him around for months."He has been trying agree a new deal with my shareholding much less but that still has not been completed and I have now handed my files over to my solicitor."But it wasn't the shareholding that I was interested in, nor was it the property angle."I joined the board because I was interested in the challenge and opportunity of getting such a huge club back on track."Rangers is one of the biggest clubs in the world but I think the marketing of the club over the last 10 years has been appalling."I wanted to sort out the academy, but also try to break into the overseas market and take Rangers abroad."I have read some negative things about my time at Northampton Town and QPR but thepeople I put in at Northampton are still there running the club and QPR are talking about moving to a new stadium - something I was talking about 10 years ago because 18,000 seats is not financially sustainable in the Premier League."It was a massive opportunity to turn Rangers round and I still think that."I am not stepping down until I find out the full situation with the administrators."I am taking legal instruction as what to do next."When asked about Ellis's claim that he had been promised almost 25% of the shares, Whyte told Press Association Sport: "I am not going to comment on that".Whyte claims that Ellis was aware of his funding plans for the club but "perhaps not the details of it". 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TheLawMan 6,240 Posted February 24, 2012 Share Posted February 24, 2012 Ellis......he's got a cheek. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carsons Dog 9,878 Posted February 24, 2012 Share Posted February 24, 2012 Whyte really is a man with no allies Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdocherty72 215 Posted February 24, 2012 Share Posted February 24, 2012 Craig Whyte IMO is public enemy #1. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
simplythebestest 2,148 Posted February 24, 2012 Share Posted February 24, 2012 When I read the title of the thread, without thinking I immediately said "Fuck off Ellis" in my head.Any money you all did the same! Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bothwellbear 1,392 Posted February 24, 2012 Share Posted February 24, 2012 Quite intersesting read. I have to say this though.... Craig Whyte must be absolutely mental...How in the hell did he think that he was going to get away with any of this...crazy. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
WilliamMunny 3,252 Posted February 24, 2012 Share Posted February 24, 2012 Whyte has no shame Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BRITNEY IS NOT FEELING IT 8,293 Posted February 24, 2012 Share Posted February 24, 2012 So he's not stepping down and also got his legal team involved , and will he be looking for his % in the club that was promised to him by cw . your words are falling on deaf ears mr ellis , now sling your hook Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
GIJoe 98 Posted February 24, 2012 Share Posted February 24, 2012 Sounds like somebody trying to cover his own arse. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
simplythebestest 2,148 Posted February 24, 2012 Share Posted February 24, 2012 He's definitely trying to get in our good books - makes me concerned that he plans to be involved in the future. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheLawMan 6,240 Posted February 24, 2012 Share Posted February 24, 2012 He's definitely trying to get in our good books - makes me concerned that he plans to be involved in the future.He wouldnt stand a chance. Another chancer like Whyte Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Right_To_Censor 1,951 Posted February 24, 2012 Share Posted February 24, 2012 SOMEBODY STICK A FUCKING BULLET IN WHYTES FUCKING DOME Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
dan_ger 1,454 Posted February 24, 2012 Share Posted February 24, 2012 So he's not stepping down and also got his legal team involved , and will he be looking for his % in the club that was promised to him by cw . your words are falling on deaf ears mr ellis , now sling your hookI'm not too sure if that is what he is saying. If they did not come to an agreement on the share holding and no shares were transferred then he has no issue with the club. He may however take issue with Whyte. There may have been something in the agreement that CW made with DM. This sounds like lots of people could go after Whyte personally. Dead man walking. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BRITNEY IS NOT FEELING IT 8,293 Posted February 24, 2012 Share Posted February 24, 2012 I'm not too sure if that is what he is saying. If they did not come to an agreement on the share holding and no shares were transferred then he has no issue with the club. He may however take issue with Whyte. There may have been something in the agreement that CW made with DM. This sounds like lots of people could go after Whyte personally. Dead man walking. Think he wont want to leave incase he still has a chance of a few quid , opportunist / money grabber . Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
southcoastbear 1,639 Posted February 24, 2012 Share Posted February 24, 2012 25 percent of rangers for an introduction what planet is he on. Besides which any deal was with whyte and it's looking as if Dave king is going to kick that one to bits, after all he paid for his shares with his own money.If ticketus deal were to hold up surely that would make season ticket holders majority shareholders. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gaffbear 4,101 Posted February 24, 2012 Share Posted February 24, 2012 A few contracts maybe being signed if they don't disappear Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
reddrock 107 Posted February 24, 2012 Share Posted February 24, 2012 Whyte really is a man with no alliesHe is no that well liked Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
theweebluenose 4,332 Posted February 24, 2012 Share Posted February 24, 2012 He's definitely trying to get in our good books - makes me concerned that he plans to be involved in the future.What I was about to post, my heids thumping. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
novosleftboot 6,288 Posted February 24, 2012 Share Posted February 24, 2012 When I read the title of the thread, without thinking I immediately said "Fuck off Ellis" in my head.Any money you all did the same! Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
caseyjones 3,009 Posted February 24, 2012 Share Posted February 24, 2012 Whyte really is a man with no alliesHe's still got VB and the booler. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
disgruntled_bear 157 Posted February 24, 2012 Share Posted February 24, 2012 A paper apology to try and put him in our good books, do the decent thing Ellis and resign. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
caseyjones 3,009 Posted February 24, 2012 Share Posted February 24, 2012 Ellis can fuck off too. He's trying to say that Whyte reneged on their deal months ago, but expects us to believe that he simply took a denial at face value when he asked Whyte about the Ticketus deal.No chance. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
gunslinger 270 Posted February 24, 2012 Share Posted February 24, 2012 Ellis......he's got a cheek. a defence favoured by spivs everywhere. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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