I would imagine his involvement would be to take over as manager OR Muir is using him in a consultancy role to tell him the state of the club on the pitch.
This is from the FT and shows he has a track record in business of turning businesses round. Good article, and he seems to talk sense. But do normal business rules apply when talking about a football club? It takes blind faith to invest enough to get a club to the Premier League, rather than a sound business plan, doesn't it?
Donald Muir wont be pumping lots of money in. He's usually the person that gets businesses on an even keel and curtails purse strings in order to achieve that.
It may be a case of better the devil you know for this one.
Donald Muir wont be pumping lots of money in. He's usually the person that gets businesses on an even keel and curtails purse strings in order to achieve that.
It may be a case of better the devil you know for this one.
If only other owners of football clubs were to have this goal. ;-)
Donald Muir wont be pumping lots of money in. He's usually the person that gets businesses on an even keel and curtails purse strings in order to achieve that.
It may be a case of better the devil you know for this one.
If only other owners of football clubs were to have this goal. ;-)
Profit making is a very capitalistic venture and is extremely overrated
Interesting that McLeish is still referred to as ex Ranger's despite managing south of the border, yet Martin O'Neil is always referred to as ex Leicester.
A mate of mine is a retired City type who is Celtic through and through and was part of the team which helped to expose the Rangers financial irregularities. (Great way for a fan to actively damage your rivals :-) ) Just asked him what he knows about Donald Muir (with McLeish), here is his answer:
Both are same age, come from Barrhead, went to the same school, played football together. Donald is a highly competent qualified accountant, not sure if he is chartered or certified, but he was brought in by lloyds to sort out the shambles at rangers and did a great job. He got debts down and costs under control. He is a good businessman who lived in Canada for a number of years. He is a good guy, was a goalkeeper and I played football with him. A shrewd businessman who is not scared to take tough decisions.
I wouldn't read too much into Ranger's fans bile for Muir. They would obviously hate anyone putting the brakes on their out-of-control spending and trying to stop the club teetering over the brink, going into Administration and being relegated several divisions. Shame he's not still involved with the Gers because they are heading back for more of the same due to poor financial management.
I wouldn't read too much into Ranger's fans bile for Muir. They would obviously hate anyone putting the brakes on their out-of-control spending and trying to stop the club teetering over the brink, going into Administration and being relegated several divisions. Shame he's not still involved with the Gers because they are heading back for more of the same due to poor financial management.
I saw a comment on twitter and jumped the gun in thinking another bunch of arseholes were on their way into the club.
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This is from the FT and shows he has a track record in business of turning businesses round.
Good article, and he seems to talk sense. But do normal business rules apply when talking about a football club? It takes blind faith to invest enough to get a club to the Premier League, rather than a sound business plan, doesn't it?
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It may be a case of better the devil you know for this one.
McLeish was always shit in the air. Don't expect this to get very far.
I thought he worked for Lloyds bank who were a major creditor and demanded that he was put on the board mm
I believe he reduced the debt from £33M to £18M, when Lloyds removed themselves from the club.
Both are same age, come from Barrhead, went to the same school, played football together.
Donald is a highly competent qualified accountant, not sure if he is chartered or certified, but he was brought in by lloyds to sort out the shambles at rangers and did a great job. He got debts down and costs under control.
He is a good businessman who lived in Canada for a number of years. He is a good guy, was a goalkeeper and I played football with him.
A shrewd businessman who is not scared to take tough decisions.
Nothing has happened yet..so we'll wait and see.