The South Africa-based business man has launched a bid for a sensational Ibrox return
The Ibrox club have boasted of that global status with branding around the stadium but their arch-rivals drew level with the rivals last season on 118 major trophies and are one short of equalling their world record 55 haul for domestic league titles.
He said: “I have the utmost respect for Graeme and he knows a lot more about football than me but there is a very significant gap on and off the pitch between us and Celtic. My fear, longer term as a fan, isn’t about stopping 10-in-a-row which was my previous target. One thing we do hang onto is we are still the most successful club in the world and if we slip too long we might lose that as well.
"All of the things we were very careful with have just been abandoned - managers allowed to do their own thing with no oversight from the board. The limited resources we had in competing with our neighbours had to be applied very smartly. We did the opposite - we’ve actually wasted money. He said: “It won’t be comfortable for some who are in place right now. Some of the incumbents wouldn’t like it. They know how I work. I’m quite direct and expect results quickly and people to put their shoulder to the wheel. I can imagine some within the club might be more comfortable but I am the largest shareholder so have an economic interest to get things right and secondly at least I have a track record.
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