Ibrox club Glasgow Rangers are way behind Old Firm rivals Celtic, while Newcastle United are going strong in the Championship.
Former Celtic winger David Provan has suggested in The Scottish Sun that Rangers should have accepted the help from Newcastle United owner Mike Ashley.
The former Scotland international believes that the Scottish Premiership club would have benefitted had the Newcastle owner been in charge.
“From the moment Sir David Murray sold the jerseys to Craig Whyte, Rangers have followed one blunder with another,” Provan wrote in The Scottish Sun. “But the daddy of them all has to be the decision to go to war with Mike Ashley.
“The Sports Direct tycoon could have solved Gers financial problems overnight. Instead, it’s taking donations to keep the Ibrox lights on.
“Rangers should have rolled the red Axminster down the marble staircase for the London billionaire. Instead, they p****d off the one guy with the money to give Celtic a run for theirs.”
Rangers are playing in the Scottish Premiership this season after winning automatic promotion from the Scottish Championship at the end of the 2015-16 campaign.
The Gers are unlikely catch Old Firm rivals Celtic at the top of the league table, but they are very much in the running for the runners-up spot.
The Glasgow giants are also looking for a new manager following the departure of Mark Warburton last week. The Englishman guided Rangers to promotion to the Scottish top flight at the end of last season.
Meanwhile, Newcastle are at the top of the Championship table at the moment with 65 points from 30 matches.
Rafael Benitez’s side, who got relegated from the Premier League at the end of the season. are a point above second-placed Brighton & Hove Albion.
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