Sunday 7 August 2016

Rangers’ Dave King attacks Mike Ashley for quitting club’s retail firm

• Ibrox chairman Dave King accuses Ashley of ill-timed departure from board
• ‘He failed miserably and he has cut and run,’ says King of Newcastle owner

Dave King, the Rangers chairman, has taken a swipe at Mike Ashley by insisting the Sports Direct tycoon “cut and ran” from the board of a club retail company “when the going got tough”.

Rangers and Ashley have been involved in long-running legal wrangling relating to Sports Direct’s hold over the Scottish club’s retail operation. The joint venture company has been administered through a separate firm, Rangers Retail Limited, from which Ashley stepped down in June.

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