The American consortium planning a Hollywood style buyout of Rangers was officially given the red carpet treatment at last month’s Europa League showdown with Manchester United.
The Daily Record can reveal San Francisco 49ers big hitter Paraag Marathe was one of a group of VIPs from the States invited to attend the Battle of Britain showdown by the same Ibrox board they are attempting to take over.
And the fact that the red carpet was rolled out for Marathe and his men is the clearest indication yet of the strength of the willingness of the current crisis-hit regime to hand over power.
Our bombshell exclusive on Wednesday broke the news that a multi-million pound US-led bid was being financially backed by Marathe and the NFL giants and had entered into advanced stages.
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