King Steps Up Rangers Campaign

Photo by Jeff Holmes Dave King has warned Rangers chairman David Somers and the rest of his board their days at Ibrox are numbered. The former oldco director has called a general meeting with the aim of ousting the current directors from their positions. Somers has until Friday to confirm the shareholder session and it must then take place within three weeks of that date - making February 27 the deadline day. Multi-millionaire businessman King has flown in from South Africa to put the finishing touches on his bid to take control, and insists he is "very confident" he will get at least 51 per cent of the vote. Now the Castlemilk-born supporter - who will also ask shareholders to vote himself, former Blue Knight Paul Murray and ex-brewery boss John Gilligan onto the board - has claimed Somers, James Easdale, Derek Llambias and Barry Leach should prepare themselves for defeat. King said: "We should be 23 days away (from clinching victory). The meeting should be called on Friday if the board takes the maximum time possible. "I've had no indication from the board there is any difficulty with the requisition. They have had three weeks to look at it, so I'm assuming if they call the meeting on Friday and if it runs in 21 days then I will be back here in three weeks' time. "We will have the meeting and then immediately have a new board. "Then we will go to work on the business of the club." But King, who lost £20million when Rangers were liquidated, hinted he may be willing to work with Mike Ashley. The Newcastle United owner and Sports Direct founder has lent the Glasgow giants £10million and tightened his grasp on the club's commercial division. King said: "I think he can be (an asset for Rangers). He's obviously a very wealthy guy and has shown a capacity to put money into the football club. He has a business which is closely aligned to the activities of the football club. "If there was a way to work with him to create value and that value was appropriately shared between the football club and Sports Direct then I wouldn't see any difficulty with that."