The Warm Up: Les Allan the dealmaker behind the Rangers takeover by 49er Enterprises

In a special edition of the Warm-Up, Gordon Duncan and Steven Naismith are joined by Scottish Football deal-maker, Les Allan as he explains his role in the ongoing Rangers takeover by Andrew Cavanagh and the 49ers.

Les explains the how, they why and gives exclusive insight into what Rangers fans can expect from the takeover, how he brought the groups together, and what it means for all of Scottish football.

The full episode is available on the Warm-Up YouTube channel and can be found here.

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‘Ground-breaking for Scottish football’.

“In the last few months, he (Andrew Cavanagh) teamed up with the 49ers and that changes the game a little bit when you’re starting to work with an organisation quite as established and at the very top table of the top sports in the world with the top commercial relationships.”

What can Rangers fans expect?

“Can Rangers and Scottish football expect to see an uplift in the overall commercial profile of Rangers and the rest of Scottish football? Yeah. They own very serious professional sporting assets, when you look at how they run those assets, you’re looking at a high degree of professionalism, top tier, top table commercial relationships and sporting acumen, that’s what I’d expect to see.”

“Investors, whether they’re billionaires or not, want to have fun too.”

“Rangers fans should be super excited, but as Scottish football fans; you’ve got to think, that’s going to draw the eyes and the attention of other American sports owners at that level, and that’s what’s happened over a period with the premier league in England is that suddenly, you’re in that room.”

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