Who is craig whyte billionaire

CW: I was stunned at that. I remember picking up the paper down at Victoria Station and I was amazed that I had been called a billionaire. It was only later on that day that I found out the story of what actually happened from the PR guys. But I was as surprised as anybody else. Q: So what had happened? Of course, managing the assets isn't the same as owning the assets. It's completely different. There was no question of me saying I was a billionaire, I never said that. That was just tabloid nonsense.

Q: When you came into Rangers, the famous line put about by Sir David Murray is that he was "duped" by yourself. Was he? CW: I think it's more like the other way around. There were a lot of things that he didn't disclose to me so he certainly wasn't duped, and that was proved during the trial in Q: Now, the trial in , arrested and accused of fraud, and then acquitted, if you did nothing wrong in the eyes of the law, who was to blame for the entire Rangers fiasco?

CW: I think it's pretty obvious with the benefit of hindsight that they should never have entered into the EBT tax scheme. That was what was to blame, and the board that were around from the early s up until kept it going. But they could've stopped it at any time when the liability was still manageable. They could've stopped buying players and could've done a multitude of things to resolve it long before I came along. Q: Apart from that legendary pound, did you put any money into Rangers?

CW: Yes I did. And they subsequently recovered seven-figure sums from me on that. I've probably put as much into Rangers as almost anybody else. Q: Was there actually a pound? Did a pound transact? CW: I'm told that it did. I personally don't remember it but I'm told that somebody flipped a pound over the table. But it didn't come from me.

Q: Craig, I want to go back to your early days as a young man. Were you a Rangers fan and did you regularly either go to the games or support the club? CW: I had a period of time where I went to the games when I was at school in Glasgow and after school - probably from about the ages of 16 to early 20s I went to the games. Q: Do you look for their results now? Do you still care, is there an emotional attachment or not?

CW: No, I don't live in Scotland. I never look at the Scottish football results. I'm in London a lot of the time. Q: There's always been a suggestion that your life was at risk, that there had been death threats. Genuinely, do you feel under pressure over the events that led to Rangers going bust? CW: No, I've never felt any physical threat to me. I've walked about Glasgow and never had a problem.

I still do it when I come to Scotland; I walk around Glasgow city centre and most the people I encounter are good natured. Q: Who was your favourite Rangers player? That was probably my favourite all-time player as someone who grew up in the 80s.

Q: When did you realise it was doomed? CW: You always have hope until the very end but I think there are several events that you say, well, this is going to be a problem. No matter if you win the first tribunal we're going to keep appealing until we win. Q: What would you say to the Rangers fans listening right now?

CW: I'd say that, if they want to know what really happened, from the guy who was there in the middle of it all, they should read it and find out for themselves what happened. I don't think I've got much to apologise for. Q: What would you say to Sir David Murray? CW: I've got nothing to say to David Murray.

Q: Have you spoken to him since this whole business? CW: I haven't spoken to him. Rangers Football Club — Pour les articles homonymes, voir Rangers. For the St. Craig Whyte. Daily Record. Evening Times. The Herald.

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