No issue with Ibrox board, insists King

DAVE KING reckons Rangers manager Steven Gerrard is content with the financial backing that he has had from the Ibrox board on the back of their Premiership title success.

Gerrard – who last month claimed the champions “haven’t spent a penny” in the last two transfer windows – appeared to voice his frustration with Rangers’ strategy in the aftermath of the defeat to Sparta Prague as he claimed “big money” had to be invested to compete at European level.

Rangers added John Lundstram, Fashion Sakala, Nnamdi Ofoborh and Juninho Bacuna to their squad in the summer and face a must-win game against Brondby in the Europa League on Thursday night.

Former Ibrox chairman King was asked about Gerrard’s stance at a meeting of Club 1872 members and insists the 41-year-old continues to be grateful for the support he has received. King said: “I wasn’t aware of Steven’s comment in that regard and I am a little surprised by it. I think obviously context of the comment would perhaps make a difference.

“If I could perhaps put it this way, that I think Steven is already on record, certainly in discussions I have had with him and comments I have seen him make in the media subsequently, in having pretty much unstinting praise for the support that he has had from the board.

“I think that question might be related more to Europe and it is really positioning the club and saying that without heavy expenses in a transfer window it is going to be difficult to make progress in Europe. I think particularly if there were