Seen as the end game for Ashley via brand exposure and the cure for the financial shortfall for the club.The hurdle is not simply assembling a team to pip Celtic for the sole spot available to Scottish sides.
Rangers will be unseeded in all European qualifying matches be they Champions or Europa League played for multiple seasons, the number of seasons such is the case will depend on how far they are able to go each time they manage to qualify.
If Ashley's motivation is such then he is in it for the long haul, whether that is good or bad is for the Rangers fans to decide and also puts a few holes in the strategies put forward at times from the board.
Even while being seeded every time it is plain to see from Celtics campaigns of late there are few if any gimmie games left in UEFA competition.
Ashley,Rangers and Champions League
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comment by Curly - 55 May be more than 45 but 20 is far better than 80 (U1103)
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And your point is?
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Ashley is pissssinnngg over rangers.
Yeah baby
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Actually just a one fits all answer to common thoughts put forwrd on a number of articles on here I had read this am my time.
Most had gone off on a tangent as they do so not much point posting to any of them.
Regards Ashley if I had to guess I would say he is primarily just in it for the money and if European exposure comes along then its a bonus.
Also the bit that struck me regards the conversations about the terms of his new loan deal makes you realise just how sharp this guy is. He has SD loan the club money on condition they pay him (MASH) back. This after he had just cashed in by selling of a percentage of his SD interests. Looking at how things have panned out in the context of it being a battle between him and King looking at how each has manouvered had it being a boxing match it would be Ashley by unanimous decision if not already a KO.
Honestly if how King has gone about things is an indication of his business skill then it must have benn fecking easy to become a billionaire in SA