Finance Expert: Rangers cannot avoid extra cost as they get ready to absorb VAR bill
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Dan Plumley has insisted that Rangers absorbing a large chunk of the new VAR bill from the SPFL will not become a “huge factor.”
The Finance Expert admitted that the Bears are in a better position than most to pay their section of the cost, even if they wouldn’t like to at Ibrox.
It was reported by the Daily Mail that the total bill will be £1.2million each season split between 12 clubs on a merit-based system, with the runners-up paying £140,234.
“That element of luck isn’t there that VAR is trying to remove,” he exclusively told Ibrox News.
“We understand some of the challenges and why it is there, so that is another debate. On a financial level, you have to cost implications of doing it, clubs would like to avoid extra costs where they can but if this is something you cannot avoid then you have to deal with that.
“Again, from a Rangers’ point of view, we’ve spoken about their insulation of stuff at Scottish football level, this again holds true here, for Rangers to absorb that cost, it’s not a huge factor and something that if VAR gets it right, it removes some of those challenges.
“From a cost point of view, it will hurt Rangers less than other clubs lower down in the league itself who don’t have the financial resources to match them, so, Rangers are probably in a better position even if they don’t want to pay the cost.”
This should help Rangers massively.
Even when you look at the split of the bill, there is hardly any difference between those at the top and at the bottom, which sits at thousands ahead of its debut this month.
Giovanni van Bronckhorst likes his side to dominate, so you would like to think that this cost will help them gain points rather than lose them in games.
In other Rangers news, this finance expert admits the Bears have numerous options on the table to generate more investment when needed