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Ticket firm drops backing for Rangers bid

Rangers, Scottish champions a record 54 times, went into administration in February over unpaid tax bills and efforts to find a buyer have suffered delays because of uncertainty about the club's status on and off the pitch.

Ticketus paid Rangers owner Craig Whyte more than 20 million pounds for the rights to sell season tickets for coming years and is seeking to safeguard that investment.

"Ticketus today confirms that it has withdrawn from the Blue Knights Consortium after it was unable to finalise satisfactory terms of agreement for its investors with the Blue Knights around restructuring its ticket purchase agreement," the company said in a statement.

"Consequently Ticketus is no longer able to play a role in the Consortium's bid for The Rangers Football Club PLC at this stage."