Simon Jordan in outlandish Rangers claim as former chairman says Ibrox club need another David Murray

Former Crystal Palace owner Simon Jordan reckons a David Murray-type figure is the “missing link” in the current Rangers boardroom.

Murray was at the Ibrox helm for a quarter of a century and oversaw a period of dominance for the Light Blues which included nine consecutive Scottish league titles. He also broke the then British transfer record to sign Duncan Ferguson for £4million and smashed the Scottish record to sign Tore Andre Flo for £12m in 2000.

However, the man who also wrote the cheques to bring star names such as Paul Gascoigne and Brian Laudrup paid a huge price for that period of largesse as millions of pounds of debts were racked up, a tax controversy ensued and Murray’s legacy trashed when he then sold the club to Craig Whyte who put them into administration with liquidation following which resulted in Rangers being sent to the bottom tier of Scottish football.

Despite that talkSPORT pundit Jordan, who also put Palace into administration at the end of his time at the Selhurst Park helm, believes Murray is what Rangers are missing just now as he continues his criticism of the Ibrox club for showing a lack of ambition at the very top in recent years in terms of managerial appointments. It comes as Rangers search for a new boss after Michael Beale’s weekend sacking.

Jordan, who became the youngest chairman of a Football League club at the age of just 32 when he bought the Eagles in 2000, said: “The end for me at Palace was not the way I wanted it to be but I built a football club in 10 years and I did it on my own, I did it under sheer will and it punched above its weight. I didn’t three or four investors alongside me. If I had Rangers and that kind of opportunity and the David Murray period when they were