Rangers boss Steven Gerrard says ‘the SPFL looks an absolute mess’

Anger and threats of legal action have overshadowed the vote to conclude the Scottish season outside the top-flight with immediate effect after Dundee reversed an earlier intention to reject the contentious resolution.

That vote meant the proposals achieved the numbers required for the motion to pass, leading to the early curtailment of the Championship, League One and League Two campaigns with final positions settled on a points-per-game basis.

The league board also have the power to call an early end to the Ladbrokes Premiership season using the same system, meaning Celtic would be crowned champions. Rangers have railed against the SPFL’s plans from the outset, demanding an independent investigation into the process surrounding the vote and manager Gerrard has echoed that request.

“I’ve been watching closely from back home and it does seem a bit of a mess at the moment,” the Rangers boss told Sky Sports. “Certainly, my stance is I let the suits carry on doing what they’re doing. I think that’s their job to continue to represent Rangers from that way.

“But, from afar, the SPFL looks an absolute mess, in all honesty. I’m watching ex-players, pundits, I’m reading media and it’s getting absolutely battered from pillar to post, the way its handled things, certainly in the last couple of days.

“From my point of view, I think all I ask is for the main leader of the SPFL to show some real leadership in this time.

“I think what he has to do now, because there’s so many accusations, and doubts and questions about this institution, he needs to allow an independent investigation into the set-up up there to prove everything wrong and to make sure that there is fairness and transparency across the board up there in Scotland.

“It’s so confusing up there at the moment.”