GLASGOW, Scotland (AP) — The American businessman on the verge of buying Rangers has withdrawn his bid for the financially stricken Scottish club.
Administrators of the club had considered Bill Miller, the chairman of a Tennessee-based towing and recovery equipment company, their preferred bidder.
But Miller says he was dismayed by hostility from fans unhappy with the prospect of foreign ownership and that the 140-year-old club’s financial situation was worse off.
Miller says “preliminary information, discussions and analysis were, unfortunately, more optimistic than reality.”
Rangers entered bankruptcy protection in February following a long-running dispute with the tax authorities.
