Im not sure how much tooling up you can really do to be honest. Not because of the money situation, but because there's a limit to the type of player that a team in our league can attract.
I heard an interview with a Dutch football expert, talking about the millions that Ajax are sitting on, because of the big money they can get for the likes of De Jong, De Ligt, Ziyech etc. Now, that of course is part of their philosophy, but there's also the fact they struggle to attract players to the Dutch League.
Don't get me wrong, I'd much rather be in your situation finance wise, than what we are. As you rightly point out, we are still hamstrung by Ashley & Co. As much as it must amuse you guys, i find it amazing that someone can hamstring a clubs recovery so much because he had stooges in place when bogus contracts were agreed. You couldn't have picked a worst set of circumstances if Celtic hand picked him yourselves.
To be honest, it's still not entirely clear what's going on. No doubt you guys will have much more knowledge than Rangers fans to what's going on.
As for the loans, as far as I'm aware, the loans from the likes of King, Park etc has or will be turned into more shares, so there's no real big debt to be paid. However, it seems now we might not be able to do that going forward so we need to start getting player trading at a positive, as it seems without making profit from transfers, from what I can tell without Champions League both Celtic & Rangers run at a loss currently.
