St Andrews Bear
Busted Windscreen Bear
My cv is in already, I’ve offered to do it for 40kFfs £45k a year and he needs to steal? Yep caught stealing lets use the race card! Ungrateful bassa. Wonder if there is a vacancy?
My cv is in already, I’ve offered to do it for 40kFfs £45k a year and he needs to steal? Yep caught stealing lets use the race card! Ungrateful bassa. Wonder if there is a vacancy?
Are we surprised no a negative story with incredible timing in the Sunday Liam, tiger and stripes as they say. In the case it’s self if this individual has stolen kit then it’s gross misconduct = sacked nothing absolutely nothing to do with race , Rangers must be the champions o Scotland againNever heard of this fellow before, but £45000pa is decent dough for a kit man.
A former Rangers kitman claims he faced racial prejudice after he was sacked over missing training gear.
Albanian-born Erald Krasniqi – who also worked as a youth coach in 13 years with the Premiership champs – was suspended last October.
The 33-year-old left his role after officials probed claims he took four pairs of shorts and two tracksuit bottoms without permission.
Krasniqi, who came to Scotland as an asylum seeker when he was eight, is believed to have returned the items and said there had been a misunderstanding.
He is thought to have told bosses he took the Castore equipment home after it arrived at the club’s Auchenhowie training base addressed to him.
An employment tribunal in Glasgow on Wednesday is expected to hear claims Krasniqi was subjected to discriminatory comments from Ibrox staff about his nationality and was unfairly dismissed.
It comes as cops prepare to speak to Gers star Glen Kamara over claims he was racially abused by Slavia Prague player Ondrej Kudela in a Europa League game on Thursday.
Police made contact with the midfielder’s solicitor Aamer Anwar yesterday to discuss meeting Kamara, who has been preparing for today’s match against Old Firm rivals Celtic.
Krasniqi had been brought in to work with the first team as part of a restructure by former director of football Mark Allen.
He was paid £45,000 a year to work with kitman Jimmy Bell and help look after first team players.
A source close to the case said: “Thousands of pounds of gear passed through his hands in a season. He loved his job. He tried to raise concerns while at the club about specific people but he says his claims were brushed away.
“Erald held off making it formal because he didn’t want to lose his job.He only made it formal when he knew he was leaving.
“The case is only at the early stages but he is desperate to clear his name.”
A spokeswoman for the Employment and Immigration Tribunals said: “A preliminary hearing involving Erald Krasniqi and Rangers FC is scheduled for March 24.”
A Rangers spokesman said: “We are unable to comment on this because it is an ongoing legal matter.”
Correct. And by the way, if there has been racism involved then it would have been reported immediately, and probably out in the open just as quickly. Remember when the rumours were flying around that Jimmy Bell had been sacked, then it was rumoured it was his boy, well we know that someone was stealing the kit and no racism was mentioned then, even though it was factually correct that theft was taking place. Why spread rumours about one and not the other?I can't believe I'm wasting my time even replying to this.
We witnessed Glenn being racially abused live on TV.
This chancer has waited 7 months to release a spurious racist claim . If you've been genuinely racially abused then you report it right away.
Our club has as many Black players as we have White. We've been paying an ex Asylum Seeker with basic education 45k a year.
One thing our club certainly isn't is discriminatory or racist.
Wtf you on about clown?
Clothing clearly found its way to this house. Clothing that shouldn’t have. When he’s asked why, he’s came out with what he’s said.
I’ll trust Rangers here over the word of someone who’s admitted clothing of the club was somewhere it shouldn’t have been.
Of course they are being taken seriously . That’s not the problem though. This is a front page designed to have ago at our club and absolutely nothing to do with the fight against Racism.So do we only stand up against racial abuse when it suits us?
the guys comments need taken seriously until proven otherwise, just like Glens case
"A source close to the case" eh? Worked there for 13 years?Never heard of this fellow before, but £45000pa is decent dough for a kit man.
A former Rangers kitman claims he faced racial prejudice after he was sacked over missing training gear.
Albanian-born Erald Krasniqi – who also worked as a youth coach in 13 years with the Premiership champs – was suspended last October.
The 33-year-old left his role after officials probed claims he took four pairs of shorts and two tracksuit bottoms without permission.
Krasniqi, who came to Scotland as an asylum seeker when he was eight, is believed to have returned the items and said there had been a misunderstanding.
He is thought to have told bosses he took the Castore equipment home after it arrived at the club’s Auchenhowie training base addressed to him.
An employment tribunal in Glasgow on Wednesday is expected to hear claims Krasniqi was subjected to discriminatory comments from Ibrox staff about his nationality and was unfairly dismissed.
It comes as cops prepare to speak to Gers star Glen Kamara over claims he was racially abused by Slavia Prague player Ondrej Kudela in a Europa League game on Thursday.
Police made contact with the midfielder’s solicitor Aamer Anwar yesterday to discuss meeting Kamara, who has been preparing for today’s match against Old Firm rivals Celtic.
Krasniqi had been brought in to work with the first team as part of a restructure by former director of football Mark Allen.
He was paid £45,000 a year to work with kitman Jimmy Bell and help look after first team players.
A source close to the case said: “Thousands of pounds of gear passed through his hands in a season. He loved his job. He tried to raise concerns while at the club about specific people but he says his claims were brushed away.
“Erald held off making it formal because he didn’t want to lose his job.He only made it formal when he knew he was leaving.
“The case is only at the early stages but he is desperate to clear his name.”
A spokeswoman for the Employment and Immigration Tribunals said: “A preliminary hearing involving Erald Krasniqi and Rangers FC is scheduled for March 24.”
A Rangers spokesman said: “We are unable to comment on this because it is an ongoing legal matter.”
Of course they are being taken seriously . That’s not the problem though. This is a front page designed to have ago at our club and absolutely nothing to do with the fight against Racism.
Ffs mate, wake up to the agenda !
It’s utterly depressing but entirely predictable. We really are a parochial point scoring @hite hole of a country at times.If we were that racist, surely we wouldn’t have hired him in the first place?
Despicable article looking to muddy what happened on Thursday. Nice to know the media in your own country have your back.
That’s not even anywhere near being a front page news story - unless you have an agenda at play.
Doesn't stop the possibility of individual staff members being racistIf we were that racist, surely we wouldn’t have hired him in the first place?
Despicable article looking to muddy what happened on Thursday. Nice to know the media in your own country have your back.
I've had cheques arrive worth millions in old finance jobs, they weren't actually for me. Anyway an employee dispute are ten a penny and there's probably a tribunal everyday in Scotland, so hardly headline news...unless it's all about the Rangers
Kemar Roffe likes this45k ....how much must Jimmy be on!
Worth every penny
So the narrative of rangers gave a chance to a young man from another part of the world with great prospects and a very healthy wage (I don't believe wage) would not count because well these eastern European types are are known theifs and rangers being a bunch of racists would never take someone like that on as they use stereotypical attitudes to employ people.If we were that racist, surely we wouldn’t have hired him in the first place?
What’s that?Probably now do what ever other Albanian does in Glasgow
Throwing out this sort of generalisation doesnt help. By putting the emphasis on the racist element thats all some folk will take away from your statement, ignoring the qualification at the end. The message that sticks is Eastern Europeans are the most racist people on the planet. Thats how propaganda works. We all have a responsibility to be careful how we relate our experiences.Ive worked with plenty of Eastern Europeans and they are amongst the most racsist people on the planet. I was genuinely shocked how much hatred they have for black people. Its either ingrained in their society or I just happened to work with the wrong ones.
What’s that?
Sorry, you’ll need to tell me - or are you unwilling to do that?think about it Trigger
I always suspected Mikey's login was the one that started all the 'look at what Stewart has said now' threads.Wow...well at least we've found Mikey Stewarts login
Because an accusation is levelled at rangers your default position is to attack the accuser.
Have we learned nothing?
Threads and comments above are embarrassing
I agree with you. I worked next to people from eastern Europe and africa and I can honestly say, they all got on fine, in fact I'd say even better as they were all outsiders, in a new country.Throwing out this sort of generalisation doesnt help. By putting the emphasis on the racist element thats all some folk will take away from your statement, ignoring the qualification at the end. The message that sticks is Eastern Europeans are the most racist people on the planet. Thats how propaganda works. We all have a responsibility to be careful how we relate our experiences.
For what its worth, I can draw on my personal experience and argue the opposite case re EE's and racism.
As for the article in the paper, Rangers need to add them to our 'media no longer welcomed' list.
I've had cheques arrive worth millions in old finance jobs, they weren't actually for me. Anyway an employee dispute are ten a penny and there's probably a tribunal everyday in Scotland, so hardly headline news...unless it's all about the Rangers
The joke is lost on you trying to be an arseSorry, you’ll need to tell me - or are you unwilling to do that?
I don't think its a mere coincidence that a story concerning racism appears just after the Kamara incident. These employment tribunal cases take a while to be processed and finally heard, so why the media silence up to now. ? Its a hatchet job on our club.
100% agenda-driven.That’s not even anywhere near being a front page news story - unless you have an agenda at play.
Lots of problems with gang violence, honour killings etcExcuse my ignorance, but why exactly does an Albanian get Asylum in the UK? As far as I know there's been no wars there, it's even a candidate to join the EU, which requires free and open democratic elections and the basic rule of law.