PAUL Murray will make moves to bring Walter Smith and John Greig back to Ibrox if his bid to buy Rangers is successful.

Murray heads the Blue Knights consortium of businessmen intent on wresting the club from Craig Whyte's control, and a formal bid will be submitted to administrators Duff & Phelps on Friday.

Murray – who last night revealed to SportTimes that his former fellow Rangers director Dave King is no longer involved in the Blue Knights – hopes to secure preferred-bidder status from the administrators in the early part of next week.

That would open the way for him to request a meeting with Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs and discuss a potential settlement figure should

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