The new vice-chairman returned to Glasgow this week to address the EGM that saw proposals for a £20million share issue approved by shareholders. Marathe was joined on the stage by Andrew Cavenagh as the key members of the consortium impressed in front of the microphones and laid out their vision for the future for Rangers.
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Marathe is also the chairman of Leeds United and his 49ers Enterprises investment group are the majority shareholders at Elland Road. Gretar Steinsson, the 49ers technical director, was involved in the recruitment drives that saw Kevin Thelwell named as sporting director and Russell Martin appointed as head coach.
Sources close to the takeover deal repeatedly allayed fears over a conflict of interest between Rangers and Leeds throughout the negotiations. And Marathe has now put those suggestions to bed once and for all as he detailed his own commitment to his work in Glasgow.
“It would be a disservice to Leeds and Rangers to consider one a feeder club to the other,” Marathe said.
“Consider them both closed-loop universes that deserve proper attention and nurture and care - we will designate and assign resources approximately. But look, there are opportunities to learn from each other, whether it’s commercially or competitively on the pitch.
“I mean, it could just be simple things. If there’s a plumbing issue and we go through certain plumbers who are terrible and certain ones who are good, If Elland Road had a plumbing issue, we’re certain to want to call and figure out who the best plumber is!
“You can apply that analogy to an agent, so there’s lots that you can share. So me being able to sit across both means I can help navigate those too.
“In my mind it’s a real positive to have two clubs like that but there’s not one that is subordinate to the other. That would be a disservice.
“We have checked the box with those that we need to, to make sure that if and when there is ever even a situation when there is a perception of a conflict, we would solve that. That has already been solved, so we’re good there.
“As far as my time, I don’t see it as hours in a day, days in a week or weeks in a year. I really don’t. To me, I hate losing and I want to win. I will do whatever I need to do to keep me on the winning side of the ledger at any club.
“That is all I care about. I don’t even know where I was two days ago. Honestly. Right now, I am here and thinking about this. That is all that drives me.”