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Graeme Young

Charlie Nicholas backs Rangers to the hilt as he makes 'mouthpiece' Rod McKenzie claim

Former Celtic star Charlie Nicholas believes Rangers' EGM D-DAY offers a chance to get 'the league cleaned out' at boardroom level.

The 58-year-old Sky pundit has been in the Ibrox side's corner having issued several broadsides at the SPFL during an unsavory time in Scottish football history.

All 42 clubs will go to the ballots on Tuesday to vote on Rangers' resolution for a independent investigation into the league body in the wake of the season-ending vote below the Premiership.

It comes after weeks of recriminations and statements that only heightened in the aftermath of the Ibrox side's 200-page dossier last Thursday.

And Nicholas also shared his own personal experiences with SPFL lawyer Rod McKenzie as called for a fresh start.

Speaking to the Daily Express, he said: "The document didn’t have a bombshell impact but it is still very much relevant.

"It was more about the small details and complications of what looks like unprofessional behaviour and there were enough points to merit the call for an inquiry.

"There has been growing support in recent days with Inverness and Partick Thistle backing the motion.

"I don’t see Rangers getting the 75 per cent of votes they need from SPL clubs for the resolution to be passed at today’s EGM, but even 50 per cent would still cast a major shadow over the SPFL board.

"There will be a lot of anger and I don’t think things will be fixed no matter which way the vote goes.

"If the resolution is passed I wouldn’t be surprised if SPFL chief executive Neil Doncaster and some of his colleagues resigned before the investigation took place.

"I have agreed with Rangers from the outset that there should be an independent inquiry into the handling of the end-the-season vote.

"The allegations against Neil Doncaster, Rod McKenzie and Murdoch MacLennan all need to be investigated.

"I have had experience with legal advisor McKenzie and I know how much of a mouthpiece he can be when he goes after people. He tried it with me and didn’t win.

Rod McKenzie has been brought in-house by the SPFL (SNS)

"I have always stood up for Doncaster but he has surrounded himself with people who seem to make the wrong decisions at the wrong time.

"This is a chance to get the league cleaned out and to make things more transparent because it has not been that way for a long time.

"The question is, though, if we do get change then who do we put in the next board?

"That is when the squabbling will start over again."

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