Gers reach for the stars with celebrity swoop

The rest of Britain might be feeling the pinch but, while the credit crunch bites elsewhere, Rangers are dancing with the stars.

The Glasgow club’s celebrity fans reads like a Hollywood A-list and now one of the most illustrious of that elite band is to join the club.

Darts ace Andy Fordham is to join Kenny McDowall and Ally McCoist as club conditioning coach, bringing his Celebrity Fit Club secrets to the stars of Ibrox.

Having lost 17st, Andy has some handy pointers to pass on with programmes that will be tailored to individuals.

His input is already being tipped to turn the Ibrox heroes of today into the international superstars of tomorrow – and home-grown talent will benefit the most.

One early beneficiary could be Charlie Adam, who Walter Smith expects to be transformed from left-back to legend.

Said an Ibrox insider: “Andy immediately identified Charlie as someone he could help. He was amazed at the similarities between their diets and fitness regimes. One of the first things Andy will do is recommend that Charlie adopt his trick of cutting out the daily 23 lagers and lamb bhoona. Andy has also suggested he swap his training couch for an exercise bike.”

“His sale value could rocket before January though we are under no pressure to sell our players.”

It is expected that others could benefit, too, with a weight-loss programme likely to ease the pressure on Allan McGregor’s knees, which we understand are nevertheless in perfect condition.

But our source was quick to emphasise that every player has a tailored fitness regime and that some are already at optimum fitness.

“Some guys – like Kris Boyd – are just naturally fit. For Kris, the lager and kebabs actually help him reach peak form due to his unique metabolism. He is market ready right now, though only a major offer would land him and we don’t want to sell.”

If the news from Murray Park is exciting, it’s just the first of many ventures that add glitz and glamour to an already illustrious club.

We can exclusively reveal that talks are underway to engage celebrity chef and former Rangers reserve Gordon Ramsay to pop in to offer anger management training and relationship advice.





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