Source: Team_Talk
Smith expects to battle on at Ibrox
Walter Smith has revealed there is a chance he will be forced to work without a contract at Rangers next season.[LNB] The SPL leaders face an uncertain future, with financial troubles shrouding events at Ibrox.[LNB]Takeover talk has been ongoing for some time, but prospective buyer Andrew Ellis continues to stall in his efforts to acquire the club from majority shareholder Sir David Murray.[LNB]Any sale of the club was expected to see Smith step down over the summer.[LNB]However, the veteran coach insists he is going nowhere and will remain at the helm for as long as he is needed.[LNB]"We have made it quite clear we will work until things are clarified. That's what we will probably end up doing," Smith told the Daily Record.[LNB]With no offer of an extension to his current deal on the table, Smith admits there is a chance the Ibrox coaching staff will continue to operate without contracts next term.[LNB]"Yes, I suppose there is," he said.[LNB]"I wouldn't like to see it happening. But I don't look at it from my point of view, I look at it from the club's point of view. It's not a situation you would want. If we get a buyer and Sir David is happy to let the place go, that's fine."[LNB]Smith is hoping the distracting episode will be resolved as quickly as possible, as he knows more cuts are planned if a takeover is not completed soon.[LNB]He added: "I don't know about my future or anybody's future.[LNB]"A whole load of things are needing to be adjusted to at the present and we're not quite sure exactly what's going to happen.[LNB]"I've said in conversations the matter has to get sorted out sooner rather than later.[LNB]"I'm not talking about from my position. Everybody has to know where the club is going and that's where I feel there's an element of pressure. Everybody should be starting to feel that bit of pressure.[LNB]"There's a plan there that will fall into place and that's not a plan I would like to see implemented because it involves more cuts. But if we don't get a buyer that's what will happen."
