Published on Friday 24 February 2012 10:17 In today's Rumour Mill: Craig Whyte defiant as Paul Murray comments on consortium; Gordon Smith takes parting shot as he exits Ibrox; Walter Smith turns down Wolves job; plus the rest of the day's football news and gossip. Craig Whyte last night insisted he would return to Rangers. The discredited Ibrox owner said: "I will absolutely be back to finish what I started at Ibrox." He also claimed that the new £14m figure of tax owed to the HMRC (as opposed to the previously reported £9m) did not "stack up." Paul Murray has welcomed the emergence of former Ibrox boardroom colleague Dave King as a potential member of a consortium aiming to drag Rangers out of administration and the ownership of Craig Whyte. Outgoing director of football Gordon Smith yesterday hit out at Craig Whyte, complaining that the owner had not allowed him to do his job. There's no point in being a director of football unless you can control these areas (recruitment, scouting, transfer negotiations and youth development), so, in that respect I'm totally comfortable with being made redundant at this time. Former Rangers boss Walter Smith has broken his silence on the crisis at Ibrox. He said it is the "fans who will be suffering most" and called on those responsible for the financial strife to be "held to account." Strathclyde Police have warned that no more games will be played at Ibrox until Rangers pay a £17,000 bill for policing their last match. Administrators Duff and Phelps have passed a dossier on Rangers" dealings to the police. The website SaveRangers.com, launched yesterday by fans" groups, saw £5.8 million in pledges made within the first 24 hours. The former Rangers and Everton manager was asked to take over until the end of the season after turning down a full-time offer as Mick McCarthy's successor. He said: "It was a purely personal thing, nothing to do with Wolves. Former Celtic striker Craig Beattie has signed for Hearts for the rest of the season. Hearts completed his signing yesterday in the face of competition from Kilmarnock, St Mirren and St Johnstone. The SFA has agreed to give careful consideration to the merits of summer football as part of a wider study of the fixture calendar. Dundee United have enlisted the help of the FA to recoup the six-figure payment due to them from Blackburn Rovers for David Goodwillie, which is now ten days overdue. Aberdeen boss Craig Brown has warned his strikers they have to start scoring or they will be shown the door. Falkirk boss Steven Pressley has accepted a four-game ban for his half-time rant at referee Euan Norris during the League Cup semi-final defeat to Celtic. Cowdenbeath have extended the loan deal of Kilmarnock youngster Gary Fisher for another two months.