Rangers in administration: fourth Ibrox bidder is UK-based consortium The first three expressions of interest had been received by the weekend from the Blue Knights consortium, headed by former Rangers director, Paul Murray, as well as the Sale Sharks owner, Brian Kennedy, and the Club Nine Sports group from Chicago, who previously made an unsuccessful attempt to assume control of Sheffield Wednesday. The administrators now want to identify a preferred bidder, but the process has been complicated by a number of factors, one of which is the status of Ticketus, who paid Craig Whyte for an initial three years" worth of season tickets - a sum of £24.4 million, which he used to pay off Rangers" bank debt of £18 million to take control of the club - plus an additional advance for season 2014-15. Meanwhile, the Scottish Football Association has revealed that it acted to call member clubs to account for financial conduct over the past decade, following the briefing given by Stewart Regan, the chief executive, on March 9 and reported in these pages the following day. An SFA spokesman told The Daily Telegraph: "We are undertaking a housekeeping exercise in keeping with what Stewart said about the need to implement tighter controls in light of events at Rangers." In the letter, which was also copied to Neil Doncaster, chief executive of the Scottish Premier League, and his Scottish Football League counterpart, David Longmuir, Regan asks clubs to supply, in respect of Article 12.3 of the SFA's articles of association, a declaration "to the effect that your club has complied, without qualification, with the terms of this article at all times throughout the previous ten years." Regan set a deadline of April 6 for any of the 93 member clubs to notify the SFA of any agreement or agreements "falling within the scope of Article 12.3 which has/have not previously been lodged with the Scottish FA in the previous 10 years, in respect of any current or former players of your club." Breaches of Article 12.3 which are disclosed could be reported to Vincent Lunny, the SFA's compliance officer, who has the power to issue notices of complaint against offenders.