Senior Rangers players hold up wage-cut plan with administrators Allan McGregor, the Rangers goalkeeper - and one of the highest players on the payroll - issued a statement through his solicitor to emphasise that he had not been one of those who had refused to take a pay cut. The statement read: "Contrary to some media reports Allan has not refused to accept a salary reduction. These allegations are false and Allan has instructed me to make clear if these allegations are reported as fact he will have no option but to resort to legal action. Allan along with many of his fellow players is committed to making personal salary sacrifices to ensure the club survives. Allan has and will continue to extend his full co-operation with the administrators at this very difficult and challenging time for the club. Shortly before 8pm Rangers" captain, Steven Davis, returned to Murray Park in an attempt to break the deadlock but once again time wore on with no sign of an end to the impasse. A source described the mood of Ally McCoist and the administrators, Paul Clark and David Whitehouse, as "extremely frustrated." When the participants and attendant media eventually dispersed, fatigued and hungry, one vigilante deserved credit for endurance and above the call of duty. He was Charles Paterson, Sky Sports" Scottish reporter - who had taken up his station at 7.30 in a morning that seemed to belong to a distant era of solidarity and common purpose. Former Rangers manager Walter Smith last expressed his sympathy for McCoist and the club's staff. Leaving at the end of last season and seeing colleagues that you have worked with, especially Alistair, getting an opportunity to take over and seeing the circumstances that are unfolding in front of him in his first year... it's really, really disappointing on all fronts. But especially for Alistair himself, who would have been looking forward to a far more stable situation than he has found himself in. Most of the players who play for Rangers know they will be good enough to gain employment elsewhere if the worst comes to the worst. The staff outside the football staff are maybe not that fortunate, especially in today's climate.