McKinlay stressed there are "no guarantees" about future donations from benefactors or fans but told BBC Scotland: "We knew the money was coming from Tony. "It's very important for us to have it this year because we don't have European football. If we didn't have that money and we didn't have European football then we would cut our cloth accordingly."
Rangers have posted losses of 14.8m - down from 17.2m - in their accounts to year-end June 2025, despite record revenues of 94.1m, which are up 7% from 88.3m. The Ibrox club's annual accounts highlight reduced operating expenses - down 4% to 92.2m - and a 2.7m profit before player trading, which is up from a loss of 2m in 2023-2024 and a loss of 10.5m in 2022-23.
I'll tell you, without summarising everything, three important things. The first is that we've closed the year in the black for the third consecutive year, after 17 years of Milan not closing in on a profit. I consider that a brilliant result. If I exclude TV rights and player trading, everything else has increased from €90m in 2019 to €240m this year. Everything outside of TV rights and player trading has tripled: something spectacular, which gives me confidence for the future.