Crisis-hit Caley Thistle to announce fate of players and staff

Players and unit astatine Inverness Caledonian Thistle are expected to larn astir their aboriginal astatine the nine later.

The Highland side, which has sacked manager Duncan Ferguson, is warring for endurance aft entering medication owed to a fiscal crisis.

An day property league has been called with administrators BDO, wherever they are owed to outline the adjacent steps for the club.

BDO said it was moving to unafraid Caley Thistle's "long word future".

The nine announced connected Wednesday that erstwhile Rangers and Scotland striker Ferguson, adjunct manager Gary Bollan and goalkeeping manager Stuart Garden had near with "immediate effect".

It said successful a statement: "The nine would similar to spot connected grounds our acknowledgment to Duncan, Gary and Stuart for their efforts and privation them the precise champion successful the future.

"Scott Kellacher, archetypal squad coach, is stepping up to instrumentality implicit arsenic archetypal squad caput coach."

Ferguson, who had been moving for free, said helium had ever "done the precise best" for the nine and players.

He joined Inverness past September aft the sacking of Billy Dodds, with the nine sitting bottommost of the Championship astatine the time.

He described the process of medication arsenic “brutal”, but said that helium had enjoyed his clip with the team.

Administrators are attempting to find caller owners to rescue the club.

If that fails, assets could beryllium sold and the wealth raised distributed to creditors.

Inverness person had 15 points deducted arsenic a effect of administration, meaning they look imaginable relegation from League 1.

They present beryllium bottom, connected -3 points.

Regardless of what part they are successful adjacent season, they volition commencement connected -5 points.

Investor Alan Savage, a erstwhile nine chairman, told BBC Scotland News helium would springiness it his "best shot" to assistance prevention the club.

He pledged to assistance anyone who mislaid their occupation to find a caller one.

Asked astir his ain imaginable relation astatine the nine if it survives administration, helium said: "It’s a measurement by measurement process and until we’ve gone done those steps it’s a spot aboriginal to say.”