Ally McCoist says Rangers players in a "compromising position" by PFA Scotland

Rangers manager Ally McCoist admits some of his players feel aggrieved they have been put in a "compromising position" by PFA Scotland.

McCoist said: "I think the club and Charles in particular have every right to pursue financial benefits where they think we are legally entitled. I can totally understand that. "The club have taken legal advice on it and feel the club are possibly due money and I would absolutely back that. "We have probably lost in the region of £30million of players and the club feel they have the right to pursue that legal case. "Players left for absolutely nothing, which they feel they were entitled to do. "You have someone like Maurice Edu, who stayed and Tupe-d over and the club got a small fee for him. "I think the fans are looking at someone like Maurice Edu, who they believe left in the right manner." The players' union are also involved in individual employment cases for Aluko, Lafferty and Ness. McCoist said: "I've read one or two newspaper articles from former players who have shown a little bit of concern that the maybe the fans wouldn't welcome them back, which I can understand. "The players made their own decisions, they took advice and made their own decisions, and I think they have got to live by them. "I'm not saying the decisions are right or wrong because everyone will look at things differently. But they made the decisions and I feel they have to stick by them." McCoist admitted he could understand the concerns of players who feel they were bereft of information amid the transfer of assets to the new company when the original Rangers was consigned to liquidation. He added: "It was my job to pass on information from the administrators, which I did 100%. "It might not have seemed enough and I can understand that. But I was passing information that was being passed to me." Meanwhile, McCoist denied Aberdeen winger Ryan Fraser was one of the players he has targeted as he bids to persuade players to join Rangers when their transfer embargo ends on September 1 next year. McCoist said: "There's nothing in that at all. (Aberdeen manager) Craig Brown hit the nail on the head when he said he'd expect me to pick the phone up and phone him if there was any interest from Rangers. "If we had any interest - or if we do have any interest - then Craig Brown will be the first person I call." McCoist expects a tough contest on the artificial surface at Links Park, which is further up the north-east coast than Arbroath, where Celtic won 1-0 on Wednesday. McCoist said: "We saw in midweek how tough it is for teams going to supposedly wee venues so it will be another tough game. "They have been going well so they will fancy their chances being a home game. "The surface will be a bit alien to us but we have won at East Stirling and Clyde on similar surfaces so hopefully we can handle that."