The club's preference would have been for Billy to stay at Rangers but when he made clear his desire to move to the Premier League it was important that we maximized the commercial value for him.
"Kooxda waxa ay jeclaan laheyd inuu Billy sii joogo Rangers laakiin markii uu cadeeyay inuu jecel yahay inuu u wareego Premier League waxaa muhim noqotay inaan ku raadino qiimaha ugu badan ee aan ku heli karno.