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Dave King has reaffirmed his belief that there is no impediment to him returning as a director of Rangers.

King has called a general meeting aimed at ousting the Ibrox board.

The current board released a statement to the Stock Exchange on Monday casting doubts over King's suitability to be a director of a UK public company.

But King, convicted of tax offences in South Africa, said: "There are no problems regarding the AIM regulations."

King is seeking to ask the shareholders to vote himself, Paul Murray and John Gilligan on to the board.

And he acknowledged that he and Murray would have to convince the Scottish Football Association of their suitability for such roles.

"The issue with the SFA is simple," he explained via a statement. "Only once a director is appointed is an application made to the SFA by the club.

"Both myself and Paul will have to deal with our previous directorship at the time that Craig Whyte got involved. Additionally, I will have to deal with my reasons for staying on the board and trying to impose some level of governance during the Whyte era.

"I will also deal with my favourable settlement in South Africa. These are all issues that the SFA rightly has to address in the same way that the SFA has to review the history of anyone who gets involved with a Scottish football team."

King went on to criticise the Ibrox board for putting personal interest ahead of the interests of the club, saying: "History will judge this board as one of the worst the club has ever had".