Caley Thistle players and staff facing job cuts – Duncan Ferguson

Players, coaches and staff at Inverness Caledonian Thistle face losing their jobs, manager Duncan Ferguson has confirmed.

The club is fighting for its survival after entering administration due to a financial crisis.

Administrators BDO said they were working to “secure the long term future” of the Highland team.

Ferguson, who also faces redundancy, told BBC Scotland News that employees would be told whether they still had a job on Thursday.

“Obviously there are going to be cuts to the coaching staff, non-playing staff and playing staff,” he said.

“It’s no great in there at the moment. It’s no a good atmosphere but we’ll wait and see what tomorrow brings.”

The former Scotland international, who has been working for free, said he could not confirm whether he would be in charge for Saturday’s game against Dumbarton.

He said it was not “easy” to prepare for the match.

“We’ve been told tomorrow’s the day that we’re going to get told there’s going to be a lot of job losses,” Ferguson said.

Inverness had 15 points deducted as a result of being put into administration, meaning they face potential relegation from League 1. They now sit bottom, on -3 points.

Regardless of what division they are in next season, they will start on -5 points.

Ferguson told BBC Scotland News: “It puts us in a really difficult position in the league to try and stay in the division.

“I think it’s possible. But until we know the cuts we don’t know how achievable that will be.”

He added: “I’ve always been against administration, I don’t think it’s the right move for the club at all.”

Administrators are attempting to find new owners to rescue the club. If that fails, assets could be sold and the money raised distributed to creditors.

Investor Alan Savage, a former club chairman, told BBC Scotland News he would give it his “best shot” to help save the club.

Asked if he was confident it could be saved, he replied: “Of course I am yeah.”

Savage pledged to help anyone who lost their job to find a new one.

Asked about his own potential role at the club if it survives administration, he said: “It’s a step by step process and until we’ve gone through those steps it’s a bit early to say.”