CHARLIE ADAM has explained his regret over his historic controversial "not interested" comments over Rangers' administration troubles.

The Dundee captain has clarified his intention with the comments nine years on as he insists it was never that he didn't care about the club or supporters.

Adam had been quizzed over the Ibrox turmoil in March 2012 but at the time insisted the only thing he was interested in was his brother Grant's situation.

He had said: “I am not interested. Simple as that. It is nothing to do with me, I don’t need to say anything.

"The only person I am interested in is my brother. My brother is there and for me, that’s the important thing.

“But the rest of it, it is nothing to do with me. I can’t affect what has happened there and what has gone before.

"That’s the situation Rangers are in and they have to deal with it. I don’t have any bad feelings [towards Rangers]. They are in a bad way, everybody knows that, let’s get on with it, deal with it and move on.”

Adam had faced criticism over the comments and admits himself that they "probably came across wrong".

Now he has tried to set the record straight over his words  back in 2012 which he branded as a "silly comment".

Adam revealed his regret in an interview with The Scotsman as he explained: “My brother was there and there was talk about administration and he was losing his job.

 “Sometimes you say things you regret. I certainly regret that because I owe a lot to that football club. It gave me a start in professional football. I never meant it in a bad way, it probably came across wrong."

The 35-year-old admitted he is expecting there may be some boos as he faces his former club at Ibrox today.

But he paid tribute to his "unbelievable upbringing" at Ibrox as he clarified his controversial comments.

He added: “There might be a few boos – listen, I made a silly comment a few years ago about the football club.

“It wasn’t that I didn’t care about the supporters, I cared about what the then owners were doing to the club. I respect Rangers, 150 years of unbelievable history. I got an unbelievable upbringing there.