Aberdeen have said they will vote in favour for an independent investigation into the recent SPFL vote to end the lower league seasons in Scotland.
Rangers - who have called for the investigation into the circumstances surrounding the vote following claims of alleged bullying of clubs into backing the SPFL's move - require 32 out of 42 clubs to back them at Tuesday's EGM and have offered to cover the costs of any such investigation.
Scottish Championship side Inverness Caledonian Thistle have come forward to say they are prepared to testify to the independent investigation that they were bullied by an SPFL board member during the voting process.
The SPFL rejected the claims last week, calling them "baseless, damaging and self-serving attacks".
It says Rangers' dossier - which was sent to member clubs on Thursday - does not contain a "single shred of evidence" and dismissed the accusations made against chief executive Neil Doncaster and legal advisor Rod McKenzie, saying "if Rangers have any good reason for (them) to be suspended, we have yet to see it".
Partick Thistle - relegated from the Scottish Championship after the decision to terminate the season for divisions below the Scottish Premiership - have also stated their intent to support the move to look again at the circumstances surrounding the original vote.
Aberdeen plan to follow suit and their chairman Dave Cormack told the Dons' official website: "We reiterate our belief that an independent inquiry is the only way of drawing a line under what has become a highly damaging episode for the whole of Scottish football.
"There is a distressing lack of confidence and trust between the SPFL leadership and many of the clubs, and it is hard to see a resolution, far less a reconciliation, without some form of impartial and objective assessment of the many claims and counter-claims.
"Some of those involved will be prepared to make information known in confidence through an independent inquiry, which they would not otherwise be willing to disclose.
"The SPFL will be able to provide details of the contractual consequences for the SPFL of different possible outcomes, which they have felt unable to share with members, and therefore the opportunity to obtain confirmation that their proposal was the only practicable option available.
"Importantly, there will be the opportunity for the SPFL's Chief Executive and Legal Advisor to be cleared of the serious allegations that have been made.
"It is difficult to see how these outcomes could be achieved in a different way."
Bacon-man
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You can tell there is something wrong when the SPFL when they get so wound up about an independent investigation. I don’t like Aberdeen, but I will respect them for this.