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I think we need to hang tight with Alfredo. Regardless of what has or hasn't gone on, we need to make sure we get the £20m we are after. It would be our record sale but also show to outsiders we are no longer a pushover when it comes to selling our best players.

What I take from this is the profound change in Rangers' approach to player trading. I take heart from the fact there appears to be an intent to maximise any deal in our own favour - a major change from the shambles we've watched for many years. Very few players are willing to commit to a club like Rangers. In almost 60 years as a supporter I've seen many good players come and go. Kent will be no different. If he leaves, someone will take his place. The only thing I expect is that any deal is done in the interests of Rangers.

I'd like to think the scouting team are already seeking out a potential replacement for Kent. The English transfer market is totally over-inflated, so the money we could get for Kent might fund a replacement for him, fund the purchase of a dynamic midfielder and give us some profit, if we can find them overseas.

We have to have a more settled team , i don't think playing Morelos short term is the way ahead, Roofe and itten are.

That stat on the face of it looks good for Celtic. However, 5 of those goals were in their opening game at home to Accies - their subsequent two games has seen them score 1 goal in each game, which MIGHT suggest that they are struggling to create chances against brick wall teams too. We can but hope. Fingers crossed loyal.

They didn't deceive you - that is a characteristic of a natural scorer. Ralphie Brand? A dwindling number of us will remember him with fondness.

He’s away in my humble opinion Will move quickly now

Except I've always had the feeling Kent was happy here.

Given the way Alfie is treated by referees and the Scottish press, I don't blame him for wanting out. It wouldn't surprise me if we don't see him play in a Rangers shirt again.

What a useful turn of phrase. If I ever have to go back to work, I’ll be using that in negotiations.

This is our route to success. Selling at over-inflated prices to England and spending the money more prudently in markets across the continent. Until we make the UCL groups this the only way we can significantly improve our finances, and therefore first team.

While I agree 14 million is an interesting sum there are many more factors to be considered. First are Leeds likely to offer what he's really worth? Hardly, no one does. They try to get a bargain price and that's fair enough. We would too. And presuming these reports are accurate, the fact they have jumped from 10 million all the way to 14 million in just a week demonstrates perfectly they're playing that game. They're trying to get a young player who still hasn't reached peak potential, and who they obviously regard as EPL standard, for a relative pittance in EPL transfer fee terms. Further factors. The club earned an estimated £18 million in Europe last season. What would be of more value? Keeping Kent to help achieve that Euro money again? Or selling him off which could be detrimental to achieving that aim again? And of course we're at the beginning of a key SPL season. I don't need to go into the details of what's at stake, everybody knows them. The fact the manager himself has publicly indicated he is more than keen to keep Kent, while simultaneously bemoaning the fact it could be taken out of his hands, indicates to me he sees Kent as crucial to the league campaign and more. And let's put aside the well known stakes of the season ahead. And further presume that Kent is crucial to winning the league which may be supported by the managers view of it. Aside from all the well known factors at stake this season, what else may be at stake? Well what may be at stake is a crack at the Champions League and a potential 50 to £60 million windfall. A sum that could put us on a level financial field with them for the first time in years. If Kent goes we're not replacing him with equivalent quality. The team is weakened in this crucial season. And with all that in mind and taking into consideration at least as much and potentially even more could be realised for him next year, my view is why do it now. when he's contracted till 2023.

Even if there were a release clause which were matched it would still come down to Kent himself. He's a young guy, still only 23, he has years ahead to make the big money and I suspect he is in the meantime coping perfectly well on 25K a week. It can't be all about money for someone who is already wealthy and has so much time to become even wealthier. Does he want to be playing in a side competing in Europe and challenging for honours? Or a side who are as likely as not to be in a relegation dogfight challenging for nothing but a spot outside the bottom 3? He was not just happy but determined to be at Rangers a year ago when he had the chance to be at Leeds. Leeds will not be challenging for titles, cups, or a place in Europe. And Kent will have ample opportunity to make a big money move a year or two down the line. Perhaps even to a side a rank above Leeds if he continues his early season form and carries it into Europe.

He looked like a future star. I'd be very surprised to see him play in Scottish football.

For a brief few weeks, Jones had the fan base asking “Ryan who?” If anybody remembers that, it wasn’t long ago. It could also be argued that we have already replaced Alfredo with a strike partnership of Roofe and Itten, and don’t forget our top goal scorer from last season is back soon. I am playing devil’s advocate here but, we could still be very capable of challenging, with up to £35m in the bank allowing us to bring in the last piece of the jigsaw - a dynamic attacking midfielder. Quids in if all goes well. If not, a kitty is available to bankroll the next manager. FWIW, I’d prefer to keep Kent and Morelos and find that AM, but I could see it go completely the other way.

Whatever; que sera...etc... However, let's hope that Club is not caught with its dick its hand, on the last day of the transfer window, when, as everybody knows, it 'slams shut'. The pain of that is, well, eye watering.

Pure, unadulterated conjecture and speculation. Which is fine, but don't present it as factual when it clearly isnt, right ?

Bill, I could have put it no better sir. Too many folks get twisted around the axle on some player, or coach. I can't blame them. After all, it's those great players, and coaches that create lasting memories. You can't get too attached. Tomorrow is about the club...not the player.

That looks like this over-statistic garbage the US make so much fuss about in American football ... yet, at the end of the day, points on the board matter, don't they? Obviously, domination of the ball et al should by default win the day in any given game ... and perhaps we saw something new in the Roofe & Itten as well as Barker & Kent attack line-up. We have to wait and see how that developes and how we get on against the brickwallers on their soil.

Just a few stats to add to this, Rangers have faced 17 shots so far this season, Celtic have faced 19 having played 2 games fewer Rangers' average possession of 66.5% is the highest in the league Rangers' pass accuracy of 87.6% is the highest in the league Doesn't mean anything at this stage of course but some good early signs.

I think if he has a good week in training and his head is in the correct place, I would play him against Hamilton; as of right now, he's our best option in attack, imo. However, given how things look to be panning out, I wouldn't be shocked if he's a Lille player by the end of the week.

Problem is, do we play him in the interim as that's the only way we can keep (or increase) his value? As I said on the pod last night, I hope being dropped is a short, sharp shock for the lad. With Roofe and Itten now getting up to sharpness and contributing to our two goals on Saturday then Alfie will have to realise quickly that he has to work hard to get back in the squad, never mind the first XI. Hopefully he puts in a good training shift this week and is available for the Hamilton game as it's best for both parties that he keeps playing and gets back to full fitness and form. There might be another closed doors friendly tomorrow or Wednesday to help with that. (Of course it could be that a sale is just more imminent than has been the case previously but we'll find that out over the next few days).

Doesn’t matter when you are talking about doubling your wages

I don't think this issue is whether or not Morelos is leaving .... it's about realising the maximum price, which we won't do if he spends an extended period on the sidelines

Sorry to mention them, but there are reports that Turnbull will sign for them for the same fee as last season, £3m. Hard to tell when none of us watch him regularly, but I think he could turn into a very good player and I was hoping he'd move down south.

Yes but that's an entirely spurious argument since I don't see anyone claiming the absence of a release clause. If you're going to assert there IS a release clause then you need to be able to substantiate it. But you can't so it's just rumour and gossip. No?

1. The CL statement is a red herring because next season Scotland get two participants. So BOTH us and then would have a crack at the CL. Us winning the league won’t prevent them from having the same crack at the league. Not only is it a red herring but I doubt the veracity of us getting “£50 to £60 million” from CL revenues. More likely to be half that amount. 2. You categorically state that we “won’t replace him with equivalent quality”. Neither you nor I know that to be the case. There are certainly gems to be had, which is where the scouting team come into play. Sure, Kent May be seen as vital to our chances of success this season by Gerrard, but that doesn’t mean that there isn’t someone else out there who could be an even bigger contributor. 3. Any player is worth what a) another team are willing to pay and b) what the selling team are willing to accept. But you obviously know that. Who knows what value Leeds have on him but it’s also naive to think that we aren’t also playing the game. We will likely have an acceptable number to part ways with the lad but are Leeds willing to stretch that far, whatever that number is ? 4. The problem with your Europa League analysis (£18 million revenue) is that keeping Kent is no guarantee to those revenues again but selling him for, say, £20 million is a guaranteed £13 million profit, reducing the necessity for Europa League revenues. do I want to see Kent go ? No, I personally like the fact that he always gives everything he has, he’s direct, pacy, skillful and so far this season is actually producing an end product by way of goals (long may it continue). However, if we were to double our money on him and use the that money to find a replacement for him and also get the creative, box to box midfielder we crave then I’d reluctantly be willing to let the lad go. The beauty of being just fans.... we don’t get to be the ones to make these very difficult decisions ?

Wasn't the greatest but there have been many much worse,at least best team won and,by the way,it was nice to see cheating cry baby Neymar get his comeuppance.

So far, there’s been no evidence at all of any release clause.

Why should he , in fact why should he discuss any players contract .If a team wants any of our players , bid for them or enter negotiations , don’t go via the Yorkshire post , just my opinion .

Another epic fail for VAR. Two missed second half penalties in my opinion

Must admit, Clive is just different class. You can tell he does his homework on every player, of every team. KT he Just bleeds blue blood lol.

Another well produced and presented offering today. Really setting an example of how football should be presented. Rae, Dodds and McCann are excellent and their insight and analysis is spot on. Once again CT and KT nailed the commentey. Throw in Sir Walter and you've gotten a 1st class product. We'll done to all involved - top class.

This is what I, and most Rangers fans, are pissed off about. They got to move a fixture to try and get their fans in, never mind all the vote rigging and stealing another title!. It really gets to me the lack of noise about this, it's like pay your money sit down and shut up for Rangers fans.

transubstantiation

I've always believed that one of the defining characteristics of Celtic and its adherents is an ability to create fact out of fiction. Their willingness to believe what is clearly fiction and turn it into established truth would make a blind alchemist blush. If someone says they've sold 50,000 season tickets then the expediency of wanting it to be true will immediately make it "true". The Celtic world is a world of entirely flexible reality, where 50,000 season tickets is whatever you want it to be.

Now you know why our game at the girodome got moved to October from its traditional slot in August. Had this game been due to been played at ibrox it would have gone ahead as scheduled. welcome to the corrupt state of Scottish football. No wonder sponsors won’t touch it with a barge pole

McCann’s HT tactical analysis Was better than anything you will get on BBC, Sky or BT regarding Scottish football. Simply superb. That’s the kind of thing I want from the pre/ht/ft pundits. Explain to us mere mortals how the game was won and lost, how managers changed their tactics and changed the game, or got it wrong. Not just the headline grabbing bluster just to be controversial or try to get players (Rangers usually) into trouble. We don’t need to be told it’s a lovely move, we can see that. Tell us why it worked. Of course that would make 95% of pundits unemployed, and I’m ok with that.