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It`s being reported that we`ll be playing the Burnley u23s on July 14th, and the way it is written, it might be a challenge for the first team players, not the youngsters. Maybe some minutes for Sakala and Ofoborh?

The Rashford/Sancho substitution could have turned out the stroke of a genius, had they not messed up their kicks royally. But putting a 19-year old on that list of the first 5, man, Southgate got some nerve.

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Was it a league game?

We do. Good job from the club, celebrating 150 in style. As for Kamara, if he goes to England, we should be looking at a decent fee indeed. When you see rubbish stuff like 89m for Sancho, or 12m for some no-name chap joinging Newcastle, I simply expect that EPL-teams pay what we want and not what they deem fit for an SPFL player. I do expect that we will see bids from the EPL for the likes of Tavernier, Goldson, Kent and Co. in weeks to come.

IN - Alhassan Yusuf (20) - Nigeria, IFK Gothenborg - DM, contract 11/2022 - LINK - TM

RANGERS CONFIRM SIGNING OF JANE ROSS RANGERS Football Club are delighted to announce the signing of Scotland International Jane Ross from Manchester United. The striker, who has over 130 caps for the national team, has spent the past six years playing in the FA Women’s Super League with Manchester City, West Ham and Manchester United. “Rangers are a team who are growing and improving every season so for me growing up as a Rangers supporter it was an easy decision. https://www.rangers.co.uk/article/rangers-confirm-signing-of-jane-ross/uH1SAgKp0t6pSwvzzVzNU

8 + mins of highlights

Starting line-up is very experimental ... but this is about fitness and sharpness anyway ... McCrory Maxwell - Edmundson - Simpson - Mayo - King Jones - Williamson - Wright - Middleton Defoe Subs: K. Wright, Tavernier, Bassey Goldson, Hagi, Davis, Itten Lawrie, Aribo, Kelly, Roofe, Balogun Four CHs from the off then ... one playing right back, mix that at your leisure.

What a man we`ve got here ... Steven Gerrard on next season`s challenge

Just a few more hours before the "real" football starts again. Ain`t that cool?

Now that we are close to it, our main objective is to a) reach the CL group phase and b) retain the title to get there automatically next season. CL Prize Money

Özcan has re-signed for Cologne. Josh McPake will (apparently) sign a 2-year extension and then will be loaned to Morecombe, while Middleton might go back to St. Johnstone on loan.

Meanwhile, it seems that the new Cologne coach has convinced Salih Özcan to stay with the German team and help them in (I would assume) next season`s relegation fight.

The Portuguese press is sort of in overdrive about Alfredo going to Porto ... or not, with fees of Euro 16-20m being flung about. Nothing solid so far, mostly conjecture, agent talk and media speculation. We'll see.

Well, IMHO Roofe and Itten are here and here to stay. Sakala can play across the front line and will have to adapt to the Scottish game. Whatever happens to Alfredo is everyone`s guess, and Defoe will be a player-coach and see not much more action than last year. And, after all, grabbing a Colombian striker can`t stay a domain of the Finnish teams, can it?! (There is some talk that he wants some silly money in wages and signing on fees though.)

"Ibrox sources" ... at least a freebie international and Alfredo`s competitor for the Columbian side .. IN - Santos Borre (25) - River Plate, Colombia - ST, contract 2021 - LINK - TM

If you look at the table, we did not do too badly (or much worse than City or the Yahoos), but lost a few of key games late in the season. By those ITK (over at FF), who are closer to these affairs, it looks as if injuries, player selections and tactics caught us out. As with the men`s team, this is a project in the making ... and we only started inearnest last summer.

Alfredo and Porto ... the latter usually buy low and sell high, rarely paid more than 15+m for anyone. If anything, we might sell him for 15m and place a hefty sell-on clause on his name. Meanwhile, Osayi-Samuel is being valued at Euro 4-5m by Fenerbahce, quite natural, given that he`s got a contract till 2025.

Wonder what happens when BDO actually gets that amount. Probably filling theirs and the QC`s pockets first, but likewise paying quite a bit of the debts too.

Looks like goalie Brian Kinnear has joined Birmingham City, probably a good decision, as his chances will be rather limited with us and at 20 years of age, he needs to look for competitive footie. Rangers Academy goalkeeper Brian Kinnear has secured a move to English Championship Birmingham City

A few more whispers from Anatolia say that right now Fenerbahce don`t want to sell, but a loan would be an option.

Few whispers from Turkey ... According to sources in Turkey, Rangers have made an official approach to sign Bright Osayi-Samuel from Fenerbahce. Versatile 23-year old right-sided attacker, who had the not-so-Bright idea going to Turkey these days. Too bad that he now has a deal till 2025 in his hands.

I would assume there were enough ambulances at the ready, as per usual. They say the best ICU of the country is but 500 m from the stadium.

Can anyone confirm that this is but joke? BBC Scotland`s It`s been a long time coming!