pete 2,499 Posted January 25, 2011 Share Posted January 25, 2011 According to Rab Boyle of Rangersmedia, it's a done deal and he's signed. http://home.rangersmedia.co.uk/index.php/component/content/article/41-finances/965-rangers-to-sign-kris-commons.html There has been so many done deals on websites that have later turned out to be undone, that i will wait for official confirmation. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
andrew_2010 0 Posted January 25, 2011 Share Posted January 25, 2011 or willie vass photos to show they are at least talking to Rangers... 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
aweebluesoandso 290 Posted January 25, 2011 Share Posted January 25, 2011 The Scum want him in the summer we want him now, could be the difference as to whether he signs? 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zappa 0 Posted January 25, 2011 Share Posted January 25, 2011 There has been so many done deals on websites that have later turned out to be undone, that i will wait for official confirmation. Sounds like a good idea! 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ian1964 10,457 Posted January 26, 2011 Share Posted January 26, 2011 CELTIC were last night poised to nick Derby winger Kris Commons from under the noses of title rivals Rangers. The Ibrox club were priced out of a move for the Scotland ace and their withdrawal left the Hoops in the driving seat to snap him up this summer. Record Sport can reveal that Rangers chief executive Martin Bain was forced to pull out of the signing talks late yesterday afternoon after it became clear the 27-year-old was looking for a two-and-a-half-year deal on �£20,000 a week. That was �£5000 a week more than Bain could afford - and Commons now looks set to pocket the full amount in a summer move to Parkhead. We exclusively revealed last month Celtic were keeping tabs on the player, who last night was close to agreeing the terms of a pre-contract with the Hoops. And if the deal is signed Neil Lennon may even slap in a cut-price offer to allow the transfer to go through immediately. The dramatic twist is another hammer blow to Ibrox boss Walter Smith who had hoped to use the money freed up by the sale of top scorer Kenny Miller to land the Scotland international from Pride Park. He even hinted yesterday that Commons might be signed in time for the player to make a debut in tonight's SPL clash with Hibs at Easter Road. Smith said: "He is someone we would be interested in. We are in talks with Derby to see what the situation is. "He is in exactly the same position as Kenny Miller was in last week, where his contract expires at the end of the season. "We've got the money from selling Kenny. "I don't do the deals, Martin carries out that job, but he was talking to them this morning. "Kris can play a number of positions and we've such a small squad that when we get a player in we look for them to do that." But the cash-strapped SPL champions could not stretch their paltry finances far enough to match the demands of a player who is currently taking home less than �£10,000 a week. The Ibrox club's bankers, Lloyds, have already made it clear the current wage bill of around �£16million will have to be reduced by at least �£1m before the start of next season. And that means their days of offering contracts worth �£20,000 a week or more are over. In contrast, Celtic have found the cash to strike a deal with Commons, who scored his first goal for Scotland in November's 3-0 win over the Faroes. Smith will now have to source other, less costly targets. While Nacho Novo remains on the radar as a fall-back option, Smith admitted another former striker, Kris Boyd, would also be outwith Rangers' financial reach. Smith said: "It's fairly simple. We couldn't afford to pay the money Middlesbrough were paying last season. "We're still in the position where we can't afford to pay it now. "Kris left us for a club that could pay him more money. "Whatever we're going to do in the transfer market, we'll do it whenever it's actually possible." http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/football/spl/2011/01/26/celtic-move-in-for-derby-scotland-star-kris-commons-as-rangers-are-priced-out-of-deal-86908-22876527/ 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gazza_8 233 Posted January 26, 2011 Author Share Posted January 26, 2011 Has he signed on a pre-contract or have we got him now.......supposedly? 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ian1964 10,457 Posted January 26, 2011 Share Posted January 26, 2011 Just thinking here,WS is saying he is looking to sign Commons as a left sided player,why have we not seen his other new signing for left side of midfield Kerkar??? 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gazza_8 233 Posted January 26, 2011 Author Share Posted January 26, 2011 Just thinking here,WS is saying he is looking to sign Commons as a left sided player,why have we not seen his other new signing for left side of midfield Kerkar??? I doubt we'll ever see him. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frankie 8,186 Posted January 26, 2011 Share Posted January 26, 2011 Derby say the deal with Rangers if off... 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
CumbernauldGers 0 Posted January 26, 2011 Share Posted January 26, 2011 Derby say the deal with Rangers if off... Was never on, more lies and shit from Rangers after Miller left. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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