der Berliner 3,350 Posted June 15, 2011 Share Posted June 15, 2011 STVRaman Raman BhardwajRangers hold signing talks with Craig Conway. More on the STV website soon folks... ... sayest this STVtwitter Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frankie 8,200 Posted June 15, 2011 Share Posted June 15, 2011 Conway would certainly supplement the squad but I'd be looking for more quality than him to be honest. He could improve though and represents minimal risk. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stefanovitch 0 Posted June 15, 2011 Share Posted June 15, 2011 and here it is Craig Conway is in talks with Rangers and could be set for a freedom of contract move to Ibrox. STV understands that Conway and his representative held discussions at Murray Park on Wednesday morning about a move. The Scotland winger is out of contract after five years at Dundee United and the Scottish Premier League champions will not have to pay a transfer fee to add him to their squad. Conway picked up a Scottish Cup winners medal with United in 2010 and scored 15 goals in 150 appearances for the club. Rangers manager Ally McCoist is keen on the former Ayr United wide man and hopes to make him one of a trio of signings this week. McCoist has already had talks with Israeli striker Tomer Hemed's agent and the Maccabi Haifa hitman is expected to fly to Glasgow for a medical this week. Crystal Palace midfielder Neil Danns is also on the list of targets and has made it clear he will seriously consider a move north. STV has learned that McCoist is keen to see business concluded before he leaves for a family holiday next week. Thought Ally wasn't having a holiday this summer! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ian1964 10,500 Posted June 16, 2011 Share Posted June 16, 2011 BURSASPOR have slapped in a third bid of Ã?£750,000 for Rangers defender Steven Whittaker. The cash-rich Turks have already had bids of Ã?£450,000 and Ã?£600,000 knocked back by Gers boss Ally McCoist. But this renewed interest has underlined Bursa’s determination to take the versatile defender to the Bursa Ataturk Stadium to team up with Kenny Miller. Whittaker is now in the final year of his current deal with the SPL champions, but with contract extension talks yet to kick-off Bursa boss Ertugrul Saglam has reiterated his desire to test the Ibrox club’s resolve to hold onto the highly rated 27 year-old. And the player’s agent Ken Anderson revealed he is expecting to hold talks with Rangers within 24 hours. He said: “I have been informed of a third bid of Ã?£750,000 having been tabled for Steven by Bursaspor. In that regard I would expect to be speaking with Rangers within 24 hours. Obviously this renewed interest from Bursa shows how highly they value the player and how keen they are to acquire Steven. Hopefully we can resolve things as soon as possible.” Although his wages have been widely quoted as Ã?£8,000 per week basic at Gers it is understood they are significantly less. The Turkish offer is believed to double the Scotland star’s current Ibrox pay. The Turkish Super Lig side are also keen to keep Miller whom they signed in a Ã?£400,000 deal from Gers in January. The securing of his close friend Whittaker would significantly strengthen Bursa’s hopes in that regard. However Whittaker has previously stressed to Sporttimes that his priority is to sign an extension with Gers with whom he is settled and looking forward to working under new boss McCoist when Rangers return for pre-season on June 27. Those preparations for the new campaign will include an eight day trip to Germany were Rangers will play three games, the club announced today. McCoist and his squad leave on July 6, and play their first game against lower league side Sportfreunde Lotte the following day. They then face VFL Bochum on Saturday, July 9 and finish off with a clash against Bayer Leverkusen on Wednesday, July 13 although the match will take place in small town of Telgte near Munster and not Leverkusen’s home BayArena. Rangers fly back to face Linfield in Belfast on Saturday, July 16, then travel to Blackpool on Tuesday the 19th for the final friendly before the SPL starts four days later. Meanwhile, the club will not be held to ransom over wage demands as they try to close out three Bosman deals for Tomer Hemed, Neil Danns and Craig Conway. The three players have all been targeted by boss Ally McCoist as part of his summer rebuild, and he is keen to get them on board before pre-season training starts in just 11 days time. But whilst there is money to spend on transfer fees and wages after the Craig Whyte takeover, McCoist knows he may need up to eight new faces – and he will refuse to pay over the odds to land players with big money needed to pursue main targets Carlos Cuellar, Kyle Bartley and David Goodwillie. Hemed looked set to be the first summer arrival from Maccabi Haifa after his agents arrived in Glasgow for talks on Tuesday. The deal for the 24-year-old then stalled when a clutch of Spanish clubs expressed an interest and offered more in terms of wages. However, SportTimes understands that Hemed was today edging closer to choosing Rangers with an Israeli source suggesting the Maccabi Haifa ace may be ready to jet to Glasgow in the next 48 hours. The striker has admitted that the chance to work under Ally McCoist is an attraction. Hemed said: “I am excited about the prospect of signing for such a big club as Rangers and playing under a manager like Ally McCoist. “I believe that if I get the chance to work with him I can develop my game further. But at the moment it is up to my agent. I hope they can come to an agreement soon.” Danns is also believed to be looking for a huge increase from what he was on at Crystal Palace to move to the SPL. He has big offers from Hull and Leicester on the table but his agent has been told the pay-scale Rangers are looking at and, although there is some room for manoeuvring, sources at Ibrox say Whyte wants value for money on the deals he sanctions. No offer was tabled to Conway yesterday after the Dundee United man and his agent held talks with McCoist over a switch. http://www.eveningtimes.co.uk/sport/editor-s-picks/bursaspor-in-new-750k-bid-for-whittaker-1.1107122 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
metlika 0 Posted June 16, 2011 Share Posted June 16, 2011 Cash rich Turks, heh, they keep putting in pish offers. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danny 0 Posted June 16, 2011 Share Posted June 16, 2011 Cash rich Turks, heh, they keep putting in pish offers. They do think they can get away with such meagre offers, but that said Whittaker isn't really worth much more than a million. tbh, this is the crap we used to pull. We used to go in with really rubbish offers hoping to nick players for way less than than they were worth. In fact, we tried it as recently as January with a �£600k bid for Goodwillie. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
metlika 0 Posted June 16, 2011 Share Posted June 16, 2011 I'd say he is worth what we paid for him even in his last year of his contract. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ian1964 10,500 Posted June 17, 2011 Share Posted June 17, 2011 RANGERS' hopes of landing Carlos Cuellar could be over as Aston Villa get set to parade Alex McLeish as their new boss. Ally McCoist wants to re-sign Cuellar but his bid is set to be dealt a crushing blow today when Big Eck's controversial appointment as manager at Villa Park is confirmed. SunSport understands Cuellar is one player the former Rangers boss does NOT want to sell. McLeish rates the 29-year-old former Osasuna stopper as the best centre-half at his new club. It's believed Eck IS willing to part with defenders Richard Dunne and James Collins - last season's preferred pairing at the back for Villa. But it seems certain he will tell his old pal McCoist that Cuellar, sold to Villa by Gers for �£8million is not for sale. McLeish has a massive fight on his hands as he battles to win over the Villa fans so opposed to his cross-city move. And the former Birmingham boss will not weaken his stance by selling the players he believes can help him convince furious Villa supporters he's the man for the job. McLeish's unveiling at Villa is a huge blow for McCoist who had hoped to lure Cuellar back to Ibrox. But Eck knows all about Cuellar's qualities and he has no intention of selling. Meanwhile, the deal to bring Tomer Hemed to Ibrox is back on. SunSport can reveal the 24-year-old is once again considering a switch to Glasgow after Gers improved on their first offer. The out-of-contract Maccabi Haifa hitman seemed destined for a move to Spain after Real Mallorca and Espanyol both tabled last-minute bids. Both La Liga outfits were offering double the money that was on the table at Ibrox. But Gers are determined to land Hemed and they have increased their offer to the hitman. The player has hinted he would prefer a move to Scotland and McCoist is now once again hopeful a deal can be done as he aims to strengthen the squad. Read more: http://www.thescottishsun.co.uk/scotsol/homepage/sport/spl/3643214/Coisty-hit-by-Carlos-Cuellar-blow.html#ixzz1PW92GidC Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gazza_8 233 Posted June 17, 2011 Share Posted June 17, 2011 To good to be true. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stefanovitch 0 Posted June 17, 2011 Share Posted June 17, 2011 So no Cuellar means we will have to move onto other targets. Cribari I hear from a Napoli fan is a donkey! Granqvist has signed for Genoa for €2m. Benalouane has been linked to both us and them - any others? It's gone terribly quiet on the Douglao front. We really need clarification from Ally regarding Weir and Bougherra. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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