Steve1872 4 Posted July 20, 2012 Share Posted July 20, 2012 Saturday July 21,2012 By Scott Burns and Michael Baillie Have your say(0) RANGERS boss Ally McCoist faces a hectic dash to rebuild his threadbare squad after Charles Greenâ??s newco accepted the SFAâ??s 12-month transfer embargo. The signing ban will start on September 1, giving McCoist just 42 days to acquire enough new players to take the club through to the January transfer window of 2014. And he made his first move by opening talks with Dean Shiels, below, who is out of contract after leaving Kilmarnock. Itâ??s understood former Motherwell midfielder Steve Jennings is also on McCoistâ??s radar, along with ex-Hearts playmaker Ian Black. All three are ready to play in the Third Division providing they can agree terms and are given long-term contracts. Dundee United trio Robbie Neilson, Scott Robertson and Garry Kenneth could also be targets for McCoist. The Ibrox side expect to lose top earners such as Carlos Bocanegra, Kirk Broadfoot and Maurice Edu, with the latter a target for Valencia. The choice is stark â?? take sanctions or risk not playing football at all Club chairman Malcolm Murray Greenâ??s newco Ibrox outfit last night moved a significant step closer to securing their SFA membership, following four days of negotiations with the governing body, although the Light Blues have not signed an agreement. Club chairman Malcolm Murray said: â??The choice is stark â?? take sanctions or risk not playing football at all. We do not wish to gamble with the clubâ??s future so, under duress, we have taken the difficult decision to accept some sanctions in order to move forward.â? The Gers have accepted sanctions that were applied to the oldco, including the transfer ban and a £160,000 fine imposed after ex-owner Craig Whyte was found guilty of bringing the game into disrepute. SEARCH FOOTBALL for: McCoist will now sit down with the Ibrox hierarchy to thrash out details of the players he needs as they begin life in the Third Division following the departure of Steven Naismith, Steven Whittaker, Kyle Lafferty and Jamie Ness, who received provisional international clearance from FIFA last night. The fifth player to refuse to transfer to the newco, Steven Davis, above, was still awaiting word on his clearance. The SFA were also seeking clarity on who is involved in Greenâ??s Sevco consortium, with regards to financial backers and shareholders. In a statement they said: â??The SFA has received the financial information requested. â??The imposition of conditions relating to transfer of membership was made on the basis that the SFA, as the governing body, has an obligation to protect the integrity of the national game and to ensure that all member clubs operate within the Articles of Association.â? http://www.express.co.uk/posts/view/334274 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Dutchy Posted July 20, 2012 Share Posted July 20, 2012 If even half them players were to come, we'd be fine until january 2014. Now lets just get back to the football and our rebuilding. Fecking SFA, not fit for purpose! 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
der Berliner 3,292 Posted July 20, 2012 Share Posted July 20, 2012 Craig Beattie please ... 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RANGERRAB 3,306 Posted July 20, 2012 Share Posted July 20, 2012 dean shiels may be a decent signing but it's really an out-and-out striker we really need. Dean isn't really that. more of an attacking MF IMO from what I've seen of him 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheWeeBlueDevil 0 Posted July 21, 2012 Share Posted July 21, 2012 Will break my heart to see some of they players mentioned above pull on our famous jersey, but that's the level we're now at and I need to embrace it. To be fair all mentioned in the op would stroll the SFL divisions. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrahimHemdani 1 Posted July 21, 2012 Share Posted July 21, 2012 Surely this is our opportunity, necessity even, to blood the young players, assuming we still have some that is. Dean Shiels is a decent player and so is Ian Black but I would never have him walk through the doors at Ibrox after what he did to Jelavic. And Gary Kenneth, give me a break 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
GovanAllan 0 Posted July 21, 2012 Share Posted July 21, 2012 By all means get the young players blooded earlier than usual but you won't get out of Div3 with a under 17 team, we need some good experienced pro's in their to help them. Most of the names mentioned will do us a job for a couple of years, but Gary Kenneth. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
der Berliner 3,292 Posted July 21, 2012 Share Posted July 21, 2012 Has anyone actually a list of the youngsters we still have? 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stimpy 0 Posted July 21, 2012 Share Posted July 21, 2012 Rangers in transfer news...been a loooong time since football issues were being discussed. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
CumbernauldGers 0 Posted July 21, 2012 Share Posted July 21, 2012 Any of they players would be great signings for the lower div, esp Shiels as he was scoring alot in the SPL. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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