ian1964 10,447 Posted July 26, 2012 Share Posted July 26, 2012 RANGERS DEAL ALMOST DONE Friday July 27,2012 By Graham Clark and Scott Burns Comment Speech Bubble Have your say(0) RANGERS will discover their football fate today, with the signs last night pointing to a compromise deal having been secured with the SPL. And that will: * Bring official recognition from the SFA; * Give the go-ahead for Sunday’s Ramsdens Cup tie against Brechin City; * Allow manager Ally McCoist to set about rebuilding his squad. If, as seems likely, a resolution has been found it almost certainly means a deal has been struck over television rights and the dual contracts issue, although the latter may have been set aside meantime to allow investigations elsewhere to be completed. It’s understood former Hearts midfielder Ian Black has agreed a four-year deal to join the Light Blues, with his former Tynecastle team-mate Craig Beattie still training at Murray Park and also ready to commit himself to the newco Gers. ì I am excited to be here. Besiktas is a big club and I can’t wait to get started î Allan McGregor Striker Andy Little, who was out of contract, has agreed a new deal and Rangers remain in talks with ex-Kilmarnock playmaker Dean Shiels. McCoist last night opened talks with Neil Alexander over a new deal as Allan McGregor completed his move to Besiktas on a two-year contract. Alexander will now go into the new season as the Ibrox No 1 after McGregor refused to switch his contract to the Ibrox newco. Alexander, 34, still has one year left on his current contract but has been offered another three years – if he agrees to take a cut on his current five-figure weekly wage packet. The keeper, who has three Scotland caps, has played in several high-profile games in his four years at Ibrox and McCoist has no concerns over going with him to get the club back up through the leagues. Rangers chief executive Charles Green will continue to fight for compensation for McGregor and the other first team players he claims have breached their contracts in refusing to transfer to the newco. Scotland keeper McGregor was reluctant to move to Turkey but was left with few options. Besiktas, who have also signed French international defender Julien Escude, are banned from Europe for a season, but McGregor said: “I am excited to be here. Besiktas is a big club and I can’t wait to get started.” McGregor will get an increase on the £20,000-a-week he was on at Ibrox but he is aware of the problems his former Rangers team-mates Kris Boyd and Kenny Miller encountered in Turkey. Ibrox youngster Rhys McCabe has agreed a move to Championship new boys Sheffield Wednesday, who may have to pay compensation because of the player’s age. Wednesday are keen to get an agreement sorted and are even prepared to offer former Scotland Under-21 defender Mark Reynolds in exchange. http://www.scottishdailyexpress.co.uk/posts/view/335520/Rangers-deal-almost-done 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
simplythebest 0 Posted July 26, 2012 Share Posted July 26, 2012 Scott Burns was tweeting about this. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gers4Life 0 Posted July 27, 2012 Share Posted July 27, 2012 Let's hope that the above with Rangers deal almost done comes together as like most waiting in anticipation for news then BOOM! Back to square one, please just get the deal done and let us get on with playing football please 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
the gunslinger 3,366 Posted July 27, 2012 Share Posted July 27, 2012 that looks like a guess from burns. he's also got mcgregors wage wrong he was on 28k at rangers and it looked like a drop at besiktas was on the cards last I saw. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
andy steel 0 Posted July 27, 2012 Share Posted July 27, 2012 Reynolds would be decent at d3, but I doubt if he'd want to come. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
the gunslinger 3,366 Posted July 27, 2012 Share Posted July 27, 2012 membership by noon according to stv. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnnyk 158 Posted July 27, 2012 Share Posted July 27, 2012 that looks like a guess from burns. he's also got mcgregors wage wrong he was on 28k at rangers and it looked like a drop at besiktas was on the cards last I saw. Heard on the radio this morning it was £18k a week on a 2 year deal, probably without bonuses but big drop if true. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
the gunslinger 3,366 Posted July 27, 2012 Share Posted July 27, 2012 Heard on the radio this morning it was £18k a week on a 2 year deal, probably without bonuses but big drop if true. depends on taxe etc of course. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest carter001 Posted July 27, 2012 Share Posted July 27, 2012 Would any of you accept the following for getting our license? Stripped of titles but, seasons voided and not given to the second place team and no further sanctions for EBT/dual contracts If the only way to get playing again was the stripping of titles then, as long as they are not given to lawell i could probably just about stomach it. We know who won and have the DVD's to prove it!! 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
the gunslinger 3,366 Posted July 27, 2012 Share Posted July 27, 2012 Would any of you accept the following for getting our license? Stripped of titles but, seasons voided and not given to the second place team and no further sanctions for EBT/dual contracts If the only way to get playing again was the stripping of titles then, as long as they are not given to lawell i could probably just about stomach it. We know who won and have the DVD's to prove it!! I would rather fling shite at the moon. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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