ian1964 10,514 Posted November 25, 2012 Share Posted November 25, 2012 RANGERS manager Ally McCoist has revealed that the club have begun compiling a list of signing targets for January. A 12-month transfer embargo was imposed on Rangers by the SFAâ??s independent panel as a penalty for bringing the game into disrepute by not paying taxes during Craig Whyteâ??s tenure as owner. The club are banned from registering players over 18 during the next two transfer windows. But McCoist is hoping to tie up several players on pre-contract deals in the new year. He said: â??Chief scout Neil Murray has been working on it. â??We have a list of players. The idea would be to get guys on pre-contracts before registering them on September 1.â? McCoist admitted that Rangers may need to â??employâ? the new signings under a different job description until theyâ??re able to register them. â??Weâ??d probably have to but Iâ??m not sure of the legalities of it,â? he said. â??There may be ways of doing it and then simply registering them as players on September 1. We have a list of players. The idea would be to get guys on pre-contracts before registering them on September 1 Rangers boss Ally McCoist â??It would be good to get a decent pre-season next year and that would, hopefully, involve the players that are not allowed to play until September 1.â? http://www.express.co.uk/posts/view/360349/Ally-McCoist-plans-a-new-year-signing-swoop-for-Rangers 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zappa 0 Posted November 25, 2012 Share Posted November 25, 2012 He should have completely denied that we might bend the rules. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zappa 0 Posted November 25, 2012 Share Posted November 25, 2012 Then again... denying it would leave him open if we do indeed bend them, which I think we should. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gingerger 0 Posted November 25, 2012 Share Posted November 25, 2012 How would we be bending the rules? Working to the rules more like. It's a certainty we will sign out of contract players after the 1st sept. They wouldn't be doing their job right if they weren't looking at this right now. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
GovanAllan 0 Posted November 25, 2012 Share Posted November 25, 2012 Wait for the bending of the rules is not morally right. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
der Berliner 3,363 Posted November 25, 2012 Share Posted November 25, 2012 Haven't checked, but Hearts have been transfer-embargoed too for bringing the game into disrepute, right? Till January 1st or something likewise-silly? Point is, McCoist probably speaks of people that become available in the Summer transfer window, so we would have no need to employ them and simply ask them to do a Ian Black solely over the month of August and stay freebies. Wonder whether the registrations for Naismith and Co. have been transferred now? 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tumshie RFC 0 Posted November 25, 2012 Share Posted November 25, 2012 We are certainly not bending the rules. The transfer embargo ends on August 31. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dragonfly Trumpeter 50 Posted November 25, 2012 Share Posted November 25, 2012 Surely Charles Green is not considering letting McCoist spend money? His track record of signing utter shite and wasting dosh is only surpassed by his results. Oh, I see the connection now. So Charles, use the 'not bending the rules' excuse. keep the purse closed. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnnyk 158 Posted November 25, 2012 Share Posted November 25, 2012 Motherwell forward Jamie Murphy who's out of contract in the summer has been linked with Rangers. Matthew Lindsay on twitter. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
the gunslinger 3,366 Posted November 25, 2012 Share Posted November 25, 2012 Murphy is a decent player 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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