der Berliner 3,245 Posted July 15, 2018 Author Share Posted July 15, 2018 Southampton have failed in an 10m plus adons bid for Danny Ings, because Liverpool apparently want 20m. + + + Scottish Sun SportVerified account @scotsunsport Rangers eye up English defender as alternative if they fail to sign Jake Cooperhttps://www.thescottishsun.co.uk/sp...rangers-steven-gerrard-blackpool-jake-cooper/ … ... to which former Rangers employee and London based sports reporter Andrew Dickson answered: Andrew DicksonVerified account @mrandrewdickson 4m4 minutes ago Andrew Dickson Retweeted Scottish Sun Sport Don’t think they will fail... + + + 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rousseau 9,367 Posted July 16, 2018 Share Posted July 16, 2018 Who's the alternative to Cooper? (I'm not clicking the link.) We all thought the Ings rumour was unlikely, simply because of his value. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
buster. 4,808 Posted July 16, 2018 Share Posted July 16, 2018 4 minutes ago, Rousseau said: Who's the alternative to Cooper? (I'm not clicking the link.) We all thought the Ings rumour was unlikely, simply because of his value. Curtis Tilt from Blackpool (according to rags) Forget Ings, let someone else pay big money for an injury prone forward. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
der Berliner 3,245 Posted July 16, 2018 Author Share Posted July 16, 2018 Mr. Bartley, the Kyle version that is, has signed for West Brom in a 3-year 6m deal. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
buster. 4,808 Posted July 16, 2018 Share Posted July 16, 2018 2 minutes ago, der Berliner said: Mr. Bartley, the Kyle version that is, has signed for West Brom in a 3-year 6m deal. English market very seldom represents value for money, it's loco ! We need to develop scouting contacts in other countries. 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
der Berliner 3,245 Posted July 16, 2018 Author Share Posted July 16, 2018 Yep ... Millwall want 5m or the like for Cooper (we bid a 3m take it or leave it ... and someone says there's a buy-out clause), Curtis Tilt is assumingly available for 1m, as Ipswich bid 550k and were rejected. Both have 12 months of their contracts remaining. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevie - 4lads Blog 922 Posted July 17, 2018 Share Posted July 17, 2018 We will go back in for Cooper in my humble opinion 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frankie 8,149 Posted July 17, 2018 Share Posted July 17, 2018 1 minute ago, Stevie - 4lads Blog said: We will go back in for Cooper in my humble opinion It's an interesting transfer as £3-4m on another centre half would suggest Gerrard favours three at the back - or certainly plenty defensive cover should it be required. It also doesn't leave us much money for a creative midfielder and striker but I guess the latter especially may well come from the loan market and the former might come from Middleton instead of someone like Wilson. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
der Berliner 3,245 Posted July 17, 2018 Author Share Posted July 17, 2018 Jim White reports that we have made 4 bids now for him, but Millwall stating he's not for sale now. The latter a bit strange, as they could have said that from the off. Is he that good? I mean 3m+ good? 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gaffer 1,665 Posted July 17, 2018 Share Posted July 17, 2018 11 minutes ago, der Berliner said: Jim White reports that we have made 4 bids now for him, but Millwall stating he's not for sale now. The latter a bit strange, as they could have said that from the off. Is he that good? I mean 3m+ good? I've had info from some Millwall fans that say he's a 10m+ rated player by them and their club, which is why I don't think we can afford him. I've not seen him, but one of the guys who told me this is a former international defender himself and thinks he's got everything. We must think we have a chance though, but I can't work out why. Does he have a short term left on his contract? I don't know. Millwall will have to be seen to drive a hard bargain though, because if they let him go on the cheap, their fans will be furious. As Frankie said, Gerrard must be keen on deploying three centre backs in many games if he's willing to spend the bulk of his transfer budget on him. That makes sense I suppose against most of the SPL teams. I am sure most of us are delighted that we are treating the defence so seriously this window. It's had very little attention previously in my opinion, and yet most of us who were around in the Souness days appreciate just what a difference it made to get that right first of all. He rightly said, if we don't lose goals, we don't lose games. How true! 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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