fraser54 0 Posted May 24, 2007 Share Posted May 24, 2007 Suprised no one has posted this yet. Last night on both news channels they reported that his agent is flying into Glasgow to have talks and he is expected to sign next week. They had an interview with McCulloch and all he was saying he had a meeting with the new manager to sort out his future and was just smiling when asked about Rangers, so i think he will be a Gers player very soon 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frankie 8,150 Posted May 24, 2007 Share Posted May 24, 2007 Today, the news sites say we can't afford the fee Wigan want mate... 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
fraser54 0 Posted May 24, 2007 Author Share Posted May 24, 2007 How much they looking for, they need to remember that they are a Championship side now 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frankie 8,150 Posted May 24, 2007 Share Posted May 24, 2007 Apparently they want £4million... :D I'd pay no more than £750K-£1million for him. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon 0 Posted May 24, 2007 Share Posted May 24, 2007 Rangers want but won't pay for McCulloch As tight as you would expect from a Scotsman, Rangers are courting Lee McCulloch, but are unwilling to pay the going rate for the international forward. The player himself has made his intentions clear to Wigan Athletic manager Chris Hutchings in a brief meeting earlier this week. After over six years with Wigan Athletic, McCulloch feels he is ready for a new challenge and would like to join Rangers. He told the Daily Mail: "I've had a meeting with the new Wigan manager, it wasn't a long meeting, but I expressed my opinion to him. I'll keep what was said to myself just now and I'll just wait and see what happens. The manager knows what I want to do." However there is a big stumbling block over the fee being commanded for the 29 year old. The Latics believe McCulloch to be worth upwards of �£4 million while the Scottish club can only afford to pay �£1 million. After the favour that Wigan did Rangers over Andy Webster - he cost Rangers nothing in the end - this is seemingly a kick in the teeth for Hutchings. A potential swap deal had been mentioned, but the standard of players at Ibrox did not interest Hutchings. Aside from asking for a transfer again, there is little else that McCulloch could say to join former national boss Walter Smith at Rangers. McCulloch added: "Walter Smith is a fantastic manager and he has the record to prove it. Everybody knows the size of Rangers, it sells itself really. "I put in my transfer request and then, to be honest, I just had to knuckle down. I felt I did that and we managed to avoid relegation so I think I did well. "If I had to leave the club, it would be a sad day for me. I've been there for six years and had some fantastic games and experiences during those six years." Taken from a Wigan site, cheeky fuckers, but shows the feeling towards the level up here if we're not deemed good enough for Wigan ffs !!! (from their fans I know) 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laudbertz 0 Posted May 24, 2007 Share Posted May 24, 2007 �£4m? lol, that's bloody ridiculous, be hard pushed to pay any more than the �£1.25m that was being mentioned before. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
juffery 0 Posted May 24, 2007 Share Posted May 24, 2007 How much they looking for, they need to remember that they are a Championship side now No they'r not. They stayed up. But �£4 million for McCulloch is just taking the piss! There is no way he's a 2million player let alone 4. Just shows how farcical the transfer system is down south. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gazza_8 233 Posted May 24, 2007 Share Posted May 24, 2007 Today, the news sites say we can't afford the fee Wigan want mate... Thank goodness. :cheers: 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
calscot 0 Posted May 24, 2007 Share Posted May 24, 2007 We may not be able to afford £4 but that does not mean we're stupid enough pay it if we could. That's a ridiculous fee - £1m tops is his worth. The article does remind me that the English really use the word, "tight" where we use something like, "no mug". Oh well, they'll have an unhappy player on their books and we'll get someone else for 1M. Their loss. PS it's funny how they think their Scottish Internationalist is worth 4M but then they think a Rangers team full of Scottish internationals has no-one worth the same... 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gribz 743 Posted May 24, 2007 Share Posted May 24, 2007 Id be disappointed to miss out on him but if they are asking silly money then we arent going to go down the same route as Celtic. Id pay 1.8 million tops for him. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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