Frankie 8,145 Posted June 27, 2006 Share Posted June 27, 2006 PAUL LE GUEN will invite three players to Ibrox on trial this week as he continues his Rangers revolution. Record Sport understands former Marseille striker Cyril Chapuis, Senegal's World Cup 2002 midfield player Makhtar N'Diaye, right, and Juventus youngster Davide Tesotti are expected to check in at Murray Park over the next 24 hours. All three will be given the chance to win a place in the Frenchman's rebuilding programme. The offer will come as a lifeline to both Chapuis and N'Diaye who were key men in Le Guen's Rennes team but whose careers have been in decline almost ever since. Chapuis was tipped for big things when Le Guen sold him on to Marseille in January 2002 but his career at the Velodrome failed to take off. He was loaned to Leeds United two years ago but played just one top-team game then had spells at Strasbourg and Ajaccio. He has spent the last six months out of football after a proposed move to Belgian topflight outfit FC Brussels fell through. Le Guen knows enough about the player, who was born in Lyon, to offer him this chance to resurrect his career. The same can be said of freekick specialist N'Diaye. Still only 24, he has spent the past 12 months in relative obscurity in the Swiss League with minnows Yverdon-Sport. But perhaps the most intriguing of the trio is Davide Tosetti, who has been plucked from the Juventus youth ranks. Tosetti, also a midfield player, is only 18 but has been a big part of the Turin giants' successful youth team. However, all the scandal-hit club's youngsters were asked to report for crisis talks last week amid growing fears Juventus could face relegation this summer as part of a probe into match-fixing. Tosetti and his colleagues were advised to seek out options and now the teenager could be set to follow in the footsteps of Rino Gattuso who cut his teeth at Ibrox before going on to star for AC Milan and the Italian national side. http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/sport/football/tm_objectid=17296489%26method=full%26siteid=66633%26headline=three%2dto%2djet%2din%2dfor%2dgers%2dtrial%2d-name_page.html 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
stewarty 1,876 Posted June 27, 2006 Share Posted June 27, 2006 Interesting. Seem to remember N'Diaye being a decent player from World Cup 2002. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ascender 352 Posted June 27, 2006 Share Posted June 27, 2006 Interesting news, looks like he still thinks we need much more strength in depth than the current squad gives us. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frankie 8,145 Posted June 27, 2006 Author Share Posted June 27, 2006 I reckon we'll only sign one from the 3... PLG has already said he only wants a first team squad of around 24, so unless we going to drastically move on players very soon, I'd be very surprised if all 3 made a good enough impact to be signed. Can't say I know anything about any of them but it's only the young Italian that stands out for me. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ascender 352 Posted June 27, 2006 Share Posted June 27, 2006 The young lad would seem like a no-brainer, N'Diaye is only 24 though, so might be worth a look. Any idea if/when players will start to move on, I'm thinking Andrews, Malcolm, Bernard, Fan Fan etc? 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
stewarty 1,876 Posted June 27, 2006 Share Posted June 27, 2006 The young lad would seem like a no-brainer, N'Diaye is only 24 though, so might be worth a look. Any idea if/when players will start to move on, I'm thinking Andrews, Malcolm, Bernard, Fan Fan etc? I think we'll need to be patient on this. Players will be reluctant to move as the chances of getting the same salary elsewhere is low. Therefore they will be looking for a pay off to move on. The best option from the clubs point of view is that another club makes an offer for these players. However, given that everyone knows that if they wait a couple of weeks then Rangers will pay the player off and they can get him for free, I would suggest that we are unlikely to get many bids for those players that are surplus to requirements. From the players point of view, they will want to get settled and begin preparing mentally as well as physically for the new season and wont be able to do both until they know where they'll be playing, so it's a minefield of uncertainty I'm sure will continue right up until the transfer window closes. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
alanmidd 0 Posted June 27, 2006 Share Posted June 27, 2006 Not really much to get excited about. Think Le Guen has been forced down this route by Muarry's penny pinching 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gazza_8 233 Posted June 27, 2006 Share Posted June 27, 2006 I don't like the idea of signing a guy who has been out the game for 6 months. The Senegal midfielder wouldn't be a bad signing considering he's played at a WC and the young Italian I've never heard of but I'd never heard of Gattuso either and look what he's gone on to achieve. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gribz 743 Posted June 27, 2006 Share Posted June 27, 2006 Ive never heard of any of them, but PLG seems to like the first 2 who did well for him at Rennes. But they have been isolated for a while now. However every player deserves a 2nd chance and we will see how it unfolds. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danny 0 Posted June 27, 2006 Share Posted June 27, 2006 Can't say these would be earth-shattering signings by any stretch of the imagination. Actually reminds me of the dark days under Eck where the likes of Alan Wright would come in for trial. But, in PLG we have faith, and if he rates these guys, then I'm no one to argue. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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