It's All Speculation

[ian1964 10,429]

By Andrew Dickson

 

WALTER SMITH insists Rangers have not been made aware of interest in any of their players ahead of the transfer window opening on Thursday.

 

A number of Ibrox stars have been linked with moves away from the club in the last few days, with Andrius Velicka and Nacho Novo two of the latest.

 

Nacho NovoOne report has claimed Hearts are keen on resigning Velicka while another has said Deportivo La Coruna want to take Spanish striker Novo back to his homeland.

 

Smith is getting used to the speculation that comes with the transfer window system, having only become caught up in it for the first time when he returned to Gers.

 

All he would confirm is that as he looks ahead to what's expected to be a busy month in the market, he will have to trim his squad before he can bolster it again.

 

Smith said: "We would hope to be active in the transfer market in terms of bringing players in but that is dependent on who we get out.

 

"We have too many lads in the group who are not playing and they don't like that, which means it's not conducive to having a good squad.

 

"Nacho is going to Spain in one newspaper then going to Hull in another and there's quite a gap between the two.

 

"We get to the open season when people are free to speculate but the fact is we've had no contact at this stage regarding any of our players.Charlie Adam

 

"We will just have to wait and see what happens. You go for a few months when the transfer window is closed and you don't have any speculation but now it has started.

 

"When I returned to Rangers, it was the first time I had really experienced that sort of situation with the window and there are a great deal of rumours at the moment.

 

"Of course, we have scouts in place as people do at every club but, first and foremost, we must adjust our current squad before we look at bringing bodies in."

 

Smith has hinted Charlie Adam might have a future at Ibrox after all, just days after it seemed his time with Rangers was poised to come to an end.

 

The midfielder was a surprise starter against Celtic on Saturday and the manager was relatively satisfied with how the 23-year-old performed.

 

He added: "Charlie has been in and out of the team and whether he's happy with that or not is another matter.

 

"But he can do a job for us. He has done so in the past and will continue to do so in the weeks ahead."

[Cotter 0]

"Of course, we have scouts in place as people do at every club but, first and foremost, we must adjust our current squad before we look at bringing bodies in."

 

Don't make me laugh.

[maineflyer 0]

You could easily get very pissed off with patronising claptrap like this from your manager.

 

".....we must adjust our current squad before we look at bringing bodies in."

 

Exactly who is going to do that then Walter because you've just spent the last year showing that you're not up to it.

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"But he can do a job for us. He has done so in the past and will continue to do so in the weeks ahead."

 

 

Thats very worrying

[pete 2,499]

You could easily get very pissed off with patronising claptrap like this from your manager.

 

".....we must adjust our current squad before we look at bringing bodies in."

 

Exactly who is going to do that then Walter because you've just spent the last year showing that you're not up to it.

 

It feels like Gow Velicka Edu and Aaron were just bodies.

Walter we have had enough bodies we want players who mean something.