WS Wants Miller & Neilson

[ian1964 10,461]

RANGERS boss Walter Smith has added Lee Miller and Robbie Neilson to his January wish-list.

 

SunSport understands Smith has been keen on the Aberdeen striker and the Hearts right-back for the last year.

 

And the Ibrox gaffer could move for both this month � IF he can raise funds from a major clear-out.

 

On-form Miller signed a two-year deal at Pittodrie in the summer to dash Smith�s hopes then.

 

But now he is back on the trail of the target man, who has hit seven goals so far this season.

 

Miller offers strength and finishing power and is also forcing himself into Scotland manager George Burley�s thinking for the World Cup qualifiers.

 

The 25-year-old was snapped up by boss Jimmy Calderwood for a nominal fee in August 2006 from Dundee United and has proved to be one of the Dons� best signings in recent years.

 

Neilson, meanwhile, was handed his one and only Scots cap by Smith in the Ukraine in October 2006. His contract is up at the end of the season and he is weighing up his options after 12 years at Tynecastle.

 

Neilson joined Jambos from Rangers Boys Club.

 

He could now agree a pre-contract for the 2009-10 season or be captured during the transfer window for a nominal amount.

 

Alternatively, Gers could also use flop striker Andrius Velicka as a makeweight for a possible loan return to Tynecastle.

 

Neilson, 28, is close to his best form again after injury worries, although he was at the centre of an explosive weekend post-match bust-up at Pittodrie.

 

SunSport revealed how he hooked both Chris Maguire and Lee Mair in the tunnel after Aberdeen�s 1-0 win.

 

Rangers gaffer Smith is desperate to overhaul a squad now languishing seven points behind bitter rivals Celtic who, after the 1-0 win at Ibrox, are hot favourites for four-in-a-row.

 

He is also keen on bringing in a commanding stopper and has trailed the likes of Sporting Lisbon�s Tonel and Hearts captain Christophe Berra.

 

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But first he has to hope that the likes of Brahim Hemdani, Charlie Adam, Andy Webster, Alan Gow, Christian Dailly, Stevie Smith and Chris Burke can attract clubs.

 

Meanwhile, Smith has had a loan bid for Swedish international Mattias Bjarsmyr thrown out by IFK Gothenburg.

 

Smith asked if he could bring the twice-capped centre-half, 21, to Glasgow for the rest of the season.But Gothenburg are thought to want an up-front payment in the region of �£2.5million for their prize asset, whose contract expires at the end of 2009.

 

And they have vowed not to budge over their demands for the Sweden Under-21s skipper.

 

Sporting director Hakan Mild said: ââ?¬Å?We are not interested in a loan deal. Such a move has never been in the equation for us.ââ?¬Â

 

It seems certain Bjarsmyr will be sold this month. The player and Gothenburg are at loggerheads after he rejected a new deal.

 

He was left fuming when Gothenburg placed such a massive fee on his head.

 

Earlier this week Bjarsmyr had admitted he would be keen on a move to Rangers.

 

But Gothenburg don�t want to lose him for nothing so will look to flog him elsewhere.

 

Reports in Sweden claim he will move to either AZ Alkmaar or FC Groningen in Holland.

 

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[ascender 352]

I HATE the transfer window. I wish I could just ignore all press and websites until its closed again but curiosity gets the better of me.

 

We've been linked with Neilson for years now. The guy seems to be pretty inconsistent, but I suppose he's an experienced SPL player and more importantly, it would be good to have an actual RB playing at RB.

 

As for Miller, no thanks. I don't think I need to explain why

[Gribz 743]

More run of the mill SPL players. But Neilson appeals to me more than Whittaker and Broadfoot at RB.

 

Why oh why was Dailly given another years contract in the summer!!

[Whosthedado 1,523]

I think Neilson would be a decent signing only for the fact he is a RB and I don't rate Whittaker at all in that position. Lee Miller - eh naw

[pete 2,499]

With the piggy-bank empty we are now told the only money has to come from selling off players. Another good bit of business, telling clubs we are desperate for money. I think they will feel sorry for us and offer us millions for our rejects.

Unless of course we are going to sell off the few jewels we have left.

So at the end of the season with a team filled with players more familiar with a relegation battle than an SPL trophy, all on long contracts, Where do we go from there. I dread to even try to contemplate where we are going.

30mill in debt and a team of lower standard SPL players.

The only two real assets we have Murray park and Ibrox start to look to be balancing on a tight-rope. Happy new year.

[ian1964 10,461]

Sell our best players, get rid of some of the dross off the wage bill, replace them with more dross and hope we can finish second !!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[ian1964 10,461]

I really despair at these rumours, I mean how the hell will either of these two improve Rangers............gimme a fucking break

[nokiss 0]

Sell our best players, get rid of some of the dross off the wage bill, replace them with more dross and hope we can finish second !!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

Sadly Ian, those could have been the very words SDM used in his last meeting with wattie.

[maineflyer 0]

With the piggy-bank empty we are now told the only money has to come from selling off players. Another good bit of business, telling clubs we are desperate for money. I think they will feel sorry for us and offer us millions for our rejects.

Unless of course we are going to sell off the few jewels we have left.

So at the end of the season with a team filled with players more familiar with a relegation battle than an SPL trophy, all on long contracts, Where do we go from there. I dread to even try to contemplate where we are going.

30mill in debt and a team of lower standard SPL players.

The only two real assets we have Murray park and Ibrox start to look to be balancing on a tight-rope. Happy new year.

 

Finally, we're beginning to see what the future holds for Rangers. The culmination of all Murray's work, twenty years of mismanagement and self-interest, now coming home to roost. It's nothing short of a disaster and undoubtedly the end of Rangers as so many of us would like to know it.

 

It's going to come as even more of a shock to those fans who have been so slow to see what's been going on for years and years, and who now have so little sand left in which to bury their heads. The same people whose compliance has allowed Murray to perpetrate his negligence for so long.

 

135 years and it ends up like this.

[Gazza_8 233]

You have got to be kidding me?????????????????