12 Nov 2018 19:01:54
Great to see the boy Bates drafted into the full Scotland squad. The boy has a big future and understand SG would have liked to to have been offered a proper contract and resigned at Ibrox.

1.) 13 Nov 2018
13 Nov 2018 11:42:49
I did say at the time the lad was one for the future, all he wanted was £7k a week. We offered £2.5k a week, while paying Pena and his pals over £15k.

2.) 13 Nov 2018
13 Nov 2018 14:48:44
Rangers never offered bates a new contract that's why he left.

3.) 13 Nov 2018
13 Nov 2018 16:53:32
If I can remember Bates himself said in the papers he knocked back our deal. This was before SG came in and I bet SG would have loved to have worked with the lad. If as you say ger forever, we never offered him a contract then that's criminal on our part.

4.) 14 Nov 2018
14 Nov 2018 10:22:47
Bates knocked back our offer as he wanted 7k, not worth that.

5.) 15 Nov 2018
15 Nov 2018 14:51:29
Jboy21, based on his rate of progress and potential £7k a week would have been great piece of business. Afraid this this is one that Mark Allen got badly wrong.