14 May 2017 10:26:37
Apparently alves is open to a move to rangers and would be available for 400k is he worth it.
14 May 2017 10:52:15
I would say definitely no. Too old as nd no sell on value. We have to unearth the likes of cuellar or Boumsong, if we are to move forward. Easier said than done of course, but we have to look to the future not the here and now.
14 May 2017 11:16:53
The only reason we could find a cuellar or boumsong is because we used the ept system. When are fans going realise the days of signing this standark of player are long gone at rangers
14 May 2017 11:27:18
ALVES younger than Hill. so of corse he's not too old
14 May 2017 12:05:37
Hopefully we sign alves.
14 May 2017 12:23:41
i don't believe chic green-
The point I am trying to make is buying young, improving players to sell at a big profit. Those two spring to mind, but we have a woeful record of selling on players for profit.
All about opinions, can someone explain the positives in signing a 35yr old player, costing maybe £500k and say £1m a year basic?
14 May 2017 12:29:22
I think we need Alves, it's not always about sell on value.
14 May 2017 12:36:23
Joscro, but what benefits will he bring that will outweigh the negatives I believe?
It is never about sell on value with Rangers, that's what got us into the state we ended up in. No vision at the club, or very limited short term vision at best.
14 May 2017 13:05:49
I think you're right about good young players being the future but we also need a solid team on the pitch, surely having a good team is just as important as selling a player, £400.000 isn't astronomical for a couple of seasons good service will Pedro gets a few transfer windows to buy good players some potential some established
14 May 2017 13:16:04
How can you say you Wouldn't take a player who is a current Portuguese international who has Just played a full season in the Italian top flight and played well that's utter madness! Let's just go for Ben henigen or Liam Lindsey then yeah!
14 May 2017 13:19:58
If we spend £400,000 on a player of his ability and he solids up the defence for two seasons which he will and then help the younger lads along at the same time to me with the huge price tags of today that's money well spent.
14 May 2017 14:33:47
Anyone how says Alves isn't a good signing obviously knows nothing abt football and Rangers current situation! Davie weir played in a UEFA cup final aged 39! Alves is a current Portuguese international and at 35 he still has plenty in the tank and exactly the no nonsense defender we're badly needing!
14 May 2017 15:43:59
While I agree that it is better to bring in good young players I would ask two questions, first, who is scouting them, and second, where are we going to find the funds to bring them in.
There are quality young players in Europe, some of them playing in the B sides of real Madrid, the Milan teams etc., but you don't pick them up for peanuts.
Alves is a top quality player and is available for £450,000, we would be off our heads not to sign him. Lucas is also available from Liverpool on a Free Transfer and would be a good signing but I guess his wages would be too high.
We need quality and need to compete, that means signing players that are 100 times better than most of the rubbish that we have at Ibrox at present.
14 May 2017 16:00:42
We got Rossiter, Crooks and Windass for sell on value and look how that turned out, albeit Rossiter may be an important player for us, I would rather we got trusted players in that are possibly depreciating assets if we put in a serious challenge.
14 May 2017 16:14:21
Vanbasten9, you should be in charge of SNP propaganda with that view. Interesting though that you would be prepared to shell out up to £3m over two seasons for one player, and slate someone for not knowing about 'Rangers current situation'. How many players of Alves's calibre/ value could Rangers bring in? Where are the funds coming from to pay these players?
14 May 2017 16:38:44
We may all be pleasantly surprised at what money is available.
14 May 2017 17:09:20
Cullin 72 I just feel that we need a team that can compete with Celtic mate and I think Alves is a step forward even though he's 35! We were paying joey Barton 20 grand a week I think giving Alves a 2 year contract 20 grand a week isn't a bad move if I'm honestðŸ‘ðŸ¼
14 May 2017 17:38:10
Josco, I won't be pleasantly surprised unless it is around the £30m mark! In any event, it will most likely not come from King whatever we end up with!
14 May 2017 18:13:40
£5m even wouldn't be too bad at all.
16 May 2017 10:53:22
everyone we need sell on value and i agree we do but not with the whole team we need a balance of youth with experience and on that note alves would be a terrific signing for us and would make our shape a lot better.
we don't need every singing to make us money but we do need every signing to be one that will improve our sqaud.
look at it this way we get a few youth and experience outh can sell on to make us money and experience will help us in europe which will brin its own profits.
if u think we can make money in europe with just youth then u are not so smart my friend