Rangers Rumours Archive July 08 2011

08 Jul 2011 22:11:12
Rangers are have agreed a loan deal for Humberto Suazo, deal to be completed over the weekend.

I do hope so. This guy is unbelievable. I'll believe it when i see it though

Great scorer but no chance

Suazo at Copa America with Chile doubt
that one, would be good though

Yes hes going to fly all the way from argentina for medical then fly back for rest of copa america aye good yeen

Just turned over to ESPN to watch the Uruguay vs Chile game and Humberto Suazo is playing so this is alot of jackanory bullsh*t im afraid. Wish folk would stop making up lies

He's playing right now on ESPN for Chile against Uruguay so this is utter garbage.

Would be excellent signing but doubt it

Not saying this is true but yous do know it is possible to sign him while he is over there, all it would take is him going through a medical while he is over there

Why would they want to loan out one of their best goal scorers?

Just checked him out wiki. . . seemingly his current club have $25 mil buy out clause. so doubt he'll be coming to govan on loan

He went to real zagaroza on loan so it could happen...

08 Jul 2011 21:40:39
It's no Lee Wallace or Goodwillie or McGregor or Jedinak... the 2 players are Cuellar & Humberto Suazo

Utter pish Suazo is playing for Chile as i am typing this on ESPN in the Copa America.

08 Jul 2011 19:19:15
The two players who will be signed over the weekend are Lee Wallace & Mile Jedinak

Where did u read this

Balls won't happen

50% agreed I've heard it's Lee Wallace and Eremenko.

08 Jul 2011 20:01:59
******EXCLUSIVE******
The 2 players due to be announced are Darren mcgregor and David Goodwillie

Mcgregor signed a new deal with st mirrin ya clown

What makes it exclusive? Everyone has different opinions. Do you have a sources close to the club or did your brothers friend's cousin see ally in the public toilets in glasgow?

Wer did you get this??

08 Jul 2011 18:30:58
He was made manager at the end of the season, therefor all his scottish cup games he was still the ASSISTANT manager....

I didn't bother to read the rest of your drivvel.

Micktheglove.

Haha, if you had read the rest of it you wouldnta made a fool of yourself and written what you like to call "drivel"
Did the guy say ally was manager? NO Now if you aint got anything positive to say 'micktheglove' then why waste your time writing anything. Talk about miserable f**k sakes

08 Jul 2011 18:08:58
bougherra + 500,000 for cuellar

{Ed021's Note - Depends on what AVFC value big Carlos at. If it is silly money, forget it. Boogie is in the last year of his contract remember and we won't get his real value if he is sold}.

I believe Carlos is also in his final year so it prob could be just a straight swap

Cuellar is also in the last year of his contract my friend and is out injured also.

08 Jul 2011 17:12:29
out in

diouf ortiz 500k
weiss goodwillie 2m
bartley healy free
foster eremenko free
healy tshabalala 2m
beattie 500k khumalo loan
cuellar 3m
wallace 1m

wishful thinking maybe, but these are the players rumoured with the club and if u add these 8 with the 17 below we could have a decent 25 man squad to fight for a few trophies with around 8m spent and good cover in all positions

mcgregor
alexander
whittaker
broadfoot
bougherra
weir
papac
edu
mcculloch
ness
davis
wylde
naismith
lafferty
jelavic
2 norwegian twins(dont know if thier any good)


darren cole, kyle hutton, john fleck, andrew little, jordan mcmillan could be some possibe loans out for more experience in this situation

Rangers website said that the twins will most likely play in reserves this year. they are only 18 or 19

You have healy coming in and then going out

We aint got 8mill in transfer fees idiot

08 Jul 2011 17:52:33
ed can you confirm that Tshabalala wants to join rangers because i think he can put a spark into the team {Ed021's Note - Thanks for the post but one of my colleagues posted earlier today that he may be Nottingham Forest bound. Was definitely linked with them last season after the World Cup but nothing happened}.

Thanks ed cl football might become a difficult factor to resist

Would love if he joined been a big fan of his since his screamer against Mexico in the world cup can't see it happening tbh but would love it fingers crossed :L

08 Jul 2011 15:46:27
Rangers after Stephen Ireland and Carlos Cuellar with a £4.5m bid for both being considered by Rangers hierarchy {Ed021's Note - Stephen Ireland - will never happen & Carlos - a big yes}.

Steven Ireland is from ROI so that is not going to happen and villa want £3M for cuellar so why would we pay £4.5M but he would be a good buy

£4.5M was for the two of them

08 Jul 2011 15:04:25
EVERYBODY REMEMBER PLEASE
This is not ally's first game ever as manager, walter admitted that the scot cup games were all managed by ally for the last 2 seasons. the first season he took charge he won it, thats not bad going in your first season. Ok he wasnt the "official" manager but he was just as well as being when walter was in the stand.

Last night wasnt a bad result, they only lost one goal (65mins) when they changed 7 or 8 players for the new u-21's that are being given a chance which is great for the future, ok they lost but i rather them lose last night, learn from there mistakes and get used to playing together under ally in the first team than lose on the first game of the season. Anyway in no important league or cup games are we gona make that many changes in a match in one go.

No worries guys, its gona be alright. 4in a row an we're finally in the dough, we just need to get this craig whyte to put his money where his mouth is an show how much he "loves" rangers and he's not just using us to make coin on land or something belonging to rangers.

AND is this Andrew ellis guy going to contribute any money to transfers or is he just sitting about waiting to make money of us. Does much of the land round ibrox belong to rangers cause i heard a rumour he is just there to build an develope the land round there? If he is going to get that land and build on it an end up keeping the loot for himself then what good is he to us?

Also another rumour is that craig whyte thinks this HMRC bill is going to come in and its gonna send us bust then he can buy us for nothing with no debt My question is tho, will that send us into another lower league or what? i find that rumour B.S but you never know.

THIS IS A NORMAL RUMOUR ED , AT LEAST ITS NOT LIKE SOME OF THE PISH PEOPLE ARE PUTTING ON HERE. HONESTLY WONDER WHAT GOES THROUGH SOME PEOPLES HEADS.

Thanks for your time btw ED {Ed025's Note - good post....i enjoyed that

Who cares it was a bounce game the 1st game that matters is the 23th of july

4 ia row were in the dough £500k for a player and a shed load of the kitty to keep 3 others wake up and smell the brown stuff I still dont trust Mr. Whyte.

Good post, can't answer yer questions tho. soz bud

Ally picked the team for the cup games and Walter kept an eye on him This was his first game in charge but it was a friendly. It doesn't matter not important win or lose like the above post says first game that counts is 23rd.

Ellis isn't going to put any money upfront He's going to develop land round ibrox and eventually (when we decide on which plans are best) he'll develop the stadium.

Ellis is building using his own cash and he'll hang onto the profits until it becomes profitable. Then it's a joint venture between rangers n Ellis Its gonna be good for rangers and it'll improve the look of the govan area

1. CIS cup games ally was in charge but Walter always had the final say ?
2. Last season against the cup game against Celtic (in fact both games) was Walter not standing in the dug out calling the shots ? Soon as we went a goal down he wad right down from the stand.
3. So it was ally's first game as manager ?
4. Game last night means nothing these games are just about fitness. Judge us against proper freindies I.e chelsea game etc
5. We have no dough you think whyte is gonna make the same mistake as murray did. No chance we will spend some but nothing like we used to like 10 years ago ?
5.

Two posts above, since when did ellis become involved your a couple of months behind mate.

Agree with most of your points except a couple.

"Whyte: Put your money where you mouth is" = ridiculous. We have just been brought back from the brink.. and you want us to return to our past habits? Did you enjoy the mole that was Lloyd's representative in the board room? Mr Whyte will bring a new approach to all things Rangers. Yes, we have money to spend but we are going to spend it shrewdly. We are going to buy established but yet players with potential and a reasonable sell on fee.

We also have Ali Douglas looking to exploit the global market, the world, making Rangers into a money making machine; benefiting everybody involved with the club.

We have the club, and most importantly our owner, biting back at all the critics and media who constantly aim at the club.

Like you say, this is Ally's FIRST year as manager of the club he loves, he won't want to make any rash decisions like PLG did.

Another thing regarding Whyte. Why would he buy is if he thought we were going to lose the case and go bust? He'd be a pound out of pocket if that was the case. He'd probably end up spending more overall to bring us back from the third division... which wouldn't happen. If we went bust we wouldn't exist. Rangers Athletic or something would be our name and we'd be in the non-leagues. We wouldn't be able to come back up and would require a situation similar to Gretna and Annan to do so. Some other team goes bust and we get elected back into the football league.

If we, unlikely though, went into administration, we would be deducted points (I believe it's only 10/15 in the SPL) for the following season or mid-season depending on when it occurred.

Once again, however, I don't believe for one minute Whyte or anyone would touch the club if we were going to lose the case. Our legal advisers said we'll win it, and they wouldn't say that unless absolutely sure. If there was any uncertainty they would say that. Our previous Chairman Mr Johnstone was very unreliable in terms of info transmitted to the support. He said we would win it on advice from the legal team and Mr Whyte, who doesn't see eye to eye with the previous board, says himself we'll win it.

It is against the law for information to be leaked from these tribunals etc so all the sites and journalists claiming to be in the know are talking rubbish. Phil Mac, rangerstaxcase.com (or whatever it is) and anyone else know nothing about anything regarding the current stance with the tax case.

For me, Andrew Ellis is here as the man aimed at improving the clubs fortunes through development programs. The club are already looking at developing land around the stadium with a hotel, shopping centre etc.

Another avenue the club should go down is the franchise of club shops especially with JJB's financial troubles.

Anyway, I've argued the points I didn't agree with you on.

You shouldn't worry about the future of the club under Mr Whyte for the moment. He's taking us in a new direction, has been standing up for the club and taking a strong stance.

The future is bright, 55 and 4 in the row is coming. If things are maintained 10 in a row could very well be a realistic target as they suffer without the monies from the UCL.

In addition to my large reply, this is to the 6th reply.

Ellis became involved at the end of May/beginning of June. Was listed on the Circular as being involved.

I agree with this post and i agree with reply number 7 very good response, unlike some of the children that reply to some of these posts. Am glad we can all be adults.

08 Jul 2011 14:38:23
Just goin to analyse what, in my opinion, is needed for us to challenge domestically and to progress beyond Christmas in Europe next year.

Firstly, I am delighted that McGregor & Whittaker have signed long term deals. If Davis now signs on this will be excellent business.

I do not know much about Juan Manuel Ortiz, but as ever with an unknown player, it is exciting as we wait to find out if Ally and the rest have unearthed a gem.

In terms of additions to the current squad, I feel we need a minimum of 3 more signings, although ideally I would like to see 5 more come in.

A centre back would be my number 1 priority, with Carlos Cuellar the obvious choice, hopefully at around the £2m mark.

I'd also like to see Kyle Bartley return on loan as he can play centre back or as a deep central midfielder.

I think in terms of midfield we need a creative spark who is clever with the ball and can play killer passes. I would like to see Alexei Eremenko come in. He played very well for Kilmarnock and looked like he could play at a much higher level. Failing that, a return for Pedro Mendes would be great also. Both are available on frees.

Up top I feel we are short. Kyle Lafferty, for me, is not good enough. He had a good end to the season but I'm still not convinced. I would love to see David Goodwillie join, he is a Rangers fan and obviously wants to be here, I also think £2m is a fair price.

DJ Campbell is another I would like us to sign. Offering £1.5m would just about get us there I think. He has proved he can score goals for a small team at a high level, so shouldn't have any problems settling in the SPL with Rangers.

That would see our spending reach £6m including the Ortiz deal, which I do not think is too unrealistic.

James Beattie, Kyle Lafferty & Maurice Edu should be offloaded, possibly fetching £500k, £2m and £1.5m respectively. Therefore, effectively we would only be spending £2m in the transfer market, while enhancing the squad significantly.

Any thoughts Ed?

4 ins and 3 outs, that equates to one in, you have just said we need at least THREE, idealy you would like to see FIVE, so where are the others coming from ? We would still be short if you offload, and whilst I agree with those you propose OUT, we would still need to strengthen and spend, yes, no ? Just an observation mate

Agree with most of your point view but dont like signing player that have all ready been with us because they are the same player with a bigger pay packet. I would sign the rest of the players you said but my main disagreement with your point is big laff no way sould we be letting him go he is turning into one of the most important players at the club.

I enjoyed reading this and the whole thing is realistic and i totally agree

Sounds realistic enough however, offloading these guys and replacing them still leaves the squad threadbare, we need a couple of quality signings and a few squad players for another long tough season. 4IAR......
Tom.

Some reasonable observations but the way Kyle Lafferty finished the season and the fact is he is still improving - I disagree totally we should sell him. He is still a young talented lad and he can make an impact this season. Hope I am not the only one who feels this way Yorkie Lad

I agree with a lot of it but don't get rid of Lafferty. I think he will be an important player for next season

2 Points, I am not a great lafferty fan but the last half dozen games he was a stick out, as for edu do you really think someone would pay 1.5 ml ????

DJ Campbell will go to Newcastle United, I believe they are to table a bid of £1.25 Mil, so that don't look good for a Rangers move. Wages we cannot match... next ?

Doesn't make sense, you want 3 preferably 5 in, and 3 out. Considering we lost loan players from last season, that would leave us with an even smaller club.
That's why we want to keep as many winners that have been over the course before, which is why I would keep Lafferty and Edu, even then we still need about 5 more players.
Pedro No he's past his best.
Eremenko No personally I think he's too much of a passenger at times.
Apart from that I agree with the rest.

This is agreeable most of it and alot of it does make sense, but selling the likes of Edu and Lafferty isn't good because what we're trying to do is increase our numbers not replace players.

Kyle Lafferty hasn't been given a proper consistent run upfront and when he has he's shown he has the ability to score goals and link up great with the legend that is Jelavic.

As for Edu he's good to keep on the bench would like to see us bring in a good central midfielder like Alexei Eremenko and then Edu on the bench for back-up because he is capable of being good if he was more consistent.

Beattie would say give him a chance but he's a 33 year old who hasn't scored in well over a year or so.

We will follow on

Lafferty was immense upfront with Jelavic in the SPL run in.

Jelavic and Lafferty first choice strike force 4 me.Give him a chance.

Not to bad a list.....not convinced by DJ Campbell.....but think Goodwillie would be a great signing....i think Lafferty is coming onto a game and would rather keep him.

Mendes is 32 now and is not a long term solution....Eremenko i like and would bring him in as he can cover around 4 positions.....but i think we need a midfield enforcer who can go and let davis and the rest play.......not sure who we could afford that is better than what we have i.e. Edu...Mcculloch.....I do think that Ness is the long term partner for Davis

At the back totally agree....Cuellar would be immense esp if we could keep Boogie....Bartley i like the look of and would bring him back....

Think we need another winger.....again i have seen Bedoya linked he is a left sided american international.......

Just wish we would get the finger out and sign a few more

If we sold laff and edu we would need to buy 2 more folk as the squad is already tiny

I would normally have agreed to your 'outs'. I'd been unimpressed by Lafferty since he arrived right up until the final games of last season. I think we should continue with Lafferty & Jelavic up front with Naisy in behind. Remember it's a new combo - we've been playing 4-5-1 until Wattie started to smell the coffee and Jelly had been out half a season - and hopefully will be even better this coming season. If we get the Lafferty of old then he should go.

Agree with everything u said mate

Why would u pay 2 million for Goodwillie when he might go to jail?

08 Jul 2011 14:32:09
Kenny Miller at The Eagle Lodge in Bishopbriggs right now for lunch..........Is he on holiday or is he coming back?

Thought he would be able to afford somewhere more upmarket than bishopbriggs for a holiday

Do you seriously think he will come back for a 50% wage cut he is on 50k a week

I'd assume on holiday since his family haven't settled in Turkey and moved back months ago.

Money must be tight if he is going on holiday to bishopbrigggs

He's signing for Kirkintilloch Rob Roy - Read it on this Sundays News of the World

What was he having?

nr85

Heh - It's now 7.00pm and I've just seen Kenny in the Horseshoe Bar having egg & chips I don't want him back - he'll turn into a useless fat ****

I am not agreeing or disagreeing, but if his family are back and unhappy then to the guy sayin about he wage cut i think anyone would take it to be with their family. So yeh he might do

Maye, but his wife is from the Briggs, and its been a long time since it was known as the Eagle Lodge, Oregano now

08 Jul 2011 14:26:50
rangers set to sign nicholas locke

Who is this guy Locke? {Ed003's Note - Alloa, I think?}

Is he anything to Joseph ha ha

08 Jul 2011 13:52:50
Tottenham defender Bongani Khumalo keen on loan move to Rangers - agent

08 Jul 2011 09:18:01
i have yet to read a 'rumour' that has actually happened. not one mention of juanma before he signed, on this page. sick of reading people who 'bumped' into craig whyte at petrol stations or boumsong in sydney. come on teddy bears be realistic only ally knows his targets and we only know cuellar and goodwillie. who would i like to see at rangers? anthony vanden borre. wouldnt cost much and would jump at the chance to sign for rangers. also roland juhasz, hungarian defender, a leader and good aerial threat. john fleck will leave on loan to hearts if rangers sign wallace.

If 'only Ally knows' why do we bother to speculate, if is part of the fun of a transfer window, guessing who your club are going to sign.

GovanFR

Noone is guessing who we are going to sign though, 90% of the posts are " I Saw Laudrup at Asda and he says that Alan Smith is going to Gers.

LOT OF s**tE.

Where's the News of the World and their phone hacking when we really need them, eh?

I beleive i posted before ortiz signed

If nobody knows who wer going to sign and how wer going to do our buisness to sign players... how the hell do you no fleck is going to hearts in a swap deal for fleck? Bump into mccoist in asda?

I have yet to read a 'rumour' that has actually happened. not one mention of juanma before he signed, on this page. sick of reading people who 'bumped' into craig whyte at petrol stations or boumsong in sydney.

john fleck will leave on loan to hearts if rangers sign wallace.
Noone is guessing who we are going to sign though, 90% of the posts are " I Saw Laudrup at Asda and he says that Alan Smith is going to Gers.

so how do u know that fleck will be leaving for hearts if we sign wallace?

Anthony vanden borre how do u know he would jump at the chance to sign for gers have u spoken to him ???

08 Jul 2011 11:45:16
Joe cole is to be sold from liverpool, I would like to see him come to us. I know his wages will me maoohsive and it prob take about 4 or 5 mill to get him. {Ed002's Note - And £60k plus a week.}

Joe Cole would never come up here to play. At this stage in his career and with his injury record he doesn't represent value for money anyway. Let one of the Premiership clubs pay stupid money for him.

He is on about £130,000 a week

I didnt say he is coming or even linked i feel he has a great work ethic when he plays and it would be god for us

Hahaha best rumour ever na chance

{Ed021's Note - Looks like he is definitely on his way out of Liverpool. I see him going to one of Spurs, QPR or even West Ham (if he lowers his wage demand).

Would love Joe Cole at Rangers

08 Jul 2011 11:19:56
Any news on the Barry Ferguson Returning to the champions? The rumour seems to be doing the rounds that he has been spotted at Murray Park? Although i would take that with a pinch of salt Don't know if it would be a good thing anyway.

I saw him at departures at prestwick airport about 10 days ago, could well be back from holiday and in glasgow so i wouldnt rule it out. think we should be focusing on cb not cm though

I saw him going to london from portugal. So definitely in the UK

Like all other ex-gers, ferguson could be using murray park while in scotland visiting family.

Fergusons had his time at ibrox twice, whats the point him going back rangers need to go forward not back.

08 Jul 2011 10:58:54
Ally close to making a double signing over the weekend but won't reveal the names of his targets . . Daily Record & Daily Express

Why divulge names.Parade your signings when the deal is done

08 Jul 2011 10:35:12
herd in the paper today that ally looking to make two signings this weekend and realistic veiws as to who they are ed?

Xavi and Messi , wouldnt cost too much and CL football maby interest them

Xavi and Messi? Don't be daft... It's obviously C.Ronaldo and Schweisteiger... And after their transfer fees, we'll still have a few bob for Rooney on an improved wage too ;)

08 Jul 2011 10:28:32
Liverpool are ready to sell Konchesky, i would put a bid in, if we can afford him.

No thanks he is pants wis pants at fulham and liverpool and west ham and notts forest

I think this would be a great signing. dont know what he would demand in wages tho, wouldnt think it would be too much

We have Papac?

08 Jul 2011 10:14:17
Hey ed Do you have any concrete possible signing targets?
I'm sick of reading the constant drivel that people are putting on your page
Cheers ed {Ed002's Note - Hopefully the Rangers Ed will return from his odyssey with good news to answer your question soon.}

If you mean when he gets back from the shopping with his wife ok but he says hes hen pecked like the rest of us tell him to give her a few bob to go away for a few days tell him tae get a carry oot and we will drop in for a bevy...

08 Jul 2011 03:27:46
Kirk broadfoot + £ part of wallace and templeton deal

Why do folk keep making up these Templeton rumours?

He WILL not be joining Rangers, not any time soon.

I'd rather have Broadfoot than Wallace. Broadfoot is worth £1m easy he always gives £110% plus he loves playing for Rangers and I doubt he'd move. He knocked back an EPL club about a year to stay with Rangers.

Broadfoot wont be going anywhere-he is a valuable squad player and always gives his best-now injury free at last-

08 Jul 2011 03:12:42
Mr whyte just back from london. Met him at petrol station he was enquiring about players both at chelsea and tottenham. Wanted sturrage but looks like the player wants to go to bolton again although chelsea boss wants him to gain CL experience

Yes im sure mr white drove to london cos planes have not been invented yet. liar liar pants on fire another tom on the rangers page.

Chelsea want about £15M for Sturridge and it is teams like aston villa and liverpool who want him so i don't think so and also stop lying

Why was whyte enquiring about players at the petrol station ? is that why were no signing ppl lol

I met Frank Bruno at a petrol station once

Aye Craig Whyte just took some time out his day to discuss Rangers transfers targets with you. I just met Barack Obama in Asda and he told me America are taking a tougher stance on the war on terror...

Why would Chelsea want him to gain CL experience when he's played most of his games for Chelsea in the Champions League?

Why would mr whyte tell someone he doesnt even know all of this in a petrol station. If he's as well known as he is for being a very strict and harsh business man then i hardly believe he would tell u this in a petrol station. JOG ON YA TUBE

He was enquiring about players as he was filling up with petrol? aye ok then lol

What a load of steaming crap Makes you wonder what goes on in some peoples heads

Why would Mr White stop at a petrol station and start talking to you about who rangers are signing lol CLOWN

Im sure this is the same clown thats on here telling us we are signing santa cruiz. go back to the smelltic page.

08 Jul 2011 02:22:11
Matthew upson , free agent ? may take a pay cut to play CL football with bears ?

08 Jul 2011 02:19:20
been told by a source that ally will meet with a german clubs manager tomorrow , rumor is he will be asking for the loan deal of a defender , any ideas who it could be ?