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The Summer 2018 Transfer Window Rumours and Deals - Thread SIGNED: IN - Steven Gerrard (born ) - manager from June 1st onwards, contract till 2022 IN - Gary McAllister ( born - ) assistant manager from June 1st onwards, contract till 2022 IN - Michael Beale (born) - First Team Coach LINK -> confirmation of Beale, Culshaw & Milsom on June 7th IN - Tom Culshaw (born) - Technical Coach IN - Jordan Milsom (born) - Head of Performance IN - Scott Arfield (born 01.11.1988) - Burnley FC, LMF, contract till 2018 - Contract signed, and delivered 14th May 2018 - RFC, 4-year deal IN - Allan McGregor (born 31.01.1982) - Hull City, GK, contract till 2018, two-year deal signed 17th May 2018 IN - Ovie Ejaria (19) - Liverpool u23s, AM, contract till 2020 (?) season-long loan confirmed June 7th IN - Nikola Katic - Slaven Belupo (Croatia), centre-half, 21, contract till summer 2021 - signed on a four-year deal June 12th IN - Connor Goldson (25) - Brighton, centre half, contract till 2020 - signed on a four-year deal June 13th IN - Jon Flannigan (25) - Liverpool, right-back, freebie - signed on a two year deal June 21st IN - Lassana Coulibaly (22) - SCO Angers, defensive midfield, contract till 2021 - signed on season-long loan on 10th July IN - Umar Sadiq - AS Roma, striker, Nigerian, 21, contract till 2020 - signed on a season-long loan on July 10th IN - Ryan Kent (21) - Liverpool FC, forward, contract till 2019 - signed on a season-long loan on July 22nd IN - Borna Barisic (25) - NK Osijek, left fullback - signed on a four-year deal on August 7th IN - Kyle Lafferty (30) - Heart of Midlothian, striker, contract till 2019 - signed on a two-year deal on August 22nd IN - Joe Worrall (21) - Nottingham Forest, centre-half - loan deal till summer 2019 signed August 31st IN - Eros Grezda (23) - NK Osijek, right-winger - signed four year deal on August 31st IN - Gareth McAuley (38) - WBA, freebie, centre-half, signed a one-year deal on September 2nd GONE: Russell Martin (born 04.01.1985) – loan contract till 2018 - loan return to Norwich city David Bates (born 05.10.1996) – contract till 2018 - will move to Hamburger SV Dálcio (born 22.05.1996) – loan contract till 2018 - loan return to Benfica B Sean Goss (born 01.10.1995) – loan contract till 2018 - loan return to QPR Jordan Thompson (born 03.01.1997) – contract till 2018 (On loan with Livingston FC) Jason Cummings (born 01.08.1995) – loan contract till 2018 Kenny Miller (born 23.12.1979) – contract till 2018 - expired Liam Kelly (born 23.01.1996) – contract till 2019 - signed by Livingston FC Joe Dodoo (born 29.06.1995) – contract till 2020 - ON LOAN for a season to Blackpool FC (till summer 2019) Michael O'Halloran - interest from Melbounre City, signed a two-year deal June 18th Jason Holt - contract till 2020; Fleetwood Town (managed by Barton & Hill) - season-long loan signed June 18th Carlos Alberto Peña Rodríguez (born 29.03.1990) – contract till 2020 - (On loan with CD Cruz Azul / Necaxa till Januar 2019 or shorter) Bruno Alves - interest from Parma - contract terminated and gone; July 11th LINK (has since signed for Parma) Harry Forrester (born 02.01. 1991) contract till 2019 - contract terminated by mutual consent on July 18 Eduardo Herrera (born 25.07.1988) – contract till 2020 - season-long loan to Santos Laguna LINK Fábio Cardoso (born 19.04.1994) – contract till 2020 - contract terminated by mutual consent on July 30th Ryan Hardie () - contract till 2019 - loaned to Livingston FC till summer 2019 Josh Windass - interest from Cardiff City, 3m (ITK); Swansea City, 1.5m+ (June 22nd) - joined Wigan for 2.2m plus add-ons Declan John (born 30.06.1995) – contract till 2021 (in Spain) - joined Cardiff City Greg Docherty - (contract till 2022) - season-long loan to Shrewsbury Town confirmed on August 8th Jamie Barjonas (born 24.01.1999) – contract till 2020 - loaned to Bury FC till January 2019 Lee Hodson (born 02.10.1991) – contract till 2019 (in Spain) - loaned to St. Mirren FC till end of the season Myles Beerman (born 13.03.1999) – contract till 2018 -> extension till 2019 signed May 7th 2018 - loaned to Birkirkara (Malta) till the end of season Liam Burt () - contract till 20xx - loaned to Alloa Athletic till summer 2019 Jak Alnwick () - contract till 2020 - loaned to Scunthorpe United till January 2019 Zak Rudden () - contract till 20xx - loaned to Falkirk till January 2019 RETURNING: Liam Burt (born 01.02.1999) – contract till 2018 (On loan with Dumbarton FC) - see above Ryan Hardie (born 17.03.1997) – contract till 2018 (On loan with Livingston FC) - contract extented till summer 2019 - see above Ross Lyon (born 26.03.1998) – contract till 2018 (On loan with Stranraer FC) Harry Forrester (born 02.01.1991) – contract till 2019 (On loan with AFC Wimbledon) - yet, see above Robbie McCrorie (born 18.03.1998) – contract till 2022 (On loan with Berwick Rangers FC) RUMOURS: IN - James McArthur (07.10.1987) - Crytsal Palace, CMF, contract till 2018 (or 2020) IN - Sonny Bradley (26) - Plymouth Argyle, CH, freebie this summer LINK IN - Adam Lewis (18) - Liverpool u18s, leftback, contract unknown IN - Lucas Leiva (31) - Lazio, defensive MF / centre half, contract till 2020 LINK IN - Jermaine Defoe (35) - Bournemouth, striker, contract till 2020 - one-season long loan suggested LINK (same as Lucas above) IN - Dominic Solanke (20) - Liverpool, striker, contract til 2022 - one-season long loan suggested LINK IN - Brandon Barker - Man City, left-winger, 21, contract till 2020 LINK IN - Jake Cooper () - Millwall FC, centre-half, contract till 2019 LINK IN - Curtis Tilt (26) - Blackpool FC, centre-half, contract till 2019 LINK IN - Ryland Morgan () - fitness coach OUT - James Tavernier - interest from Swansea City, Everton, and Burnley; Crystal Palace 4m (ITK) NON-STARTERS: IN - Martin Skrtel (31) - Fenerbahce, centre half, contract till 2019, deal for 2.7m seemingly close May 18th IN - Thomas Isherwood (28.01.1998) - Bayern Munich II, CH, contract till 2018 (supposedly training with us) signed for Bradford City June 12th IN - Jason Cummings (born 01.08.1995) – loan contract till 2018 – signed one-season loan deal with Peterborough United IN - Kyle Bartley (26) - Swansea City, centre half, contract till 2021 - signed 3-year deal with West Bromwich Albion IN - Harry Wilson (21) - Liverpool u23s/Hull City, right winger, contract unknown - signed a season-long loan with Derby County IN - Kean Bryan - Manchester City, centre-half - SG confirmed he won't be signing IN - Jack Marriott (23) - Peterbororugh United, striker, contract til 2022 LINK has signed for Derby County SQUAD as of May 2018 (Squad listed in order of length of contract) Goal: Wesley Foderingham (born 14.01.1991) – contract till 2020 (in Spain) IN - Allan McGregor (born 31.01.1982) - Hull City, GK – contract till 2020 (in Spain) Defence Aiden Wilson (born 02.01.1999) – contract till 2019 (in Spain) Lee Wallace (born 21.08.1987) – contract till 2019 James Tavernier (born 31.10.1991) – contract till 2021 (in Spain) Ross McCrorie (born 18.03.1998) – contract till 2022 (in Spain) IN - Nikola Katic - centre-half, 21 - contract till 2022 (in Spain) IN - Connor Goldson (25) - centre half, contract till 2022 (in Spain) IN - Jon Flannigan (25) - right-back - contract till 2020 IN - Borna Barisic (25) - left-back - contract till 2022 IN - Joe Worrall (21) - Nottingham Forest, centre-half contract till 2019 IN - Gareth McAuley (38) - centre-half, contract till summer 2019 Midfield Jamie Murphy (born 28.08.1989) loan contract till 2018 – buy option at 1.2m; three-year deal confirmed May 18th 2018 (in Spain) Daniel Candeias (born 23.02.1988) – contract till 2020 (in Spain) Jordan Rossiter (born 24.03.1997) – contract till 2020 (in Spain) Ryan Jack (born 27.02.1992) – contract till 2020 (in Spain) Graham Dorrans (born 05.05.1987) – contract till 2020 (in Spain and return home for scheduled scan) Andrew Halliday (born 11.10.1991) – contract till 2020 (in Spain) IN - Scott Arfield (born 01.11.1988) - Burnley FC, LMF (in Spain) IN - Ovie Ejaria (19) - Liverpool u23s, AM, contract till 2020 (?) season-long loan confirmed June 7th (in Spain) IN - Lassana Coulibaly (22) - defensive midfield - season-long loan from Angers IN - Ryan Kent (21) - Liverpool FC, forward, - season-long loan from Liverpool IN - Eros Grezda (23) - NK Osijek, right-winger, contract till 2022 Strikers Alfredo Morelos (born 21.06.1996) – contract till 2021 (in Spain) IN - Umar Sadiq - AS Roma, striker, Nigerian, 21 IN - Kyle Lafferty (30) - Heart of Midlothian, striker, contract till 2020 Coaching Staff Jimmy Nicholl (born 28.12.1956) – contract till 2018 - contract expired Jonatan Johansson (born 16.08.1975) – contract till 2020 Also in Spain: Zak Rudden, Serge Atakayi, Stephen Kelly, Shiels and Middleton.

Lennon and Rodgers both very publicly sounding off about something that is none of their business in an effort to discourage managerial candidates. If Lennon was really that concerned, he could have called Graeme Murty without the need to tell the world about it. -------------- Can't recall so much being made of a managerial sacking wrt the 'pity angle'. It's usually the 'this is a brutal results driven business' line and move on.

We will need to leave an hour earlier to compensate for lost drinking time

It's just Jackson penning his weekly hate mail about DK, much like a scorned ex wife!

Oh I don't mind the walk but I take along an elderly gentleman who will find the extra distance a challenge, that's for sure. He can just pay for the Albion permit though as he's a rich auld bugger...

How can any Rangers fan vote for them. It’s bizarre.

I guess they were fed up with their burds being down to the knees in f****n blood.

I'm not saying we haven't progressed mate, was just pointing out to dB that if we improve by 10 points we still lose the league As buster says, I think we need to just ignore Celtic, and concentrate on us. Concentrate on getting the infrastructure right, the footballing operation working efficiently and effectively - if we continue to just chase Celtic (yes, we want to be top again) then we could very well be in for nothing more than a revolving door at all levels of the Club. Be introspective to get the best that we can in all areas.

Gerrard has arrived in Scotland, he landed at both Prestwick and Lossiemouth in a special charter plane according to those in the know.

We have 65 points with three games to go,............. last season we finished with 67 points. I don't think there will be much in the way of improvement on our side after those 3 games. What has happened is that Celtic have went backwards in terms of points/ consistency of result, I think the most league wins IAR for them this season is THREE (we are 4 (x2) , Kilmarnock had a 6). The feature for us has tended to be that when we do receive a set-back we don't get back off the canvas quickly. Our fragility shows, our confidence goes and we lose more points right away. Celtic on the other hand, nearly always bounce back with a win. What I'm saying is although the points difference (us v them) isn't as vast this season, we still have huge margin for improvement but after a relatively poor league season, so do they.

Completely agree. There are some other very, very good youths at the club and, IMHO, the youth set up at Rangers is in very good hands. The philosophy has changed from a physical style (under Sinclair) to a technical style under Mulholland. Not every age group has it their own way, as you would expect, but they play the game in the right manner - hopefully we will see some of them being blended into the first team picture - but in order to really do that we need to be putting teams to the sword early in games, allowing us the opportunity to give the younger guys minutes. At this point, we couldn't put ANY team to the sword though...

just thinking of the auld yins Jackie and Ian, and my arthritis Frankie, honest

Even if Murphy did say what's written in that article, it's hardly anything you or me didn't know anyway.

Oh and just in case @ian1964 and @johnnyk are reading, Jackie might find the walk tough as well!

What a crap tweet. Has Murray got to have a directorship for life because of what he did in the past? We need directors to continue to contribute, be it in terms of leadership or finance. Murray's obviously not doing the latter and I've no idea about the former, but we should not have someone on the Board at the moment just because of something that they did in the past.

Daily Star had it right a week ago This video on the BBC confirmed it for me at 1 min 05 seconds https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/43981612

Really ? If if the SNP had integrity(which they haven't) or Sturgeon was a proper leader of a political party then both Dornan & Yousef would have been at least suspended by the SNP by now. Or even chucked out the party. this 'smash a ******' nonsense was dreamt up by Dornan as part of another of his wee digs at the Rangers support. It is effectively wasting police time as there's zero evidence. Also his withdrawal from the deputy leader contest to focus on sectarianism was absolutely hilarious too. A bigot like Dornan ( IRA songs et al) to tackle sectarianism. You couldn't make it up. The SNP know they'll get little or no support from the Rangers community so they get their useful idiots like Dornan & Yousef to try & provoke the Rangers support. Waiting for the slightest reaction then playing the victims card. They are the lowest of low politicians who deserve all that's coming to them.

Tell your Rangers hating SNP representatives that.

Why are we still talking about Graeme Murty? That ship sailed and won't be returning.

They're not handing out free condoms. then..........I wonder why.

Merely proves that, as a country, we need to spend more on mental health provision.

Dornan sums up the SNP. Rangers hating, slightly deranged, opportunists.

When you see @der Berliner has posted the Summer Transfer Thread...

It was quite hard to believe the ages. The Celtic captain was a big lad and some of the others were very athletic looking. Our lads played very composed stuff for their age. They presented themselves for the ball and were comfortable in tight spaces. Hopefully we can broaden our scouting and bring the best players into this set up coz it looks to be working.

Not if the 10 points are taken off Celtic.

Bit upmarket for him though, I thought. I mean I occasionally stay there when I'm up for a game and flying back the next day but I can't see Stevie ger being able to afford it

I see that Dornan is now claiming that he is the only one who received the “smash a ******” email. Big change in story...

Originally read that as "arriving ON Waverley"...thought, that's an impressive entrance - sailing Doon the Watter on a paddle steamer

It's obviously the old double landing bluff to throw the press pack off the scent. He's actually arriving at Waverly railway station in Edinburgh on the sleeper tomorrow morning and will be met by John Greigs girlfriend. When you've read this post, burn it so no-one else knows.

I was told from someone within the Academy that a few years ago (probably 3 or 4 years ago - certainly during the admin period) we played Celtic at all age groups and soundly pumped them (ok, journalistic license... we beat them at all age groups) and on the Monday morning there was a significant post-mortem at Parkhead. The result of which, I am led to believe, was a change in their philosophy to ensure that they were beating us in the age groups, which resulted in them going the more physical route. Personally I much prefer the technical rather then physical route. It has been fairly easy for Celtic to bring youth into their first team in the last half dozen years because they know that they have literally no domestic competition, and because they have been routinely pumping teams, allowing their youngsters to get minutes when the games are dead - lets see if they continue to do that when we become more of a competitor again. For us, we have been fairly poor in the first team and with little depth to be able to bring through the youth unless absolutely necessary - eg, would McCrorie and Bates really have been given their chance if not out of necessity ? Once we have a stronger playing pool we can bring the youth through to get minutes the same way they have. I think our youth are doing pretty well considering. And as I said, there is one in particular in the youth ranks who really does have the potential to "go all the way" much in the same way as Billy Gilmour - different player, but really is that good, IMHO of course.

Quite. Let's hope.

This is a good thing, regardless whether they see it as a PR stunt. The more who follow suit, the better.

I've said it best to forget celtic for 12 months so I am going to have to make a point of practising what I preach from here on in.

We need more players with their careers in front of them instead of too many experienced 30+ years old players. If we want to be an energetic side with 'legs', we can't keep buying relative oldtimers. We need a core that has a couple of real leaders, especially central defence and central midfield.

We will just jump out at the traffic lights somewhere.........................the train journey is looking a better option

I don't know how much David Edgar knows but he said in his update programme that Murray does have personal issues and has been considering leaving for a while, but he said Murray does not like the way things are going and is against the Gerrard signing. The other notable thing he said is that George Letham had brought in Barry Scott and he now wondered what his position\stance was.

They should include free soap with ST's. It would save them writing to ST holders about their unpleasent smell. Celtic write to fans reminding them to WASH after complaints about smelly supporters ruining games https://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/news/celtic-write-fans-reminding-wash-6451792

The article failed to highlight Murray's faults as well though which made it little more than a puff piece. However, the source's previous relationship with PM suggests the commentary over any possible fall out might be credible so it's now up to Dave King to fill the vacuum with actual action. Only that will avoid further speculation.

To be honest I think it's too early to know what to make of it. The article made the case for Paul Murray as a Rangers man and a man of integrity pretty well. We still haven't had an explanation as to why he's resigned. Maybe I'm against the majority here but I think it's obvious there's been an argument between them, and I'm inclined to think Murray had a good reason to resign. If it was all amicable the statement would have been very different and it would have explained what was going on.

Some of our first team look like they might struggle aswell.

The expression 'resting on one's laurels' springs to mind.

Depends on the bye-laws and Constitution/Articles of Association. They may have restricted numbers of Board members. Those can obviously be changed but it could take some time to hold the Board meeting to agree the changes and then the filings to take effect at Companies House.

So women who can afford a ticket or season ticket can get free sanitary items? This from a club that would not pay the living wage, just another look at us moment.

No facts, but some reasoned speculation, both that it's a positive thing and a negative thing. However, none of us have a scooby.

I hope they get pumped in every game.