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Yeah, think players like that are not worth it in the long run. Then there is the question mark over his ability. Is he good enough for us? We know Roofe, Jack and Helander are despite injury issues. But its frustrating to not have them fit for half the season.

Hope so. We should sing about our team.

From what i have seen he has only played CB for the USMNT

Interesting snippet from the article - we may be seeing more of him in the first team: “It’s important that every one of our young players at this stage has a clear plan and for Leon he will now move into the first-team group under Giovanni van Bronckhorst on a permanent basis between now and the end of the season.”

Record(I know..) reporting we have bid for Skov Olsen Rangers have reportedly to have launched a bid worth around £5m for Danish winger Andreas Skov Olsen. The Bologna wide man has been in and out of the team this season and it is widely believed they are open to offers for the 22-year-old, who has 15 Denmark caps to his name. Earlier this week it was reported that he was set to make a decision "in the coming days" with a loan exit in January highly likely. But now Tutto Bologna Web claim that Rangers have launched a bid worth €6m (£5m) to sign him permanently. More from danish site: https://www.bold.dk/fodbold/nyheder/medie-rangers-byder-45-mio-for-skov-olsen/

Great news. Was attracting interest from the big guns down south. Official site link - https://www.rangers.co.uk/article/leon-king-signs-new-rangers-contract/61x8l6r15jXye1NvVNPIH5

Seville have entered the running for Skov Olsen. Reports from Turkey Twitter (pinch of salt) Galatasaray rejected a bid from us for Romanian winger Morutan, with the turks holding out for 7 million for the lad. Looks like we are after a right winger no matter what. My preference would be Skov Olsen. Real threat turning in on his left shooting from distance.

Will be interested to see how he gets on. Fee being reported as 6 Million Euro. If we sign a player for 6 million he had better be good! Probably have to offload Lundstram before we can spend big on a midfielder. Don't see it as a priority position right now as things stand.

Done Deal. Well done young man. https://rng.rs/3pVaHHv

I agree and its still a good market for us, there are good players available and moving to Germany/Belgium for 1-3 million at the moment. But specifically for the lad Sands if we are to pay a loan fee and a future fee that gets in the 6 million ball park. This boy has got to be one of our best players. Edit - loan to buy is a great idea for us, worked well with Kent, Hagi and Davis (1st time round). So like that approach.

Rangers linked with James Sands not going away. USA International, 21 y/o MLS NYC. Plays DM/DC. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-10366135/Rangers-poised-sign-midfielder-James-Sands-New-York-City-selling-Nathan-Patterson.html Looking at an 18(?) month loan deal. Sure there will be a future fee. But it has been rumoured at 6 million which for us is quite an outlay.

Lille offered 16 million IIRC (verified by their sporting director during an interview with talksport). Porto is not a step up for him and they dont want to pay us what we want so id forget about them. If he keeps his current form up and signs a new deal he could be worth much more. Alfredo plays a hell of a lot of games, rarely injured. Form dips up and down but whos form doesnt. He will be very difficult to replace but id rather we were doing it in the summer with the CL money pot to look forward to. @Rousseau - Itten deserves another chance I agree. I believe he did not settle in Scotland and would prefer to move away for off field reasons.

In the summer I would. Not now. Crucial period coming up and that CL spot is very big for us financially. Sakala is still hit and miss, Roofe is struggling with his fitness (that idea of deciding to take up international football at 28 was a great one). Goldson, Kamara, Aribo and Morelos are the 4 we need to keep to win the league this year. Sell in the summer for 3 of them if we must. Obviously Connor will walk in the summer regardless.

Good move all round. Patterson isnt going to play ahead of Tav. We sell the boy while his stock is high and he gets a chance at first team football, a wage rise and a healthy sign on fee. If we can sell an academy player like that every 5 years its good for us IMO. Now to get Leon King tied down on long term deal and path to the 1st team.

Fair point well made. Fool me once etc.

Would love to know how much public money has been spent in total from the HMRC side pursuing this. HMRC staffing costs, multiple legal fees, court time, and then the cherry on top of the cake we went through an administrative process protecting assets which results in HMRC being able to claim very little back. I am at risk of repeating myself but the public deserve an investigation into this and the individuals responsible should be held to account.

Exactly, everyone lost out on TV revenue so Celtic could be awarded a title. And the other clubs voted this madness through.

And that's why I think we really need to find a way to get him game time or we need to sell. If he doesn't get game time he wont develop. A loan at this point isn't worth while either.

Didn't sky agree to lose the games of 2019/2020 to award half a league title to Celtic then strangely agree a long term TV deal with the SPFL at extremely agreeable terms to SKY? Anything is possible. Sky are not our friends.

I dont think anyone is paying big money for tav sadly, now is the time. he is 30 and locked into a good deal with us. Knowing our luck we will sell Patterson then have a bid for Tav we cant knock back..

I reckon we will sell Patterson. If we cant give him game time and a club like everton are willing to give him game time and potentially much larger pay then its not fair to keep him tbh. As long as they pony up with the transfer fee.

I'm pretty sure everytime that nincompoop Doncaster goes to visit them to negotiate a TV deal that Peter Lawwell is there holding his hand making sure he doesn't stick crayons up his nose. I'm sure arrangements with Sky and key contacts through existing business relationships can be made.

What a nightmare on many levels. Hopefully clubs can get financial support from the Scottish Government to compensate for any losses. Not entirely convinced the outdoor transmission rates justify this type of reaction but we are where we are.

Ah yes, I get the occupational communication from them 'you haven't paid enough tax for the past year' or whatever. Call me pedantic but I don't pay any tax or NI. Its taken from me.

If this is proven to be true, then HMRC could have likely negotiated a deal with the OldCo for a lesser sum of monies and we would have been fine in the long-term. There is so much about this case that looks like manufactured grievance from the HMRC side. They claimed they wanted to set a precedent but I don't recall them following up our case with a grand return of revenue from other clubs/companies in similar cases. Basically HMRC have cheated the tax payer out of revenue to pursue personal vendetta. We now need to know the who of HMRC drove this case and why. Public workers should be accountable to the public for mismanagement of public bodies and funds.