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Zak scored again for Falkirk yesterday

Brighton, Southampton and Burnley weighing up move for Rangers £8m-rated defender James Tavernier Brighton and Southampton are considering bids for James Tavernier The Rangers captain has scored 16 goals and provided 20 assists this season Rangers would be forced to listen to offers of around £8million for Tavernier Brighton and Southampton are weighing up a bid for Rangers' goalscoring full back James Tavernier this summer. The Rangers captain has scored a remarkable 16 goals in the Scottish Premiership and Europa League this season and added another 20 assists in the process. Surprisingly, he was overlooked for Scotland's PFA Player of the Year nominations. However, Tavernier's performances have still prompted interest from the English Premier League with Brighton, Southampton and Burnley all considering the former Newcastle United right-back as they draw up a list of options for the summer window. Tavernier, 27, is highly regarded by manager Steven Gerrard, who has rewarded him with an improved contract. However, Rangers would be forced to listen to offers around £8million. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-6992263/Brighton-Southampton-weighing-Rangers-defender-James-Tavernier.html

Greenock Morton Football Club can confirm that Jonatan Johansson and Peter Houston have departed the club with immediate effect. Chris Millar and Jim McAlister will take charge of the team today for our game against Dundee United at Cappielow Park. A full statement will be made by the club following today’s game. https://gmfc.net/2019/05/04/statement-jonatan-johansson-and-peter-houston/

Club 1872 has today written to Glasgow City Council Leader, Susan Aitken, regarding press reports of her comments in a closed Facebook group for Glasgow SNP councillors. A copy of the letter is below and we look forward to receiving a timely reply from Councillor Aitken to what we consider to be a very serious matter. “Dear Councillor Aitken, I am writing to you on behalf of Club 1872, a Rangers supporters group with over 7000 members and the second largest shareholder in Rangers International Football Club PLC, regarding comments you made in a closed Facebook group (Glasgow City SNP Councillors) which have been the subject of recent press reports. As you may be aware, we have submitted a Freedom of Information request in the past few days for everything posted in that group relating to Rangers FC and Club 1872. It appears that the group was being used to discuss council business that should have been subject to our previous FOI enquiry, but no posts from that group were included in the response to our previous request. What we know already is that you used the group to ask fellow SNP Councillors to share a photograph of Labour Councillor, Frank McAveety attending a match at Ibrox in 2015. This appears to be in response to comments made by Mr McAveety about your role in denying Rangers the opportunity to host a Fanzone at Ibrox in 2018. Can you clarify why you believed this photo to be relevant to those matters and explain why you felt it appropriate to ask SNP Councillors to share this information publicly? Is it your belief that Mr McAveety’s attendance at Ibrox should be portrayed in a negative light? If so, perhaps you can explain why? Many elected officials attend sporting events throughout Glasgow and it is disturbing that you appear to believe that attendance at Ibrox is something which should be frowned upon. Mr McAveety is a well known Celtic supporter, and therefore any suggestion that he attended the match at Ibrox to gain favour from Rangers, or vice versa, would be ridiculous. Your decision to focus on this one event appears to have been motivated by a desire to cast doubt on Mr McAveety’s legitimate criticisms and divert attention from questions about your own conduct where Rangers Football Club is concerned. Rangers Football Club is a major employer in Glasgow and works extensively to positively support communities in Govan, Glasgow and throughout Scotland. The many thousands of Rangers supporters who live in the Glasgow area should be able to rely on elected officials to treat them and their football club fairly at all times. Furthermore, those in public life who question conduct that appears to be unfair or discriminatory should be able to do so freely without being smeared in an attempt to discredit their input. Yours sincerely, Laura Fawkes Club 1872 Director On behalf of the Club 1872 board” Issued by Supporters Voice Limited, a Club 1872 company http://club1872.co.uk/news/club-1872-letter-to-councillor-susan-aitken/

Tavernier is our best player, IMO, and he should be the player of the year!. I am surprised he hasn't been the target for bigger teams for a move.

We all know there has always been plenty of good young players who never make it, however you can't deny the performances this season from our youth teams so a well done to the whole of the youth coaches for their fantastic work with the young players. Maybe we will start to see some of these young players making it in the game, even if not with Rangers. It does seem like they are getting good coaching and have a real chance of making it, hopefully to the 1st team, it seems like there is a real effort in producing our own young players, good luck to them all.

Rangers star Alfredo Morelos was linked with a move to Real Betis earlier in the season [originally Football Scotland], and now it looks like the La Liga outfit are set to reignite their interest. Spanish outlet eldesmarque.com are reporting that Betis are preparing to pounce on the Rangers talisman. And that they’re prepared to pay. The report claims Betis will test Rangers resolve with a tantalising €23m (£19.75m) bid. Should this genuinely be the case, it’s incredibly unlikely Rangers will reject th Club managing director Stewart Robertson told the ORSA Convention that Rangers valued the striker at close to £20m. This is roughly the amount that former Celtic striker Moussa Dembele moved to Lyon for. Rangers have made it clear that they will not accept meagre bids for the player. The likes of Bordeaux bid £3.75m at the start of the season, an amount Steven Gerrard described as derisory. It’s mega money that’s reportedly on the table from the La Liga outfit. It’d provide a serious boost to the Ibrox club’s coffers going into next season. Whilst it’d be a real shame to lose the much-loved Morelos, can Rangers really turn that kind of money down? It’s very unlikely And given Rangers recent transfer interest, it very much feels like we’re preparing for life without the striker anyway. https://www.rangersnews.uk/news/rangers-striker-alfredo-morelos-linked-with-20m-move-to-la-liga-report/