ian1964 10,724 Posted October 30, 2009 Share Posted October 30, 2009 Here we go again!!! by Matthew Lindsay FORMER Rangers boss Alex McLeish is lining up a �£3million bid to lure Ibrox midfielder Steven Davis to Birmingham City in the January transfer window. And if no new buyer is found for the crisis-hit Gers soon then McLeish, who has also been linked with moves for Celtic duo Scott Brown and Aiden McGeady, will definitely get his man. McLeish has been handed a bumper �£40m war chest by new Birmingham owner Carson Yeung in order to safeguard the St Andrews club's place in the lucrative Barclays Premier League. And Big Eck has identified Northern Ireland captain Davis as the perfect man to help boost his promoted team's bid for top-flight survival down in England. advertisement The Scot would like to reunite Davis with Barry Ferguson - the pair teamed up last season as Rangers landed the Scottish title - in the Birmingham boiler room. He would like them to replace his ageing duo Lee Bowyer and Lee Carsley. Despite claims that Lloyds Bank is not, as manager Walter Smith has suggested, running Rangers, no denial has been made of reports the entire first-team squad at Ibrox will be put up for sale if no new owner is found. And unless South Africa-based Scottish multi-millionaire Dave King, or another interested party, can seize control then Davis will go as part of a bid to drive down debts that are estimated at �£30 million. Former Aston Villa man Davis signed for Rangers from Fulham for �£3m at the start of last season after a successful loan spell in Glasgow. But Rangers could be forced to sell one of their prized assets to make a payment on their crippling debt unless a new investor rides to their rescue. Despite a spate of injuries at the moment, Gers manager Smith is well covered in Davis's position with Maurice Edu, Pedro Mendes and Kevin Thomson all at his disposal. McLeish is also reported to be eyeing a double raid on Celtic for Scotland central midfielder Brown and Republic of Ireland winger Aiden McGeady in the January transfer window for a joint fee of around �£12 million. Elsewhere, Smith has had his spirits lifted as he prepares for a difficult away game at Dundee United on Sunday with the return of Kirk Broadfoot to first-team training at Murray Park. The full-back cum centre-half has been sidelined with a foot injury since the League Cup Final against Celtic last March. His fellow long-term-crock Edu is set to join him in training next week. Rangers Player of the Year Madjid Bougherra will not be involved on Sunday, but could come back in the Champions League rematch with Unirea Urziceni in Romania on Wednesday. Lee McCulloch, who sustained a thigh injury in the 1-1 draw against Hibs last Saturday, is also making good progress. http://www.eveningtimes.co.uk/sport/display.var.2533621.0.0.php 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
alexscottislegend 2,325 Posted October 30, 2009 Share Posted October 30, 2009 Funny that Davis and Ferguson is seen as a good combination, when we never seemed to try them for any length of time anyway. Would be just typical if he goes there and hits it off. Why can't we get our good players playing well for US? 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super_Ally 0 Posted October 30, 2009 Share Posted October 30, 2009 Did he not cost us a little more than �£3mil? Sod off Eck. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ian1964 10,724 Posted October 30, 2009 Author Share Posted October 30, 2009 How come McGready & Broon are worth a combined �£12m yet our Northern Ireland Captain is only worth �£3m ?????, if he wants to spend �£6m each for they two chunts, then he can pay �£6m for Davis. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
craig 5,199 Posted October 30, 2009 Share Posted October 30, 2009 How come McGready & Broon are worth a combined �£12m yet our Northern Ireland Captain is only worth �£3m ?????, if he wants to spend �£6m each for they two chunts, then he can pay �£6m for Davis. Was exactly what I was thinking. Given that some of the pundits believe Davis is the best midfielder in Scotland it would be a conservative estimate that Brown would go for the same fee as Davis i.e. 3 million.... so the Evening Times are suggesting McGeady is worth 9 million ? Yer havin' a laugh ! 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
gisabeer 409 Posted October 30, 2009 Share Posted October 30, 2009 I would take the money for Davis. He has been a decent player for us but by no means exceptional. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
kevinthomson8 0 Posted October 30, 2009 Share Posted October 30, 2009 you can have him for 7 million mcleish 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zappa 0 Posted October 30, 2009 Share Posted October 30, 2009 How come McGready & Broon are worth a combined �£12m They really aren't though. Not saying someone with plenty cash down south wouldn't pay that because they spend over the real value of players all the time in the EPL, but that pair are probably the 2 most overrated players in Scotland. Real value - McGayday: 3 to 4 million tops. Brown: 2 to 3 million tops. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tannochsidebear 2,410 Posted October 30, 2009 Share Posted October 30, 2009 In what possible way is McGeady worth �£3-4M. For a player whose final ball is so poor it usually ends up a goal kick, who doesn't even score 10 goals a season, has never played well in the CL or an OF game, and whose claim to fame is one wee dribble against an Aberdeen defender playing his first game in 9 months. I have often said McGeady is the equivalent of Burke, and without his rebel rousing decision to be Irish instead of Scottish, he would have been largely ignored by Timmy and probably have left by now. Brown wont be worth what Timmy paid for him, ever again. An agressive wee runt who mistimes tackles even more than our own KT, but runs about like Kenny Miller. Davis at least has a track record in the EPL and teams would be prepared to pay for him as he has already done reasonably well at that level. But of course, the press are full of nonsense anyway, so probably all these stories are untrue, and they are just filling out the paper to avoid discussing the real issues, as they require some proper journalistic qualities sadly lacking in todays tabloid journos. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zappa 0 Posted October 30, 2009 Share Posted October 30, 2009 In what possible way is McGeady worth �£3-4M. I did say �£3-4m 'tops'. ...That's probably about right if an EPL club were buying him, but I doubt any of them would want him. IMO Davis is worth �£5-7m to us depending on who's interested & how desperate we are for cash. If he had stayed down south his value may have been even higher, but unfortunately our ability to sell players for prices as inflated as EPL clubs manage to do is virtually non existent. Hutton's sale was a freak one-off & he's no longer valued as highly. His value's probably about �£4-5m or thereabouts, not �£9m. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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