All Transfer Rumours and silly season stuff

[Gazza_8 233]

Re the Scott Sutter rumour. He's a big bluenose but has offers from The Championship and some German mob.

[der Berliner 3,427]

Rangers manager Ally McCoist will attempt to re-sign Nacho Novo from Sporting Gijon as he braces himself for the sale of striker Nikica Jelavic. (Daily Record)

 

West Brom have emerged as favourites to sign Nikica Jelavic, with a loan deal for Scotland midfielder Graham Dorrans being used as leverage for the Croatia striker. (Daily Mail)

 

West Brom manager Roy Hodgson is not interested in allowing Scotland midfielder Graham Dorrans join Rangers, despite Ibrox manager Ally McCoist expressing an interest. (Daily Record)

 

West Brom manager Roy Hodgson admits he is interested in Rangers striker Nikica Jelavic but does not think his club "is at the top of the list of candidates". (Daily Record)

 

Honduran club Motagua claim a Rangers representative is trying to finalise negotiations to sign striker Jerry Bengtson and midfielder Jorge Claros. (Daily Mail)

 

Rangers operations executive Ali Russell is keen for the club to sign Honduras internationals Jerry Bengtson and Jorge Claros, but manager Ally McCoist has yet to be convinced either would cut it in the Scottish Premier League. (Daily Record)

 

Young Boys full-back Scott Sutter has his heart set on a loan move to Rangers, the club he supported as a boy in Hertfordshire, despite interest from a German top-flight outfit and two from the English Championship. (the Sun)

 

Norwegian midfielder Thomas Bendiksen says he delayed signing a new contract with Rangers because of an offer from Tromso and will choose the club that can offer him more first-team football. (the Sun)

 

Midfielder Thomas Bendiksen says being left on the bench for Rangers' Old Firm derby against Celtic is likely to lead him to snub a new contract and join Tromso. (the Herald)

 

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A lot of if and but and maybe involved.

Would be surprised if Bendiksen jumps ship, after been given a few games recently to prove himself (after his injury-absence) which he did. Then again, if you have that Edulloch & Davis brick wall in front of you ...

 

Novo ... would be a in-squad morale boosting thing for the next 6 months. Age, IMHO, is no argument these days. We still need more free scoring strikers and a creative midfielder.

Edited January 2, 2012 by der Berliner

[Gazza_8 233]

Losing Bendiksen because the manager decides to play his old mate McCulloch is criminal.

[der Berliner 3,427]

That said, Bendiksen has been with us for 4 years and hardyl got a look in (at his age and despite the injuries). It does tell something about the way we fail to use and blood our youngsters, but that is something we had to experience for these last 20odd years. Maybe we failed to learn quickly enough here when the money dried up and we kept on playing "veterans" (out of position) or "utility players". It worked for long spells and it may work still, but talent is not developed in the reserves, but on the field of play. Else, a Steven Davis would not have played 90odd games for Aston Villa ... being just 22! So the argument about pressure on young shoulders loses some of its bite.

[johnnyk 158]

I said before if Bendiksen goes then he's not showing any loyalty towards a team that have looked after him during his years of injuries, paid him during that time and paid for all his treatment then helped him back to full fitness. He does not IMO deserve a game more than any other youngster. He has looked OK but nothing special.

[Danny 0]

That said, Bendiksen has been with us for 4 years and hardyl got a look in (at his age and despite the injuries). It does tell something about the way we fail to use and blood our youngsters, but that is something we had to experience for these last 20odd years.

 

There are plenty of success stories from our youth sections, just like there are many failures too. Nothing out of the ordinary. It's just that with a club like Rangers, you're expected to win every match you play. There are other clubs like this, Milan, Juve, Real, Barca, Utd, Chelsea - and if you look at their records in youth, only Barcelona have really used a lot of their young players. But as others have said - even they still spend shitloads of money on new players.

This is not unique to Rangers.

 

Maybe we failed to learn quickly enough here when the money dried up and we kept on playing "veterans" (out of position) or "utility players". It worked for long spells and it may work still, but talent is not developed in the reserves, but on the field of play. Else, a Steven Davis would not have played 90odd games for Aston Villa ... being just 22! So the argument about pressure on young shoulders loses some of its bite.

 

Aston Villa are not expected to win every match. So, my point stands.

[Jim White 0]

Roy Hodgson has no intention of letting Graham Dorrans leave for Rangers and he does not expect the Gers to sell him Nikica Jelavic.

 

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[craig 5,199]

Losing Bendiksen because the manager decides to play his old mate McCulloch is criminal.

 

Understand what you are saying Gav, but for him to leave simply because he was benched is naive IMO. The lad has only just broken through but he should see the long term rather than short term. He is the future of the club and should realise that. McCoist is easing him in (I too would prefer he just got a run of games, but young lads need nurtured when they break through).

 

The rumour that concerns me the most is that Ali Russell is the one recommending the Hondurans over the head of McCoist..... Smith I could see as he has a football pedigree, but Russell ? Gies a break !!

[der Berliner 3,427]

This is not unique to Rangers.

 

That was not exactly my point here. We are chasing British & Scottish talent for at time ridiculous amounts. My point is that most of these British teams we are paying HAVE to field their youngsters, because they generally lack money to buy "quality". Most of these youngsters become your average every-day SPL player, with a season or two in England's lower leagues. Yet some, even at low key clubs like Livingston, Hamilton or the like, show talent enough to be snapped up by English teams and are playing EPL stuff now. What I would hope and assume is that Rangers select their young players because of ability and thus I assume that we have some talent in the youth and reserve set up. We hardly ever use them regularly (as other teams have to) though and thus they are being kept in "cotton wool" till the age of 20 to 22 ere being send away for peanuts or nothing. Sure the "expectation levels" are a burden, but they get that ingrained from day one at Ibrox (or know it anyway) and you do expect that fielding the odd youngster or two every now and then, surrounded by experience galore, will soon tell us whether these are good enough for a first team slot ... should our experienced campaigners fail to deliver. Hutton and Ness stepped onto the plate, Fleck was perhaps thrown in a touch too early. But of the rest you hardly hear whisper when it comes to first team selection, just the usual "could make it soon" stuff.

Edited January 2, 2012 by der Berliner

[craig 5,199]

Macheda went to QPR on loan from Man U. He is the type of player we should be looking at, even on loan. Obviously would have depended on whether SAF thinks he would have got decent experience up here. But he has gone to QPR, so oh well....