St Johnstone chief Steve Brown has slammed Rangers attempts to sign Francisco Sandaza following the sale of Nikica Jelavic to Everton.
The Spanish striker rejected a pre-contract offer from Rangers earlier in January but was reportedly subject to renewed interest as the transfer window closed on Tuesday.
Mervan Celik was the only player to join Rangers during the transfer window with Brown sceptical about interest in Sandaza.
“Rangers didn’t make an offer,” the St Johnstone chairman told the Sun. “They made inquiries, but it didn’t move from their position of a few weeks ago.
“They knew our figure was £300,000 and they were quite a bit away from that. There was no indication Rangers were willing to pay money for Fran. Rangers knew our expectations and didn’t even come close.
“We thought we might miss out on the top six without Fran, so the financial fall-out would have been quite big.
“We didn’t think we would lose Fran to Rangers, but we thought a Championship club might come in for him.
“It was made clear all along we wanted to keep Fran. He’s our top scorer and speculation is part and parcel of the transfer window, but now we can move on.”
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Why have you not included Scott Brown & Beram Kayal in your poll? Or Ki for that matter? Strange!
browns been injured, kayal inconsistent for the first quarter of the season and ki in general doesnt contribute very much! thats probably why!!
So the **** tell media thet tried for Sandaza at the 11th hour & here, straight from St.Johnstone is word that NO bid came in again after their initial haphazard biscuit tin approach a few weeks back.
I bought a GS Brown house a few years ago and one of the things they do for you is invite you along with a few neighbours to a home match. Our table was hosted by Steve’s brother Stuart, and we asked them about visiting other SPL grounds and what clubs were the best to visit, he said the treatment they received at Celtic Park was by far and away the most hospitable and Ibrox was the complete opposite, made to feel very uncomfortable and a real 2nd class citizen attitude.
The table had a bunch of mixed club fans so it wasn’t as if it was for my benefit as a Celtic fan. You could sense a real dislike of the Ibrox regime at that time.