Gordon Smith defends Kenny Miller bid
The former SFA Chief was brought in during the summer with the task of negotiating transfer business believed to be one of his main tasks.
So far Rangers have suffered a succession of rejections in the transfer market with Miller expected to join Cardiff City after Bursanspor angrily dismissed a bid of £350,000 for the Scotland striker.
Responding to Bursanspor’s claims Smith told The Sun: “This from a club who kept on bidding for Steven Whittaker when we kept telling them he wasn’t for sale.
“We offered to pay Bursaspor what they paid us, which we felt was fair. We were willing to give them their money back.
“They had the player for six months when he obviously wasn’t playing for Rangers. I wasn’t involved in the discussions but from our point of view it was fair.”
Miller is believed to be in Cardiff finalising an £800,000 deal to join the Welsh side after failing to settle in Turkey.
Bursanspor director Erkan Kamat said: “The policy of Rangers is not good. I don’t like it. It is a ridiculously low offer.
“As far as we are concerned, Kenny Miller has been sold to Cardiff City. He is going to be their player and he is not going to Rangers. We are in a very bad position now. We have a Europa League match next week, Kenny is going and we need another striker.”
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