Steven Gerrard has claimed that none of his first team squad is for sale in January.
The former Liverpool youth coach has build up a first team squad of around 25 players which includes Andy Halliday, Greg Docherty, Andy King, Matt Polster, Jordan Jones who rarely get anywhere near the substitute bench.
Cash flow looks like being a real problem at Ibrox this season with all the indications being that Close Brothers, the lender of last resort, won’t be covering up the shortfall.
In midweek Gerrard repeated that £50m would be turned down in the unlikely event that it was offered for Alfredo Morelos.
During the AGM Dave King claimed that the current squad could be worth £103m more than their book value but that seems far fetched for Glen Kamara, Ryan Jack, James Tavernier and Joe Aribo.
With King forced to take a back seat there is a power vacuum at Ibrox allowing the team manager to put enormous pressure on the board as they attempt to make ends meet.
Gerrard told The Scotsman:
“My message about Alfredo or anyone else is that nobody is for sale at any price,” he said. “Nobody is going out the door in January. I can’t be clearer?than that. None of my best players will leave in January. The only people who will be leaving here will be people who need game time for their own career. I need to support that and back that. I want to be understanding and show them the respect they deserve and try and help them get the right challenge for them to go out and play football.”
During the summer Eros Grezda, Jamie Murphy, Jason Holt and Eduardo Herrera refused to walk away from their lucrative Ibrox deals while Kyle Lafferty and Graham Dorrans had their contracts paid up.
The Ibrox accounts to June 2019 revealed losses of £11.3m with a £10m deficit predicted for the current season without making any allowance for the ‘many millions of pounds’ due to be paid to Sports Direct on January 17.
With Dave King unable to provide any further loans there has been talk of a share issue in January but unless an existing shareholder wishes to lose more millions a prospectus will have to be published revealing an upto date state of the company finances.