Almost a decade after the introduction of Craig Whyte to the Scottish public the Daily Record still carries an incredible ability to amuse and amaze in equal measure.
Various far fetched stories have been given an unquestioning platform with fans amused by the stories going back to the Dave Murray days of Super Casinos, Heli Ports and Six Star hotels springing up on the streets of Ibrox.
With attempts to generate interest in Alfredo Morelos spectacularly back-firing a new squirrel is required to pretend that Steven Gerrard is in charge of a big-time club.
Attempts have been made to drum up interest in James Tavernier, Ryan Kent and Borna Barasic while the signings of Brando Barker and Ryan Kent have been portrayed as having some international significance.
Ianis Hagi, a little known Romanian with a famous surname is now getting the full treatment- even though he doesn’t even belong to the Ibrox club.
Apparently there is a £4.5m buy out clause in his loan deal, that seems as likely as Manchester City and Spurs battling it out for his summer signing.
Today the hype went into overdrive. A journeyman from Romania claimed that the Ibrox loan star was better than Ronaldo and Messi were at the same age. It seems that being regulars in the Barcelona and Manchester United XI’s doesn’t live up to losing back-to-back matches against Hearts and Hamilton.
Enjoying a break from Lockdown Celtic fans lapped up the latest news of the Ibrox starlet.
Ianis Hagi compared to Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi as Rangers star given huge billing ?https://t.co/R7DHZqHEdF pic.twitter.com/Pnvy5CJKXt
— Daily Record Sport (@Record_Sport) April 21, 2020
And yet the Belgians – who own him – let him come to Scotland where his arrival coincided with a calamitous collapse in form…
The replacement squirrel for Morelos.
— CG44 (@Ticketustastic) April 21, 2020
Who exactly is doing this comparison??
A struggling Genk in the Belgian Jupiler League don’t even want him…
— North Ayrshire Bhoy (@ayrshire_bhoy) April 21, 2020
I mean one was winning trophies at Manchester United, and the other had won the Champions League with Barca.
Bet they’re gutted thet didn’t have a loan player’s feet. pic.twitter.com/TUBlCeDdPM
— Chairman Lmao ? (@BenTheTim) April 21, 2020
Ronaldo and messi at 21 were tearing Europe apart, this dud can’t even tear Hamilton apart.
— scott McIntyre (@scottMc85081322) April 21, 2020
Where is all this pish coming from?
When the last game was played he was a fringe player that had a couple of good games but with an uncertain future.
After playing zero more games, he’s now signing for Real Madrid and is on or with Ronaldo and Messi.
— Vrtl Mrtl (@VrtlMrtl) April 21, 2020
Didn’t you also tell us Ryan Kent was a world beater worth £7m ???? here he is just chilling with his music ? pic.twitter.com/bfJ5b8bpXV
— Yogi the Tim (@Yogi_theTim) April 21, 2020
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