Last night Jim White proved himself to be the ‘go-to guy’ as the transfer of Ianis Hagi went badly off message.
Since the Ibrox season ticket renewal campaign got underway the permanent transfer of the midfielder has been imminent for about a fortnight.
Overlooking the fact that his arrival coincided with the collapse of their SPFL challenge the young Romanian with the famous daddy has given Ibrox fans belief that they are somehow relevant.
Running in tandem with the season ticket renewal campaign has been stories about just how in-demand the Genk reject is across Europe. Manchester City, Spurs and Real Madrid are all keeping tabs (code for poised to make a Morelos-type bid) while another Romanian journeyman claimed that Hagi Jnr at 21 is a better player that Cristiano Ronaldo and Leo Messi were at the same age.
Last night at Genk someone pressed the wrong button on their website sparking hysteria that the deal, described as between £4-5m.
BBC Scotland led the way relaying the story but within 30 minutes Genk pulled the story forcing some rewrites and a feeling of disappointment among Ibrox fans.
At that stage White came into his own, the Sky Sports and talkSPORT presenter has almost half a million Twitter followers- the perfect outlet to deliver a soothing message.
Most transfer fees are delivered in stages but £1m a year over three years is something a bit different, imagine Celtic waiting until beyond 2050 for the final instalment of the Kieran Tierney fee from Arsenal.
NOTE Paying £3m up over three years would be four equal payments of £750,000.
Ianis Hagi set to join @RangersFC in £3m deal. Payments will be split over three years.
— Jim White (@JimWhite) May 26, 2020
Like they’ll last 3 years ????
— Richard McGinley (@Richiestoke) May 26, 2020
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— Barry Nolan (@BarryBazn) May 26, 2020
Oooft! pic.twitter.com/JGwJjt9Ogq
— LouMun 67 (@lfmunro) May 26, 2020
Payments over 3 years. Is it a player or a car they’ve bought…..
— chris (@Chrismartincfc) May 26, 2020
That is seeennnsational Jim – the first wonderkid you can pay up like a dfs sofa ??
— Brian Kelly (@ReturnOfBGK) May 26, 2020
Paying up £3m! Seriously! were meant to believe this mob are competing on the same level as Celtic? C’mon it’s just embarrassing!
mind you..suppose I’ll no be laughing when he goes for £100m next summer to Barca or Real eh!
????— Dom Shv ??? (@Shiv1888) May 26, 2020
But in 2015 King the GASL said rangers* were the financial envy of world football what changed?
— Max Heder (@Mibbeesayes) May 26, 2020
So Real Madrid and Barcelona missed out then? Also, spreading £3 million over 3 years shows how low that club have sank
— JP (@belfast_toffee) May 26, 2020
