If things are bleak at Ibrox then it is desperation stakes for the Daily Record.
Ross Stewart,Stephen Odey (Randers) and Thijs Dallinga (Excelsior) have all been hyped up as likely signings alongside the usual servings of bidding wars breaking out for Alfredo Morelos, Joe Aribo, Calvin Bassey and Glenn Middleton.
The focus over the last 48 hours has been on Antonio Colak of PAOK who is best known for killing off last season’s Champions League dream as 10 man Malmo progressed at Ibrox.
Low ball bids have gone in, and been rejected with PAOK quite clear that their asking price is 3m euros, around £2.5m of the £50m windfall that the Ibrox side picked up on the road to Seville.
The Record don’t normally follow PAOK on their pre-season tour but tonight was an exception. Team news that Colak wasn’t starting was enough to prompt the Record into their umpteenth good news story of the week.
Surely his exclusion meant that the striker was Ibrox-bound to join the galaxy of stars that he papped out of last season’s Champions League qualifiers?
Alas no. Colak was a second half substitute, PAOK won 4-0 and another shift closes without a feel-good signing to share with the Record’s army of readers.
BREAKING! Antonio Colak edging closer to Rangers transfer as PAOK striker misses out on pre-season clashhttps://t.co/htc9eSP6P1 pic.twitter.com/5ojUI2z2DB
— Daily Record Sport (@Record_Sport) June 29, 2022
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? 11??? ??? ?????? ??? ??? ????????? #PAOKGAE #FriendlyGame #PreSeason pic.twitter.com/wAfCsWcI1o— PAOK FC (@PAOK_FC) June 29, 2022
Raphinha kickstarts Rangers transfer domino effect with Ryan Kent ‘still’ a Leeds target for Jesse Marchhttps://t.co/4otpHVWTYD pic.twitter.com/hNmlxGCowJ
— Daily Record Sport (@Record_Sport) June 29, 2022
And still CSSB allow the demented Sevco caller on with their £50mil war chest. Comic gold so it is.
Did ya hear the one yesterday? What with the 50 million from last season plus the 30 that they will get for the Champs league plus some other pie in the sky income?! that will give them around 110 million for wee gio to spend and probably extend the contracts of chunky boy, haribo and Clark Kent … Jaysus they button up the back over there or what ??
Succulent pish and bollocks for the benefit of the gullibillies, tyhe dumbest fans in football.
Be the usual spiel ,,2 or 3 premier clubs and other top European clubs were interested but he chose them because of the atmosphere blah blah
They’ll pay £2M tops but they’ll say is was nearer £3m blah blah
A couple of ex huns from years ago will get wheeled out to tell us he’s gonna be the best player we’ve ever seen blah blah
I’ll tell you this though . The thought of how many goals Abada GG and Kyogo are gonna score this coming season is keeping these hun gimps at that paper awake at night