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Is there a trophy for the club that nearly signed the most World Cup players? Ecuador star was almost a ‘Rangers’ hero!

Photo of Joe McHugh Joe McHugh | 08:25 21/11/22
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Jeremy Sarmiento could have been a Rangers player- that is the comforting news for Ibrox fans as they settle down to watch Ecuador in the World Cup Finals.

With Borna Barisic the only member of Giovanni van Bronckhorst’s squad at the finals in Qatar some very creative thinking is required to provide Ibrox fans with a flow of feel-good stories.

While at primary school in London Sarmiento had offers from four clubs. Wisely he snubbed an offer from the old Rangers club, three years away from going into liquidation in favour of Charlton as a pathway into the professional game.

Football Scotland, the digital face of the Daily Record has dredged up the story, perhaps if circumstances had been entirely different Sarmiento would be entertaining the fans at Ibrox who are currently watching Scott Arfield, Ryan Jack, John Lundstram and Scott Wright going through the motions.

With more than three weeks to go until Hibs visit Ibrox, Football Scotland is working on the Ibrox connections of Lionel Messi, Jason Cummings and others.

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Joe McHugh has been Video Celts since 2010, every day covering events in and around Scotland's most successful club.
When a six year stretch at the Sunday Mirror came to an end it was clear that the future was digital, print had ran its race.
Smart phones and social media created a new landscape, Video Celts has certainly made an impact with Joe described as having an unhealthy obsession by Peter Lawwell at the 2024 Celtic AGM. A priceless endorsement, cheers big man.
There are issues breaking around the clock, no two days are the same more than 50 years on from his first match Joe is enjoying every success for Scotland's Most Successful Club.

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1 comment

  • Bhoy4life says:
    November 21, 2022 at 8:50 am

    Fail to see the relevance of this story.
    He nearly signed for a club that doesn’t exist anymore?

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