With Nicolas Raskin expected to become Micky Beale’s second and final signing of the January transfer window the Daily Record has sprung into action.
Signing a Belgium u-21 internationalist is a decent achievement but that isn’t enough for a readership brought up on moonbeams, signing stars wanted by the biggest clubs in the business and future Balon d’Or contenders.
The Record has placed its trust in a little known Belgian website to get the precise details of the transfer fee and as usual added in some of the clubs that Raskin has snubbed in favour of training sessions under Beale alongside John Lundstram and Ryan Jack.
Step forward Napoli, Galatasaray and Marseille, for the Turkish side it is a double blow as they once again missed out on signing Ianis Hagi.
In typical fashion the Record reports:
It had been widely reported in Belgium and then relayed in the UK Liege were to receive £1.7m flatout fee and a 20 per cent sell-on clause. But according to new information by Sudinfo, while Liege will receive their original demand and potential future fee on Raskin’s next move, the Ibrox club have managed to secure their man for half of that €2m up-front, coming in at approximately £881k.
It is a deal that comes with substantial add-ons to reach the original asking price, with bonuses included in the contract potentially costing Rangers an additional €700k-800k (£617k-£705k).
Those terms have proven enough to beat other European offers. Bundesliga club Stuttgart had offered €1.4m (£1.2m) to Standard Liege but the bonuses were much less compared to the Glasgow giant’s equivalent.
Spanish interest also cropped up from Mallorca, offering up the same fee Rangers had. Their attempt was in vain while Napoli, Club Brugge, Galatasaray and Marseille have all been touted as potential suitors in recent weeks.
UPDATE: The Raskin deal has now been confirmed, joining Todd Cantwell after Beale had looked deep into the eyes of more than four transfer targets.
Have Celtic did enough in January with four signings?
Yes, new fresh younger talent. Bang on.
Unsure, JJ and GG aren't easily replaced
No, we are weaker than we were a month ago
Total Fukin DUD that will dae NUTHIN! They’ll resign ARSEFIELD, JACKOFF & MCGRUNTER hailing them as INFLUENTIAL in the dressing room!!
If he fell out with Ronnie Deila then I hope it was because he wouldn’t run and if that is the case he will soon get found out.
Still, no doubt he will win a lot of penalties.
How long before he ends up on the treatment table.
Sevco eh, whit they like?
£ 1.7 mill on instalments.
Liege must have knocked back the offer of a Provie cheque.
The RIFC ( International, nae laffin at the back )
The life of a sevco fan is great, they have concluded the signings of 2 world class talents and this has been managed with very little outlay, they also managed to beat bigger clubs to those transfers.
It makes me laugh, they have no money, Whitaker from Swansea was a big hope but again no money to complete the deal. When are the lunatics from Ibrox going to realise that UEFA has caught up with them, never will they win their 2nd league without being run correctly.
They spent money they didn’t have to win first league and this has now been stopped. If Celtic had employed the correct man after Rodgers we would be on the 3rd generation of superstars