Daily Record EXCLUSIVE as £7m World Cup striker lined up to replace Morelos
Soccer Football - Scottish Premiership - Celtic v Rangers - Celtic Park, Glasgow, Scotland, Britain - April 8, 2023 Celtic's Alistair Johnston and Rangers' Alfredo Morelos Action Images via Reuters/Lee Smith
Three days after throwing Alfredo Morelos under a bus Micky Beale is being linked with a £7m swoop for Haji Wright.
A far fetched story in the Turkish media has been polished up by the Daily Record and presented to their readers as a distraction from the Celtic party season. Wright is currently playing for Turkish aces Antalyaspor.
In the real world moves for Keiran Dowell and Jack Butland suggest that Beale’s total budget is unlikely to reach £7m.
Should Wright have the slightest inclination to consider a move to Ibrox a phone call to fellow USA internationalists Malik Tillman or James Sands should kill the idea stone dead.
While Wright made it into the World Cup squad, scoring against Holland in the last 16 tie, loan moves to Ibrox and involvement in the worst ever Champions League campaign resulted in the Ibrox duo watching the action in Qatar from afar.
Transfer news LIVE: Rangers in shock link with World Cup striker as Ibrox side namechecked over Haji Wright
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Meanwhile attempts are underway to find a club prepared to match Antonio Colak’s wages with Ryan Jack set for a key role in the Beale Revolution.
Haji Wright sounds like the nightmare combination of two current Ibrox stars, Scott and Ianis.