Ibrox fantasist duped into linking Scott Wright with Jota’s £25m Saudi deal!

Whatever Celtic do the Ibrox Tribute Act has to follow follow two steps behind.

If Celtic sell Moussa for £20m to Lyon then Alfredo Morelos has to be valued at Dembele Dollars.

If Celtic pick up a lucrative sell-on fee for Virgil van Dijk then Calvin Bassey and Joe Aribo have got to top that.

Rolling quite a few of those theories together was the recent Malik Tillman Moonbeam where the Tribute Act were paid a cancellation fee as well as getting a sell on slice when Bayern Munich sell the midfielder to an EPL club.

With Jota joining Al Ittihad for £25m there is a need for at least one copycat deal from Ibrox with Steven Gerrard’s appointment as manager of Al Ettifaq helping to put the jigsaw together.

In January 2021 when the cash was running out at Ibrox Gerrard brought in Wright from Aberdeen with the fee due for Ross McCrorie written off.

Wright is the original squad man, last season he started five SPFL matches that no one really noticed, at the end of the season he was linked with Preston but the Championship side seem unwilling to match his Ibrox wages.

Putting together all of those pieces is transfer guru Fraser Fletcher, scouring forums and social media before dressing his stories up as coming from Football Insider sources, often Recruitment specialists and senior sources.

Breaking the exclusive news former BBC Scotland man was quickly reminded that his story originated from a Twitter account with 25 followers! #clicketyclick

As Aston Villa manager Gerrard never went near any of his Ibrox flops

? Exclusive: The same firm of representatives behind Jota’s transfer from Celtic to Al Ittihad are also working with Rangers Scott Wright, he has major interest in him from Saudi Arabia #RFC

Al Ettifaq have made a concrete move for the winger ????????? #RFChttps://t.co/pANvJ76KxX

— Fraser Fletcher (@FrazFletcher) July 4, 2023

You’ve been done by an account with 10 followers. Amazing.

— ?? ? (@p_bov1) July 4, 2023

The Saudis are buying superstars, not disasters.

— Sam smith (@sammybhoy1967) July 4, 2023

I’m sure there was a piss take of this story doing the rounds yesterday. £10m and we can start talks. ?

— Dizzee Raskin ??? (@Colombia1Prince) July 4, 2023

The original parody tweet, account with 25 followers!

Exc: ? Former Rangers manager Steven Gerrard is interested in bringing Scott Wright to Al Ettifaq.
Gerrard signed the winger from Aberdeen in 2021 and wants to reunite with the winger who’s struggling for game time in Glasgow.
Fee around £4Million#AlEtifaq #??????_?????? pic.twitter.com/Plo0Pq96vV

— Andrew Graham (@AndrewGSport) July 3, 2023

Meanwhile…

Yer mana been done way a parody account ??

— Scott (@5G_Rfc) July 4, 2023

You fell for it …. Unfollowed ya copycat ???

— Peter (@kingpedrok) July 4, 2023

Where did you find this story from?

A parody account with 12 followers?

— Ruaraidh Morrison (@ruaraidh1985) July 4, 2023

Wisen up, this rumour was made up by Bob fae Shettlestons bedroom and you’ve fell for it ???

— Craig (@ThePeople1986) July 4, 2023