Ibrox flop closes in on Turkish escape

Scott Wright is expected to become the next victim of the Micky Beale Revolution.

Promoted Turkish side Pendikspor have agreed a fee for the winger who is flying out to discuss terms ahead of his departure.

Earlier this month Football Insider and the Daily Record linked Wright with a Saudi mega deal but that turned out to be based on a hoax tweet following Jota’s £25m move to Al Ittihad. Wright is expected to be sold for 1/50th of that fee.

After failing to offer new contracts to five established players progress has been slow in clearing out the deadwood accumulated by Steven Gerrard and Giovanni van Bronckhorst.

Antonio Colak joined Parma last week for an undisclosed fee. Wright discussed his move in an interview with Sky Sports, Football Scotland reported him saying:

It gives me a chance to go and play regular football. I had some conversations with Michael Beale just to try and play a wee bit more and we came to the conclusion that it’s maybe best for me to move on. The club has obviously agreed a fee and I’ll go out and have a look and see what I think.

Is it a step into the unknown? Yeah definitely. You’ve always got to test yourself. It’s an opportunity that excites me and one I’m looking forward to looking into. There are plenty of options that I need to way up and it’s a decision that I’m going to have to make with my family and my wife, but one I’m looking forward to and see what’s out there for me and make that decision.

There has been so signs of interest in John Lundstram, Borna Barisic and Kemar Roofe who are out of contract in May 2024.