The Ibrox messengers were quickly on the case after Fabrizio Romano tweeted about an approach being made to Sam Jewell over the vacant Sporting Director role at Ibrox.
Brighton’s Head of Recruitment has a proven track record of success with the south coast club looked on enviously for the seamless transfer activity that has lifted the club to their highest ever position, riding high in the EPL and experiencing European football for the first time ever.
Turning over a profit of £100m on Moises Caicedo is the sort of deal that James Bisgrove dreams of with the so-called player trading model at Ibrox grinding to a halt when Ajax quietly dumped Calvin Bassey on Fulham.
After wasting £15m on Danilo, Sam Lammers and Cyriel Dessers in the summer funds for the Philippe Clement Revolution will be very limited with the main task for a Sporting Director being to salvage fees or loan deals from Beale’s flops.
The Sun broke the story of interest in Jewell on Sunday, when Romano followed up on it the Ibrox media messengers were quickly alerted.
?? Brighton’s Head of Recruitment Sam Jewell has now been formally approached by Rangers FC to become new Technical Director.
Jewell, considering the proposal but still not convinced about leaving Brighton project at the highest point of club history after excellent job. pic.twitter.com/LcmMtpjZt9
— Fabrizio Romano (@FabrizioRomano) October 18, 2023
Fabrizio saying we have approached Jewell, Rangers denying it…
We have a bit of a penchant for talking shite https://t.co/kfRBSu6jZJ
— Pena Cartel (@PenaCartel) October 18, 2023
Sam Jewell NOT offered Rangers DOF role as James Bisgrove makes Michael Beale sacking admissionhttps://t.co/4lx1F0REQF pic.twitter.com/4GgGjJp79r
— Daily Record Sport (@Record_Sport) October 18, 2023
Lads, that Jewell guy from Brighton has laughed at our offer, even Paul Jewell says he wouldn’t work with us.
Tweet something like: Rangers say there is no truth in the Sam Jewell story.
— Phantom (@Phantomthe55th) October 18, 2023
Looks like our SMSM have joined the ranjurs in partaking the Deludamol ?”leaving an EPL cash rich team to join a cash strapped ?@spfl? team”??get aff yer drugs ya balloons ? https://t.co/v0UqUYLBid
— Rubymurray (@chriscurrie67) October 18, 2023
A ‘reverse Morelos strategy’ being played at ibrox…?
Be linked with various, top notch names – but no offer is ever forthcoming.
But it does maintain a perception of activity / interest – and it costs absolutely nothing!
What decent, accomplished Sporting Director would touch the ibrox job
with a very long, very smelly stick?
The first question at an SD interview: “What would my budget be in January?”
Quickly followed by: “No thanks.” 🙂
The Jewell in The Crown then…
Yep that would be a dream for The Sevco Huns (The words alone) –
He would be mad to even contemplate taking it…
Look at the abuse Ross Wilson took from them (the ‘support’ers’ ) –
He’d be well advised to ask Wilson what it’s like there…
Hopefully Wilson would be honest with him !
Pretty much anything that Fab dude tweets about Celtic or them the ‘ Digital Journalists ‘ at the Record etc copy and paste within 5 minutes
Weird how they never went anywhere near this one
After doing a very creditable job at Brighton, he’ll be considered lightning in a bottle in the EPL and in den-and, so he’d join Sevco precisely why?
Their track record of recruiting players from the EPL consists mostly of the permanently injured, the unwanted and the virtually unemployable because that’s as far as their budget extends. It’s the same for non-playing staff – e.g. Lampard, whose interest ended as soon as he learned what the budget was….
Ah Jewel in the klan klubs krown. As if the guy would leave Brighton who are in a fantastic place in the EPL and a well run club to go to a nickel&dime outfit,and then there is the money/wages factor of it,now does sevco match up what Brighton will be paying? I don’t think so.
Iprox Blue Room. Bennett to Bisgrove:
“How Much To Call The South Coast?”
Bisgrove:
“About Fifty Pence!”
Bennett:
“Okay, Make That Call!”