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Spurs to bid for £6m Zokora replacement: Would be a very good signing

Didier Zokora is not the greatest player in the world and in fact he can be on his day one of the most frustrating players on the planet. There is now speculation linking a player with similar attributes who would surely do a better job than the Ivorian!

Tottenham have joined the race for £6m rated Middlesbrough midfielder George Boateng. Also chasing the 32 year old are Celtic and Sunderland.

Boateng was due to move to White Hart Lane in January but the deal fell through when Didier Zokora refused a move the other way. Boateng admitted last week he will be leaving Boro. (The People)

I am a big fan of George Boateng. He plays with a smile on his face always gives his all and knows exactly what his role is in the team. I have very rarely see him put a foot wrong and for all of these reasons he would be a marked improvement on Mr Zokora. Yes Boateng is no spring chicken but he isn’t showing any signs of slowing down right now so he is well worth signing. What do Tottenham fans think?

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Newcastle after classy £10m pair: ONE good, ONE average

Kevin Keegan has today bemoaned the fact that sides outside the Champions League Quartet are doomed to failure

“The top four next year will be the same top four as this year, what I can say to the Newcastle fans is that we will be trying to get fifth and we will be trying to win the other league that’s going on within the Premier League. I haven’t got enough money and I wouldn’t be able to get the players anyway (to do any better than that), so I will soldier on with what I’ve got and maybe add one or two, maybe three, depending what’s available.”

(various)

Newcastle are lining up a £4m bid for Fulham midfielder Steven Davis who has impressed while on loan at Rangers this season.(Daily Mirror)

Kevin Keegan is also keen to bring £6m rated Everton striker Andrew Johnson to St James’ Park. (Daily Mirror)

If Steven Davis doesn’t move to Ibrox then I strongly suggest Keegan goes for the Northern Ireland international. He really has been in phenomenal form since he moved to Glasgow. He may have only arrived less than 3 months ago but he has already started 18 matches and has helped Walter Smith’s side towards a possible quadruple. I am not quite so sure that Andy Johnson would be such a great signing, the Magpies already have a few decent strikers (all of whom are better than the Everton man) and I am sure there are better strikers on offer. What do United fans think about these two possible additions to the St James’ Park squad?

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Rangers are spot-on

When Nacho Novo converted Rangers’ fifth penalty kick he did more than seal their place in the UEFA Cup final, he sealed this Rangers side’s place as legends. Win or lose in Manchester every Rangers fan will be rightly proud of the achievement of this group of underdogs for years to come.

It may not have been the prettiest game of football, but Walter Smith’s men again showed that what they may lack in technical ability they more than make up for with grit, determination and passion.

Fiorentina coach Ceare Prandelli does not seem to share my enthusiasm for the Rangers performance however. He is quoted on bbc.co.uk as saying:

“Rangers came here just to stop us playing our best football and got the result they wanted.

The game would have been more entertaining if we were facing a team ready to play a bit more.”

Hmm, perhaps I am wrong but was it not the Italians who invented defensive football? Rangers played to their strengths, who can criticise them for that? In yet another David versus Goliath encounter Walter Smith ensured his team did what was needed and I congratulate the whole team.

The only disappointment was Daniel Cousin’s stupidity. While I don’t think for a second he hurt Liverani with his ‘head-butt’, everyone with even a passing interest in football knows you are going to see red if you put your head into another player the way Cousin did. Rangers will now be without the big striker in the final which stacks the odds further in the favour of the excellent St. Petersburg side. But then that’s the way Rangers like it…

Glasgow Rangers prove they are streets ahead of Everton.

A clumsy equation admittedly, but Everton fell to Fiorentina in a tense penalty shoot-out in the UEFA Cup, and yesterday night Rangers went one better and beat the Italians 4-2 on penalties, a victory that has seen Rangers progress to the Final - and put Everton and Tottenham’s UEFA runs in the shade. Rangers will now face Zenit St Petersburg in the final, who ironically got stuffed by Everton in the group stages. Does this show that the Glaswegians are a stronger outfit than Spurs and Everton, or am I talking out of my backside?

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Newcastle plan £5m swap deal that could solve Keegan’s biggest problem

Newcastle are not exactly famed for their defending and in recent years they have leaked goals with alarming regularity. Only Reading and Derby have conceded more than the Magpies this term, hence the latest speculation about a swap deal to help alleviate these problems.

Rangers are preparing a bid for Newcastle United striker Alan Smith in a deal that might see centre-back Carlos Cuellar going in the other direction (The Sun). Gers boss Walter Smith is set to test the water with a £5m bid at the end of the season.

Cuellar has been outstanding for Rangers, where he has played almost 60 games in what has been a lengthy season, helping them to an incredible 30 clean sheets in the process. Walter Smith will not want the Spanish centre-back to leave but if they get Smith in return then that might soften the blow.

How would Gers fans take to Smithy? And do Newcastle need defenders in abundance or will the addition of Cuellar be enough to stem the flow of goals against?

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Arsenal want £2m ‘bruiser’: Could be the next Flamini if the current one leaves!

With news abound that Mathieu Flamini could indeed be heading for the exit Arsenal have been linked with a potential replacement for the Frenchman.

Capped three times for his country, Ognjen Vukojevic is an uncompromising defensive holding player dubbed ‘Croatia’s Rino Gattuso’.
The 24-year- old confirmed that reputation with the crunching Hampden challenge which ruled Darren Fletcher out of Manchester United’s title charge in George Burley’s debut as Scotland manager.
Competition for Vukojevic, rated in the £2million bracket, could be fierce.
A former Under-21 international, the six-footer is expected to feature in the Euro 2008 squad due to be named by Slaven Bilic next month.
Celtic, Espanyol, Arsenal and Bayern Munich are just three of the clubs linked with the player in the last year. (Daily Mail)

From the same stable as Luka Modric and Eduardo da Silva, Vukojevic is a no nonsense character who is less likely to smash in thirty yarders like the Flamster but could be the kind of buy that could prove useful as a squad player who could grow into the role and hopefully not leave the moment his contract runs out! Are Arsenal fans dismayed that Flamini does indeed appear to be leaving for Serie A?

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Spurs plan £10m raid for wonder winger!

Tottenham’s season is beginning to stutter to a conclusion, one win in eight, and Juande Ramos already planning a big shake up in the summer apparently, and here is the latest target on his shopping list!

£10m valued Celtic winger Aiden McGeady is on the shopping list of Tottenham boss Juande Ramos.

McGeady is one of Ramos’ many summer transfer targets. (The Mirror)

The 22 year old Glaswegian is a top class player who appears to be angling for a move to the Premier League but the Bhoys will not be keen to sell their hottest prospect but will they be able to prevent the Scottish international from leaving? Do Celtic fans think they will keep the PFA player of the year and do Spurs fans like the idea of such a signing?

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Manchester City move nearer to £6m lethal finisher

Surely Kris Boyd deserves regular first-team football at Ibrox?

Manchester City target, £6m rated Kris Boyd, has commented on recent speculation that he may be about to leave Glasgow: “It’s not come to that stage for me, and I don’t think it’s come to that stage for Rangers, either. At the end of the day if the gaffer didn’t want me then he’d come and tell me that it’s time to find another club.” (Sky Sports News)

Boyd’s 67 goals in just over two years at the club is nothing to be sniffed at and Man City need a lethal finisher. So why not try to buy him, Sven - what is there to lose?

I am sure Walter Smith knows what he is doing; after all, Rangers are nearing the SPL title and in the UEFA Cup semis. But maybe it is time for Boyd to move south and give the Premier League a shot.

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Spurs plan £6m bid to fix age-old problem - but is he the right choice?

It seems that most Tottenham fans are in agreement that a new keeper should be highest up on the summer transfer target list. And Juande Ramos appears to have set his sights on another possible replacement for Robbo.

Tottenham are preparing to launch a £6m bid for Rangers goalkeeper Alan McGregor (The Mail).

After many years in the shade McGregor is now showing his class as Rangers number one shot stopper - his superb displays in the UEFA Cup will have been noted by the Spanish supremo at White Hart Lane. However, I would imagine Rangers will try their best not to let the Edinburgh-born 26-year-old go the way of Alan Hutton and, after all, Walter Smith’s side can offer the keeper Champions League football next season.

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Newcastle boss in £15m raid to add more quality

After a sticky start Kevin Keegan is seeing the best from his current squad. Maybe their improvement has been brought about by the uncertainty they might feel,  given the wealth of talent supposedly in line to be brought in in the summer.

Keegan wants Mike Ashley to back him in a double-bid for Celtic’s £15m rated pair Scott Brown and Aiden McGeady. (The Sun)

There seems to be a smile back on KK’s face now, a new vigour brought about by some fine performances that have breathed new life into the side. It’s clear that a few new faces would be good for the club and whilst these two are good players, maybe defenders are more key to a club who have let in the third most goals in the Premier League this season.

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West Ham, Everton and Aston Villa battle it out for £6m Rangers ace

Kris Boyd is a goalscoring phenomenon, 72 starts and 66 goals, but perhaps more phenomenally he isn’t getting a regular first team place at table topping Rangers. And it appears it might be beginning to affect the former Killie hitman.

Boyd said “Look, the team has been winning so nobody can say the gaffer has got it wrong. I certainly am not saying that.
“But I don’t think he or anybody else at the club would be happy if I wasn’t frustrated. Of course I’m frustrated. I want to play.” (Daily Record)

There is a long queue of clubs interested in the 24 year old striker. With Birmingham, West Ham, Aston Villa, Middlesbrough and Everton all supposedly keeping tabs on the Scottish international.

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Newcastle to beat Sunderland and Aston Villa to £10m hot prospect

Things seem to be going better and better for Kevin Keegan on Tyneside, with three straight wins lifting Newcastle to safety and now they can push on and look to the summer with renewed optimism and Kevin has a number of top quality players in his sights as he aims to spend big to push the St James’ Park outfit in the right direction.

Northeast rivals Newcastle United and Sunderland are battling with Aston Villa for £10m rated Celtic winger Aiden McGeady. (News of the World)

Even given Roy Keane’s pulling power and Martin O’Neill’s Celtic connections I would still consider Keegan to be leading the pack chasing given the size and grandeur of a Newcastle side looking to move up the table to a position more befitting it’s fans and history. 22 year old McGeady is an exciting player who may see his future away from the SPL and it surprises me that more clubs aren’t beating at his door for a move across the border.

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Spurs man was told to ‘just go’!

Alan Hutton has had a pretty decent start to his Spurs career and clearly he was rumoured to be heading out the Ibrox door for some time before he was finally pushed out!

“It got to the stage where they were saying, ‘Just go’. I’ll not tell you who but they were saying, ‘Go down, you’ll enjoy it. Yeah, you can stay at Rangers and you’ll win things and play in the Champions League every year, but are you going to progress as a player? To do that you have to go down south’.” (Sunday Times)

And go down South he did and clearly Walter Smith’s loss is Juande Ramos’s gain. The Scottish international looks very assured at White Hart Lane and should be a mainstay that the club can build on as they attempt to push on up the table.

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Hartson Gave Rangers The Blues

John “Once Worth £7m” Hartson has today revealed that he rejected the chance to play for Celtic’s fierce rivals Glasgow Rangers only 15 months ago.

After failing a medical for Dick Advocaat’s Rangers, Harton headed for Celtic Park and had a successful 5-year spell, reaching the UEFA Cup Final before moving on to West Brom. And it was when he was at this club , and during Paul Le guen’s awful tenture, that Rangers chairman Sir David Murray contacted the ginger hardnut about a possible move back North.

There was no way that I could ever pull on a Rangers shirt after all that I achieved in five years at Celtic.

Mr Murray tried to convince me it would work but it was a no-brainer as far as I was concerned.

Hartson also went on to cement his Swansea roots as he dismissed another club, should they have any intention on trying to sign him:

There are two clubs in the world that I could never contemplate playing for now - Cardiff City and Rangers.

Who knows. Perhaps now he has no club and couldn’t get a game at The Hawthorns, maybe he thinks it would have been a good idea to get one nice last payday.

Rangers Make Sporting Gesture With Free UEFA Tickets

Glasgow Rangers have decided to buck the Premiership trend and recognise their loyal supporters at a cost.

Rather than charge them £40 a ticket, Rangers are rewarding fans travelling to Lisbon to support their fight against Sporting. They have bought up all their allocation and will offer out 2,500 free tickets for the 10th of April match.

This comes as Rangers chairman Sir David Murray also announces a freeze on season tickets and a drop on juvenile season tickets.

In a move that could be seen as drumming up an away atmosphere in an intimidating Estádio José de Alvalade, Chief executive Martin Bain dismissed this, claiming:

This gesture is a big thank you to our supporters who have shown extraordinary commitment this season.

The cost of being a football fan, particularly those following clubs competing for honours, is high and - where we can - we want to take the opportunity to acknowledge the commitment by our fans.

Perhaps a message that the Premiership needs to hear?

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