The Daily Record broke some rather amusing news earlier on – Rangers can’t get a deal over the line for Martin Skrtel because they cannot afford him.
Oh, what a shock.
For a good week or so now we’ve been hearing from them about how Steven Gerrard is going to bring some of his contacts in and that the Gers are going to splash the cash and now look, it’s going to the wall already.
Will they ever learn to go for targets they can actually afford? Probably not, and in that case they’d better start preparing for the worst again.
Anyway, our fans have had a fair bit to say in light of this so let’s take a look at what has been said:
For two weeks the media were running stories that Martin Skrtel would sign for Rangers, during which time Rangers were flogging season tickets.
Now he was never on Rangers’ list despite a deal supposedly being close etc.
They’ve all just been taken for a ride
— Andy Muirhead (@andymuirhd) May 23, 2018
Oh well they still have Torres coming.
— Andrew Frazer (@AndrewFrazer11) May 24, 2018
— Prof. MichtyMike (@michtymike) May 23, 2018
They were taken for a ride the moment the “same club” nonsense started. Mugs
— Kola Kube (@NoMovingOn) May 23, 2018
Again
— Ped (@PEDN341) May 23, 2018
I for one am shocked
— John White (@L7IG) May 23, 2018
Shocked!
— Celtic Fan7one (@celticfanzone) May 23, 2018
Skrtel was never on Rangers transfer wish list because Rangers have been liquidated.
— Frankie Teardrop (@frankie_gault) May 23, 2018
The Verdict
What can you say about this news really?
It was never looking likely when you consider the wages the defender must be on and I’d imagine about now Gerrard is getting a better idea of what budget he’s actually got in front of him.
There’s certainly a real element of deja vu about this.
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