Transfer speculation intensifies after McCulloch & Mohsni ‘get injured’
As we now know, neither Bilel
Mohsni or Lee McCulloch travelled with Rangers’ squad to face Queen of the
South yesterday.
Mohsni or Lee McCulloch travelled with Rangers’ squad to face Queen of the
South yesterday.
There was pre-match fervour over
the absence of McCulloch in particular, as broken to you here. The reasons
cited, to my understanding, was his omission from the Hearts XI following the
booing v Falkirk, which upset him so much he
elected to exclude himself from starting. And when his cameo at Tynecastle
brought about the concession of two goals from the instant he arrived, it
became clear Jig’s time at Ibrox was under threat.
the absence of McCulloch in particular, as broken to you here. The reasons
cited, to my understanding, was his omission from the Hearts XI following the
booing v Falkirk, which upset him so much he
elected to exclude himself from starting. And when his cameo at Tynecastle
brought about the concession of two goals from the instant he arrived, it
became clear Jig’s time at Ibrox was under threat.
He was not part of yesterday’s
matchday squad, he did not travel to Dumfries,
and the initial reasons were a bust-up with unnamed individuals, and then
injury.
matchday squad, he did not travel to Dumfries,
and the initial reasons were a bust-up with unnamed individuals, and then
injury.
Stuart McCall pre-match stated he
had lost Mohsni and McCulloch to injury ‘on Friday morning’ but it seems more
than a little strange that the two high-profile defenders at the centre of
major transfer rumours recently suddenly both got injured literally on Friday
morning at the same time!?
had lost Mohsni and McCulloch to injury ‘on Friday morning’ but it seems more
than a little strange that the two high-profile defenders at the centre of
major transfer rumours recently suddenly both got injured literally on Friday
morning at the same time!?
It smacks of the usual ‘mysterious
injury’ which keeps a player out when negotiating with other clubs regarding a
pre-contract or transfer – the most famous examples in recent times at Ibrox
were Boumsong then Cuellar, who both disappeared from the first team with
strange and unexplained injuries before securing their moves out of Govan.
injury’ which keeps a player out when negotiating with other clubs regarding a
pre-contract or transfer – the most famous examples in recent times at Ibrox
were Boumsong then Cuellar, who both disappeared from the first team with
strange and unexplained injuries before securing their moves out of Govan.
While no transfer fee would be
involved this time, given they are both out of contract in five matches’ time,
Mohsni being linked to Freiburg and McCulloch to Kilmarnock would force the
quite reasonable conclusion that the same is occurring here.
involved this time, given they are both out of contract in five matches’ time,
Mohsni being linked to Freiburg and McCulloch to Kilmarnock would force the
quite reasonable conclusion that the same is occurring here.