Warburton confirms progress with Holt & Eustace
Rangers manager Mark Warburton
has heaped praise on trialists Jason Holt and John Eustace, and hopes to add
them to his summer recruits.
has heaped praise on trialists Jason Holt and John Eustace, and hopes to add
them to his summer recruits.
The former Brentford boss has
been running the rule over Eustace the past fortnight, and Holt the past week,
and both are impressing their potential new gaffer.
been running the rule over Eustace the past fortnight, and Holt the past week,
and both are impressing their potential new gaffer.
With Wigan
pair James Tavernier and Martyn Waghorn close to completing moves from the DW
to Ibrox, a further pair of quick-fire signings would put Warburton’s side in a
stronger position to face Hibernian next Saturday.
pair James Tavernier and Martyn Waghorn close to completing moves from the DW
to Ibrox, a further pair of quick-fire signings would put Warburton’s side in a
stronger position to face Hibernian next Saturday.
On Holt the boss said:
“Jason has come in and done very well.
He’s an excellent player and we know the situation. All I am doing now is
watching the player train to see if he can add value to our playing squad. If
he can, I go and speak to the powers-that-be at the club, but, right now, he
has been in two or three days and I am delighted to have him in.”
He’s an excellent player and we know the situation. All I am doing now is
watching the player train to see if he can add value to our playing squad. If
he can, I go and speak to the powers-that-be at the club, but, right now, he
has been in two or three days and I am delighted to have him in.”
Holt is a ‘playmaker’ but can
occupy any slot in central midfield, and the above confession clearly alludes
to the sentiment that if he does enough to impress Warburton, he will be
snapped up within days like now-Rangers midfielder Andy Halliday was.
occupy any slot in central midfield, and the above confession clearly alludes
to the sentiment that if he does enough to impress Warburton, he will be
snapped up within days like now-Rangers midfielder Andy Halliday was.
The Eustace situation is a little
more complicated. David Weir has expressed that his knee is ‘fine’ but the
former Derby holding midfielder is nevertheless currently working hard with Murray Park
physios to get himself up to fitness. Warburton added:
more complicated. David Weir has expressed that his knee is ‘fine’ but the
former Derby holding midfielder is nevertheless currently working hard with Murray Park
physios to get himself up to fitness. Warburton added:
“John has done well with the physio
department. I know John very well from my Watford days and watching him play
against us at Derby.
We knew when Derby
played with John in the team that they won 88 per cent of their games, I think
it was.”
department. I know John very well from my Watford days and watching him play
against us at Derby.
We knew when Derby
played with John in the team that they won 88 per cent of their games, I think
it was.”
It seems if Eustace can prove his
fitness, he too will join on a fairly imminent basis, and he and Holt, coupled
with Waghorn and Tavernier, with Scott Allan and Stevie May continuing to be
linked in the background, could seriously aid the squad’s status.
fitness, he too will join on a fairly imminent basis, and he and Holt, coupled
with Waghorn and Tavernier, with Scott Allan and Stevie May continuing to be
linked in the background, could seriously aid the squad’s status.
The merry-go-round that is
Rangers’ summer transfer window is not slowing down any time soon.
Rangers’ summer transfer window is not slowing down any time soon.