Rangers transfer news: Update emerges amid report of rival to Celtic interest in Aberdeen ace Bojan Miovski
Rangers are “not interested” in Bojan Miovski ahead of the January transfer window, according to The 4th Official.
The online outlet reported via Twitter on 6 December that there was nothing in the link after a Scottish Sun report claimed the Light Blues had been tracking the Aberdeen striker while Celtic line up a potential record SPFL move for him in January.
The Gers are thought to be in the market for a new goalscorer in the winter window thanks to the struggles of Sam Lammers, Cyriel Dessers and, increasingly, Danilo, but it apparently won’t be the Macedonian.
T4O wrote in response to the Scottish Sun story: “Rangers are *NOT* interested in Bojan Miovski.”
Aberdeen are tipped to demand more than £4.4million for the 24-year-old.
No dice
It is unclear whether Rangers aren’t apparently interested in Miovski because they believe there are better options or if they can’t afford him.
The Ibrox hierarchy suggested at the AGM on Tuesday (5 December) that Philippe Clement will be backed in January and next summer, despite concerns that the summer spending hasn’t left a budget behind to fix Michael Beale’s mistakes.
Lawrence Shankland has been widely linked to an Ibrox move but is surely going to cost somewhere in the region of what Aberdeen want for Miovski to prize him away from Hearts.
Rangers managed to prevent the Scotland international from scoring against them for the first time in four meetings with a 1-0 win at Tynecastle on Wednesday night, but Danilo’s profligacy in front of goal and Clement’s embrace with Shankland after the final whistle won’t have done anything to dampen down speculation.
Kevin van Veen is another potential alternative who might be more affordable as the Dutchman has heavily suggested he might be on the way out of Groningen already.
It certainly looks like Clement is going to need someone more reliable than what he’s got at the moment, but it looks like Miovski can be crossed off the list.
In other Rangers news, senior Ibrox figure was wanted at Celtic amid a situation that was potentially “problematic”.