Rangers Rumours

15 Oct 2019 20:34:56
As we all know our commercial manager james bisgrove is over in america for various reasons. I heard today that he will be talking to the american sports manufacturer New Balance, about the possibility of becoming rangers new kit manufacturers. I was told this by a guy i know, who's friendly with graeme park. He could also tell me its a possible 4 year deal and its big money, but New Balance want exposure with everything connected to rangers in a big way. Only passing on to fellow bears on here, to what i was told.

15 Oct 2019 20:49:53
New Balance are everywhere just now. Right up there with the top end brands. Would be good if true mate. I would like to see Adidas manufacturing our kit. The make some amazing looking strips. Be interesting to see how this pans out!

15 Oct 2019 20:50:43
Coop, I think we should be asking Ashley who our kit supplier is going to be? 😡.

15 Oct 2019 22:38:47
NB are having a nightmare and have sacked their top guys in the UK who were looking after Liverpool and Celtic. Celtic apparently having a nightmare with them. I think this post is clutching at straws. Last time, Under Armour were your new suppliers. There’s no way anyone that isn’t directly connected knows anything about the commercial dealings. Not trying to be a d**k but hearing from someone who knows NB are based in the USA and that our CD is also there, isn’t so much rumour as too much time thinking.

16 Oct 2019 06:39:07
Where did you see/ read that both liverpool and celtic are having a nightmare with New Balance mate?

16 Oct 2019 10:12:10
This is an area I work in. Not directly by any means but it is common knowledge in the industry that NB have done well to reestablish themselves on the global scale. They are not one of the big players but have gone in hard on football (soccer) and got some contracts. However, they are having some significant internal relationship issues and sacked their top relationship managers who worked with Celtic and Liverpool in particular. This has led to frustration at the clubs trying to tie down new deals and other activation clauses. Tensions increased as clubs now have to travel to Boston whereas in the earlier days, NB wee desperate to be courting the clubs on their own patch. Relations are breaking down and this is acknowledged by the people I know within the these clubs.

I know nothing about Rangers doing deals but like I said before, it sounds like either wishful or unfounded speculation. I also don’t think Celtic would be keen on us sharing their market suppliers and this would be a factor for NB with their deal to be renegotiated. NB need Celtic more than the other way round.

16 Oct 2019 11:07:10
Ibrox4Me, i've actually heard celtic are leaving New Balance, when their contract is up and may well be going to puma as their new kit manufacturers. Liverpool are also leaving New Balance and going to nike as their new kit manufacturers.
So just maybe New Balance Would be very willing to do a deal with rangers, as our kit manufacturers, as its very much like they're losing liverpool and celtic mate!

16 Oct 2019 13:44:04
Are NB not supposed to be taking liverpool to court? Hopefully we get rid of ashley shortly then I'm sure we will have a queue of potetial suitors. Nike or adidas for me. 👍.

16 Oct 2019 15:32:28
Yately1, I'm like you, and although I feel this would be great for us, where will Ashley feature in this, as he seems to be able to block everything at present as regards our Kit, not being negative, but we have to get that contract terminated first.

16 Oct 2019 16:37:13
irvger, it’s fantasy island stuff to be talking about NB, Adidas and Nike while like you say we are obviously still contracted to Ashley! They still control a shop in our stadium and when or if that will ever end! For a club the size of ours to get involved with a small company like Hummel says it all, as all the big boys would never have got involved! All this is costing our club millions and millions😡😡😡.

16 Oct 2019 16:58:21
Guarantee you its puma ashley has us tied up in knots with this strip fiasco.

16 Oct 2019 18:27:15
We paid 3mil to SD to end the 7year 4p in the pound deal. We renegoiated a new 1 year deal on favourable terms for us with the catch being we had to give SD the right to match any new deal. We never, hence the court action that we lost. The hummel deal was 3 years, this is year 2. As I see it, SD should have been given the opportunity to match hummels 3 year deal. So we pay compensation to SD for the period up to now and continue with SD until the 3 year contract expires. Or we pay compensation for the full 3 years. I think ashley wants the compensation up to now and the 3rd year to try and renegoiate? Surely after the 3rd year that's it, he's gone?

Hummel have been very quiet though, they must have known that legal action from SD was a possibility. 👍.

16 Oct 2019 19:14:28
Coldo i think you are closer to the truth than we know. i believe King wants to negotiate through the court to end the deal and pay a reasonable amount of compensation to get rid of once and for all. i also believe that Hummel had it written into the contract that there was a early cancellation possibility incase SD won the case. i think Hummel will though retain their name over Auchenhowie for the balance of their contract. can't be sure obviously but it isn't unknown for companies to let courts settle compensation when they believe it will favour them ie they take into account the fact that under SD almost zero shirts were sold but under Hummel millions were moved on. they will know and rangers will ensure they know that gross sales today would not be the same under SD ownership.

16 Oct 2019 19:31:33
Very good post coldo with a lot of sense spoken. Rangers secretary james blair allegedly has been dishonest and very naive, in thinking he could tell ashley and SD lies and that would be the end of it. It was very amateurish by him and that's why we find our club in this kit deal mess.
He just went ahead and concluded the hummel/ elite deal anyway, without informing SD and if they were prepared to match the deal. Thus a judge has now ruled that there won't be a 3rd year with hummel as our kit manufacturers, as was originally signed up for. It ends a year early, after this season. Its a total shambles and a mess of the highest proportion, that employees of our club are guilty of. It wouldn't surprise me in the least, if SD again became our retail partner, taking over from elite, with obviously a very good deal for the club on the offering with puma again, becoming our kit manufacturers from next season. There could also be a compensation settlement, which may well amount to far too much for us to fork out. I have nothing against puma in general, as they're by far the 3rd biggest sportswear manufacturers in the business, behind the big 2 of adidas and nike. Hummel have had terrific designs in their 2 years with us, with plenty of different training wear, but they don't make enough and can't keep up with the demand, of a football club our size. We are arguably the biggest football club that hummel have ever had on board and have never got to grips by the demands from our supporters worldwide. Puma could most certainly keep up with the demands of a club our size, that's it in a nutshell.

16 Oct 2019 19:55:12
Correct coop, but it would only be for a year as that's when the initial hummel deal would have ended. Compensation would be paid to SD for the previous two years. The remaining year would have to be on the terms of the initial hummel deal as that was the right of SD to match any deal, so the year's terms would be favourable to us. Would compensation and a year with SD be worth it to finally rid of us the rat. We would have to suffer SD Logo's at ibrox. Would make me sick. 👍.

16 Oct 2019 21:06:07
Spot on coldo with most likely puma making our kits for that 1 year i'd imagine. Then we can sit down with the big guns in sportswear and negotiate a very good kit deal for our club, that a club the size of rangers should have, ie. adidas or nike. I would be equally delighted with either one.

16 Oct 2019 21:14:43
I think we have to wisen up to the fact that there is a real possibility that SD could be back for a year, whether we like it or not👍.

16 Oct 2019 21:30:52
We're not going to have much time at all, to get next season's kits made, no matter who our kit manufacturer is going to be. Ibrox4Me, who with your experience, do you reckon will quite possibly be our kit makers for next season mate?

16 Oct 2019 21:45:29
I genuinely don’t know. Wouldn’t be surprised if it was Hummel, could be anyone but a lot will depend on the conclusion of the Ashley Chapter. Once that is done, we have a massive demand from our fan base and we should have options.

16 Oct 2019 22:11:42
Is it not january when the compensation hearing is? It could be settled sooner via mediation but I highly doubt that. We will have options I4M, that's a cert. Surely the courts will realise that it is in both parties and the courts interest to part company as the relationship is beyond repair. Award SD compensation and terminate the deal. 👍.

17 Oct 2019 12:10:19
Celtic are with Adidas from next season am hearing.

14 Oct 2019 16:36:07
I see we are looking at making Ojos contract a permanent one. Will make a few on here blow a fuse 😂.

14 Oct 2019 16:52:32
Surely not?!?! Wouldn’t say he’s set the heather on fire since he arrived. Wonder how much Liverpool value him?

14 Oct 2019 17:31:38
What about this 5 year contract? Could you be talking fantasy again C🤔😂😂.

14 Oct 2019 19:02:10
Coldo, reported in mail and mirror sun. Says Liverpool have decided he won’t make grade and has been offered Rogers.
Should make your day.

14 Oct 2019 19:05:56
Stuff online about it. If it's true somebody better fone Rangers and tell them coldo said he's hopeless lol.

14 Oct 2019 19:34:37
Don't worry John, when Coldo says somebody is mince they are usually a candidate for the Ballon dór within a few months lol.

14 Oct 2019 19:55:11
Probably Liverpool will want him of books😭🇬🇧.

14 Oct 2019 20:09:31
Lol cof ibrox. All about opinions.

14 Oct 2019 20:27:51
Coldo has phoned big klopp n told him ojo is pish haha. Seriously tho, wouldn't want to spend much on him if its true.

14 Oct 2019 22:34:03
He is very frustrating. You can definitely see the talent is there. Think he can become a big player for us.

14 Oct 2019 23:15:47
Even klopp knows ojo is pish😂😂😂👍.

15 Oct 2019 07:22:08
Took kent a bit of time to settle i think he has shown glimpses of quality. If he is going cheap then i would take a risk and by cheap i mean 2mil at most. can't see Liverpool selling at that though.

15 Oct 2019 08:52:31
His goal and assist tally is already about what Kent got for whole season and we are only in October .
The boy has talent, just not at Liverpool's level, or likely ever will.
is he worth picking up? sure if price is right.

15 Oct 2019 09:22:44
It was only last week that the blinkered were using the 5 year contract as leverage to prove ohno is better than kent. Now it turns out that liverpool regret giving ohno a 5 year contract. Comedy gold lads😂👍.

15 Oct 2019 09:38:50
Apparently gerrard wants ohno on a permanent deal so he can drop him🤷‍♂️🤣👍.

15 Oct 2019 10:27:13
Liverpool would have offered him a contract to up his value in order to sell him. Is that hard to understand? It happens all the time. I haven't seen anybody here say Kent is better than Ojo. 2 million would be decent value for a good player. Liverpool would be looking for at least double that I would imagine.

15 Oct 2019 10:26:07
I'm 100% with coldo on this don't rate him one bit.

15 Oct 2019 10:53:47
So C you say liverpool gave him a new contract to up his value and in the same breath you say liverpool would be looking for at least 4mil. Do you realise how ridiculous that sounds? We paid 7mil for kent yet you value the superstar ohno at nearly half the value of kent. Is that hard to understand you asked- eh aye🤦‍♂️😂😂👍.

15 Oct 2019 12:38:29
What sounds ridiculous about it? Like I have told you before, your player opinion is tripe. You have continually slated our best players and even wanted Morelos sold. Your comments are laughable. Can we have it in black and white that you think Ojo is useless. Then when you do your 3 to 4 monthly back tracking you won't say I told you so and so made him change his attitude blah blah blah. You should go round each and everyone of the players in our team and tell us all how poor they are. We will win the league at a canter when the curse of coldo is bestowed on them.

15 Oct 2019 13:04:25
Aye coldo, why don't you start talking up more of their players and slag off more of ours? The league would be a stick on for us 😁 👍.

15 Oct 2019 13:05:38
You are mumbling nonsense c. You said that they gave him a contract to up his value but then you value him at 4mil. His contract will be worth more than that. that's why its ridiculous. You said he is better than kent but value him 50% less than kent. that's why its ridiculous. And FYI I was 100% spot on regarding morelos. If morelos was the same morelos as last year he wouldn't be in the team. 🤷‍♂️👍.

15 Oct 2019 13:16:22
Only slag off the one's that don't pull their weight seeker, that's why the multi million pound superstar mckay got it tight. 😁👍.

15 Oct 2019 13:46:56
I notice you never gave it tight to a certain Mr Lafferty, coldo 👍.

15 Oct 2019 14:22:05
Seeker, if he did, Lafferty would still be here banging them in lol.

15 Oct 2019 14:23:05
Never got a chance seeker, he only got 10mins here and there. 👍.

15 Oct 2019 14:53:08
A lot to do with his attitude, coldo, as well as just simply being pish I suspect 👍.

12 Oct 2019 22:18:55
Ross Wilson has accepted an offer to become our DOF. Hope this doesn't mean Celtic become our feeder club. He comes with a big reputation but if I am honest, I don't know much about him or what he will contribute to the club.

13 Oct 2019 06:13:13
Made Southampton about 300mil from liverpool alone. If he gets us 1/ 5 I'll be very happy. he's a highly coveted and sought after man.

13 Oct 2019 12:30:15
There's plenty in the celtic team that are better than ojo C so them being our feeder club might not be a bad thing👍.

13 Oct 2019 15:03:53
Yip, i think ross wilson will be a brilliant appointment for us. Still so very young, with a tremendous wealth of experience, at only 35 years old. I wish ross all the very best in his new role as director of football at the famous glasgow rangers. He's very highly regarded within the game. Brilliant coup imo.

14 Oct 2019 08:47:24
He was instrumental in the appointment of two managers who bombed and in buying players worth more than £50m who are now out on loan. There is little or no noise from Southampton about losing him and the fans are certainly not all that concerned. He has had a mercurial rise to prominence by the age of 36 but he will now be fishing in a different pond and with a far more restricted budget. I wish him every success, but if he is 'very highly regarded' the question must be asked why he is not employed by one of England's top six. I'll hold on the hysteria for a wee while longer.

14 Oct 2019 10:15:55
Do you not like/ rate Ojo coldo? You never mention it!

14 Oct 2019 10:16:09
Do you not like/ rate Ojo coldo? You never mention it!

12 Oct 2019 08:19:31
Heard this morning from a customer from newcastle tht we are looking at matty longstaff. The youngster that scored winner against man utd. Never seen him play but guy was raving about him going to be top player. Not sure how or if guy was really connected at newcastle but he seemed to know a lot. Thinks its peter lovenkrands that has steered us to have a look. Anyone else heard any rumours?

12 Oct 2019 09:26:27
Sorry mate watched the game and every time he was mentioned it was all about him and his brother both being die hard fans of Newcastle.
And it was there dream to play for them so think it would pretty difficult for us to get him.
But this is a rumours site so anything goes.

12 Oct 2019 13:28:35
Only heard of his brother as sure he is being linked with 50mil move to man utd. More hopeful of the 2 from bolton but again not seen anything of them but highly thought of down south.

12 Oct 2019 15:03:03
Valued at 12 million. Played one game lol.

12 Oct 2019 16:27:54
No chance.

13 Oct 2019 11:09:26
he is going down a golden path me thinks. he may fall in a puddle but it will be a puddle of gold. lol
not coming here me thinks.

13 Oct 2019 11:49:41
His contract runs out at end of the season as it was his first professional contract. We would get him for peanuts if successful with cross border compensation. Would fit our recruitment if what the guy said is correct. Young hungry player with great potential.

14 Oct 2019 22:55:32
Not happening. Diehard toon fan.