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  1. RANGERS hope to beat Newcastle and West Ham to land St Etienne stopper Yohan Benalouane.

    Ibrox boss Walter Smith has targeted the former France Under-21 centre-half as he bids to make his first signing in two years.

    Benalouane, 23, is rated at £2.5million But the Ligue 1 outfit fear losing him for nothing when his contract runs out at the end of next season and are prepared to cash in now.

    Gers chief executive Martin Bain believes he could do a deal for less than the player's real value and could move right nowe.

    Ibrox boss Smith said: "We are doing our best to sign new players before the start of the season and Benalouane is one brought to our attention."

    With Newcastle, West Ham and Sevilla interested he will need persuading his future lies in the SPL.

    The Champions League could swing the move in Smith's favour.

    Benalouane is of Tunisian descent but hopes to force his way into the full French team.

    The 6ft 1in centre half played over 40 games for St Etienne last season.

    He is known as a tough tackling, no-nonsense stopper, picking up 10 yellow cards last term and one red.

    http://www.thescottishsun.co.uk/scotsol/homepage/sport/spl/3067227/Walter-in-for-Yohan.html

    Now call me a cynic, but why do I get a feeling that this is a smokescreen for one of our players heading out the door, rather than signing a new player :anguish:

    Cynic

  2. He will be missed. I would like to have seen him stay but if we werent giving him security i totally understand why he would go. Its common sense. He is a game changer though and finding that kind of player will be very very very difficult to replace. Well except for Big Lee of course..

  3. Big Lee is the ideal squad player. You could play him anywhere and he will be able to perform "fairly" well. He was one of our best players last season and the abuse from some in here is shamefull. Just because he isnt some flamboyanyt foreign start does not mean he is not "Rangers class". He would die for the jersey and thats the kind of people i want in our team. That is Rangers class.

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