Rangers ready THIRD Nicolas Raskin transfer bid but Standard Liege 'making it difficult' for wantaway star
The Ibrox side are seemingly intent on landing the Belgian midfielder before Tuesday's transfer deadline.
Rangers are reportedly ready to come back with a third bid for Standard Liege midfielder Nicolas Raskin with Michael Beale seemingly determined to land the Belgian playmkaker.
The Ibrox side are keen on 21-year-old Raskin who has been bombed out of the Standard squad after rejecting their offer of a new contract. He will be a free agent from the summer but they have refused to sell him on the cheap and two offers from Rangers - the second worth €500,000 (£438,000) - are believed to have been booted out.
But now Belgian journalist Sacha Tavolieri reports Rangers are 'ready' to make a third approach to bring him in to further boost Beale's midfield options. He's already signed Todd Cantwell while they remain hopeful of landing Swansea's Morgan Whittaker before Tuesday's deadline, however Beale says reports of a pre-contract with the Swansea man - or indeed Raskin - are wide of the mark.
Beale said: "It’s not true we have signed a pre-contract with anyone. We are busy working in the background. There's a lot of noise around one or two. With Todd (Cantwell) it took time because we wanted the discussions to make sure it was the right time for everyone.”
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