Rangers transfer news as Cyriel Dessers to AEK hits snag, freed flop has three options and Cortes returns early
The 30-year-old striker is a target for the Greek giants but there is a stand-off over the fee
Rangers are playing hardball with AEK Athens over Cyriel Dessers - as the Greeks look to land the striker for a cut price fee.
He's verbally agreed a bumper deal that will see him earn around 1.8million euros a year with the former Super League champions.
All that's to be finalised now is a fee with Rangers and 30-year-old Dessers is reportedly being made to wait as the Ibrox chiefs wrestle over a transfer fee with AEK.
AEK - whose fierce rivals Panathinaikos face Rangers in the Champions League - were taken over by shipping magnate Marios Iliopoulos last year and the new owner is ready to push the boat out to land Dessers.
But Sport Time report that AEK hope to agree a fee of around £3.8million - with Rangers 'not at that level yet' on a player they paid £4.5m for, instead holding out for nearer £5m.
The Nigeria international has been the subject of regular interest in recent windows, with his agent Stijn Franics revealing that he had as many as TEN clubs sniffing about his signature back in January.
Dessers' former Ibrox team-mate Tom Lawrence is on the hunt for a new club after his injury-plagued time in Scotland came to an end.
The Wales international spent three seasons in Govan but was often on the treatment table as he failed to show his quality.
Hometown club Wrexham - newly promoted to the English Championship - are said to be interested along with Midlands rivals Coventry City and West Brom.
Meanwhile, the Rangers Review report that Oscar Cortes has returned to Glasgow early in a bid to hit the ground running under new boss Russell Martin.
The Colombian cost the club £4.5m from French side Lille after an initial loan spell but has also suffered with injuries.
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