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The National
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AEK Athens to 'contact' Rangers AGAIN over Dessers transfer
The Greek giants tried and failed in a previous bid to land the Nigerian international. Russell Martin yesterday revealed that the Ibrox club had rejected a bid from an unnamed club for last season's top goalscorer. It's believed that the offer was from AEK. Now, according to renowned journalist Giannis Chorianopoulos, the European outfit - who have just signed James Penrice from Hearts - will look to make another bid. He wrote on X: "AEK Athens will contact again Rangers for Cyriel Dessers. "But Greek club are now considering some other striker options." "Cyriel has just been injured," Martin said after Rangers' 2-2 draw with Club Brugge on Sunday. "He's had a bit of a niggly ankle, so he's here today. "We turned down a bid a while ago for him that was nowhere near the valuation of the football club, and he's been great, he's desperate to train. "We've had to give him some treatment this week on his, on his ankle since he's been back. But I'm looking forward to working with him. "So, that's just nowhere near happening and hopefully, he will get on the training pitch this week, well, he will, and he'll start enjoying it. "But he's not kicked up one moment of fuss. He seems a really good professional and from what everyone tells me here, he is."
BBC News
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Hearts agree fee for winger Kerjota
Hearts are set to pay a transfer fee of around £120,000 to sign Albanian winger Sabah Kerjota from the Italian Serie C club US Sambenedettese. (Edinburgh Evening News), externalBurkina Faso winger Pierre Landry Kabore will undergo a medical this week before joining Hearts from Estonian side FK Narva Trans. (Hearts Standard), external
