Kris boyd - Should we be going for him?
Posted: Fri Jan 22, 2010 7:43 amGers striker Kris Boyd's agent holds talks with Villa
Striker Kris Boyd looks increasingly likely to remain at Rangers, at least until the summer.
The Ibrox club's top scorer is out of contract at the end of the season, with Aston Villa the latest team to have enquired about him via his agent.
But any move by the Premier League side to sign Boyd would likely take place in the summer, under freedom of contract.
Boyd is still considering his options, which include interest from Birmingham City and a new deal from Rangers.
Rangers have yet to receive any bids for the 26-year-old in the January transfer window.
The Scottish Premier League's all-time leading goalscorer is sidelined until mid-February after a hernia operation.
He was forced to leave the field at New Douglas Park in his team's Scottish Cup tie against Hamilton on 10 January and had surgery in Manchester a few days later.
If Boyd were to sign a pre-contract agreement with Martin O'Neill's side, it would allow Boyd to stay at Ibrox for the remainder of this season as Rangers make a bid for the treble.
Boyd's agent discussed a new deal with chief executive Martin Bain earlier this month.
Rangers manager Walter Smith is keen to retain his services and assistant manager Ally McCoist has said the club "would be crazy" not to try to keep him.
The Ibrox strike partnership of Boyd and Kenny Miller has produced 31 SPL goals so far this season, with Rangers' in-demand star the scorer of 19.
The striker was named Clydesdale Bank Premier League player of the month for December and his goals have helped Rangers move nine points clear at the top of the table.
Last month Boyd broke Henrik Larsson's SPL goals record of 158 when he netted five times in a 7-1 demolition of Dundee United.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/r/rangers/8472745.stm
Out of contract at the end of the season, ok his goals are only in SPL (19 goals in 19 league games this season), but the price is right and even if he finds it too hard moving up a league, we can always sell him off for a tidy profit with other clubs bound to be willing to offer £3m-£5m for a player with that kind of record, minimum, even if he was sold back to the SPL.
His Scotland record, 7 goals in 15 appearances for a team that hasn't been to a major finals since 1998, looks good but is rather Crouch-esque in as much as the goals were against Bulgaria (x2), Faroes (x2), Georgia, South Africa and Lithuania.
He's 27 around the start of next season, so age isn't a major concern, if we're prepared to pay big money for strikers from Holland and France, why not take one from SPL for free?
He is now the SPL's all-time top scorer, the mancs went for the previous topscorer Larsson who was hardly young at the time, and had no great record in his times in Holland (26 goals in 101 league games) and Spain (13 goals in 40 league games), only in Sweden and Scotland. His international goals largely aren't against much better opposition than Boyd's, four against Moldova, three against Iceland, four against Bulgaria with Malta, Lithuania, Macedonia, Hungary, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Wales and Luxembourg amongst other teams that make up about half his international goals.
Worth a punt IMHO, nothing much to lose on a free.
Striker Kris Boyd looks increasingly likely to remain at Rangers, at least until the summer.
The Ibrox club's top scorer is out of contract at the end of the season, with Aston Villa the latest team to have enquired about him via his agent.
But any move by the Premier League side to sign Boyd would likely take place in the summer, under freedom of contract.
Boyd is still considering his options, which include interest from Birmingham City and a new deal from Rangers.
Rangers have yet to receive any bids for the 26-year-old in the January transfer window.
The Scottish Premier League's all-time leading goalscorer is sidelined until mid-February after a hernia operation.
He was forced to leave the field at New Douglas Park in his team's Scottish Cup tie against Hamilton on 10 January and had surgery in Manchester a few days later.
If Boyd were to sign a pre-contract agreement with Martin O'Neill's side, it would allow Boyd to stay at Ibrox for the remainder of this season as Rangers make a bid for the treble.
Boyd's agent discussed a new deal with chief executive Martin Bain earlier this month.
Rangers manager Walter Smith is keen to retain his services and assistant manager Ally McCoist has said the club "would be crazy" not to try to keep him.
The Ibrox strike partnership of Boyd and Kenny Miller has produced 31 SPL goals so far this season, with Rangers' in-demand star the scorer of 19.
The striker was named Clydesdale Bank Premier League player of the month for December and his goals have helped Rangers move nine points clear at the top of the table.
Last month Boyd broke Henrik Larsson's SPL goals record of 158 when he netted five times in a 7-1 demolition of Dundee United.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/r/rangers/8472745.stm
Out of contract at the end of the season, ok his goals are only in SPL (19 goals in 19 league games this season), but the price is right and even if he finds it too hard moving up a league, we can always sell him off for a tidy profit with other clubs bound to be willing to offer £3m-£5m for a player with that kind of record, minimum, even if he was sold back to the SPL.
His Scotland record, 7 goals in 15 appearances for a team that hasn't been to a major finals since 1998, looks good but is rather Crouch-esque in as much as the goals were against Bulgaria (x2), Faroes (x2), Georgia, South Africa and Lithuania.
He's 27 around the start of next season, so age isn't a major concern, if we're prepared to pay big money for strikers from Holland and France, why not take one from SPL for free?
He is now the SPL's all-time top scorer, the mancs went for the previous topscorer Larsson who was hardly young at the time, and had no great record in his times in Holland (26 goals in 101 league games) and Spain (13 goals in 40 league games), only in Sweden and Scotland. His international goals largely aren't against much better opposition than Boyd's, four against Moldova, three against Iceland, four against Bulgaria with Malta, Lithuania, Macedonia, Hungary, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Wales and Luxembourg amongst other teams that make up about half his international goals.
Worth a punt IMHO, nothing much to lose on a free.
