Deal off? What the hell?...

Boyd staying at Rangers for same reason-personal terms not agreed

<font size="3"><font face="Calibri">Birmingham City's bid to sign Rangers striker Kris Boyd has stalled after the club and Mark Donaghy, Boyd's agent, failed to agree on personal terms.
</font></font><font size="3"><font face="Calibri">Boyd, Rangers' top scorer, did not travel south because of the breakdown in the talks and is expected to be at training on Thursday at Murray Park.
</font></font><font size="3"><font face="Calibri">Earlier, the St Andrew's club told BBC Sport that Rangers had accepted an increased offer for the 25-year-old.
</font></font><font size="3"><font face="Calibri">With no further talks planned, Boyd's future may still rest at Ibrox.
</font></font><font size="3"><font face="Calibri">A source at the English Championship side, who were prepared to pay almost &pound;4 million for the striker, told BBC Sport that they expected Boyd to discuss a five-year contract.
</font></font><font size="3"><font face="Calibri">&quot;I'd be 75% certain that Kris Boyd will be a Birmingham player by the end of the week,&quot; added the source.
</font></font><font size="3"><font face="Calibri">Boyd, who was signed for Rangers by Blues boss Alex McLeish, is the top scorer in the Scottish Premier League with 18 goals.
</font></font><font size="3"><font face="Calibri">The Championship side are keen to bolster their forward line, with Garry O'Connor sidelined by injury and Quincy Owusu-Abeyie's loan period ending.
</font></font><font size="3"><font face="Calibri">It remains to be seen whether the Blues will follow up their initial discussions with Boyd's representative or whether they will focus their attention on other signing targets.
</font></font><font size="3"><font face="Calibri">Cardiff City failed with a &pound;2.5m bid for Boyd in the summer but the player recently revealed that he had considered leaving Ibrox.
</font></font><font size="3"><font face="Calibri">He was frustrated at being overlooked for key matches last term but his form this season has been impressive.
</font></font><font size="3"><font face="Calibri">Rangers manager Walter Smith has made no secret of the need to prune his squad but news of a possible sale is sure to surprise supporters of the club.
</font></font><font size="3"><font face="Calibri">Boyd has scored 91 goals since moving to Ibrox in January 2006 despite struggling to become a regular starter under McLeish's successors Paul Le Guen and Smith.
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</font></font><font size="3"><font face="Calibri">During this campaign he has formed a productive partnership with Kenny Miller, and Smith has made the former Scotland team-mates his automatic first-choice pairing.
</font></font><font size="3"><font face="Calibri">BBC Scotland football correspondent Chick Young said Kilmarnock would be due 20% of any future Boyd transfer fee.
</font></font><font size="3"><font face="Calibri">&quot;If Birmingham knocked the fee up to &pound;4m then that would be &pound;800,000 due to Kilmarnock,&quot; he told BBC Radio Scotland's Sportsound.
</font></font><font size="3"><font face="Calibri">&quot;That would be a great windfall for a club that has been financially struggling.&quot;
</font></font><font size="3"><font face="Calibri">Rangers have already sold Daniel Cousin and Jean-Claude Darcheville this season, while summer signings Andrius Velicka and Kyle Lafferty have failed to make an impact.
</font></font><font size="3"><font face="Calibri">In October, Boyd, who has scored seven goals in 15 international appearances, said he would not play for Scotland again under manager George Burley.
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<font face="Calibri" size="3">The striker was upset after not being included for the World Cup qualifier with Norway, which ended in a 0-0 draw at Hampden.</font></p>

 

RE: Hughes

Doncaster Rovers official website said they are interested in him but not for 400K. They have no chance of getting him without paying the release clause. If Oldham sold him at this stage of the season for less than that, the crowds would dip even more. I'm led to believe he's on 2K a week at Boundary Park. Someone even we could agree terms with.

 

Yeah Stokes Said That

Ward putting money before his career it looks like.

 

Be a shame if he ripped his cruciates before the summer. A real shame.

 

Or

he could wait 6 months and in that time break his leg. Thus not being able to pull a wage and lose his value too.

a risk if you ask me!

 

Read the statement!!!

It says 'his representatives'. This will be the same agent that went to the press about our offer, so chances are he's stirring things up.

I think this is a case of us showing the agent that if he's gonna play those games then there are other places we can turn and he can start again. It might just be the move to make Ward have a word with his agent and make him see sense.

Ward won't want to get to the summer without something lined up, just in case he gets an accidental elbow to the skull or such like. He's also young and ambitous, so he'll no doubt be impatient with it.

Don't think that this one is completely dead just yet. BFC has become quite good at mainpulating the media over recent times.

 

gready fecker. last year keigan parker turned us down .year before leon constine did same .bet they both regret it now

 

He's not a free agent in the summer

He's under 24 and as such any club wishing to sign him will have to pay a fee.