If Boyd stays, does Rangers morale go?
Swings and roundabouts for the Ibrox club.
Even in the SPL, a striker that is guaranteed to get goals deserves to be at the top end of the team’s payment scale. It is a team game and a forward can’t score without the help of his team-mates but the difference, even in confidence, a top goal-grabber can make to a club is immense.
That is why Rangers were right to offer Kris Boyd around £18,000 a week.
The striker can earn more down South but it is obvious he will only leave if forced out in the summer and this move to at least double his wages shows Rangers willingness to keep him at the club.
The Evening Times on Wednesday ran an article stating that the bank had yet to agree to the Boyd deal and that they could still “scupper” the deal. The article seemed to place an amount of pressure on the bank and to spell out to fans that the club was doing all it could to keep the striker.
They also said that there have been no progression with Nacho Novo or Kirk Broadfoot and their contracts.
The Evening Times also managed to sidestep the issue that youngsters Danny Wilson and John Fleck appear to have their minds set on leaving the club as well. And no media source has given any thought to poor DaMarcus Beasley this week, who is also out of contract in the summer.
Therefore, it appears as though Kris Boyd may be in line for a big pay-rise, the rest of the Rangers squad may be stuck on their current rations.
Which, as said at the top, is understandable for Boyd but will his team-mates think the same?
Will Nacho Novo, currently saying “no thanks” to any deal that may be offered to him look at Kris Boyd and think that Boyd deserves four times the money that Novo is on?
Novo has scored as many, if not more, crucial goals for Rangers over his time as Boyd and the Spaniard has further endeared himself to the legions with his public loathing of all things Celtic and Aberdeen.
Will the rest of the team, knowing that downsizing is going to remain a feature at the club for the foreseeable future, think it is justified for one player to get a bumper deal while the rest do not?
On one hand, they should ask themselves where they would be without Boyd’s goals? They would have a lot less win bonuses and they wouldn’t be 7 points clear at the top, that’s for sure.
However, footballers are not the most logical of people. They’ve got Bentley’s to pay for and the majority of their ambitions revolve around fame, money and picking up that little blonde piece at the end of the bar…all fair enough but it does mean their ego can be affected by the smallest things.
So….on a day when the Daily Record is running with the story that the bank have knocked back a takeover bid (but it’s a Keith Jackson story, so let’s not immediately believe its true), how will the Rangers squad react to the potential windfall for Boyd whilst the rest miss out.
It is hardly the “Prisoner’s Dilemma” but there are a lot of tough choice to make at Ibrox.
Is it worthwhile sacrificing other players to keep Boyd?
im just after reading else where novos staying so where do u get all this crap from
boydy will stay score the goals to win the league ,get the pot of gold from the champions league bank will be happy, the bears will be happy we fleck and wilson will sign on a slightly better deal next week [18 months left on contracts]nacho will sign for a further year were a happy family . as for celtic now id worry there no midfield a 2 million defender who didnt make it on trial with livi lol the futures bright
Taken from the same ET article…you know…the one mentioned
“Novo is believed to be on around £5000 a week, with Broadfoot on £3000 a week. Neither is likely to stay if their offers don’t show a decent increase, but it’s believed the current business plan does not have much flexibility.”
Decent comments about what could pan out for Rangers Jim, as said in the article, any player who might moan about the pay-rise to Boyd needs to have a look at the bigger picture and realise the difference his goals make.
There is obviously a lot of posturing and posing between agents and clubs at this time of year..there will probably be a lot more mind and mood changes to come before even the window closes.
What I think will happen is that Boyd will say he’s recovering from his injury then he’ll say that ‘negotiations are ongoing’ then come mid march when people start questioning why he hasnt signed a new deal he’ll say “Im happy at this club and that he “loves the club and its fans” come may he’ll accuse the club of reneging on a promise before he ups it and joins the mighty Wigan Hull Wolves or Birmingham….
need an owner need money never been in such a state cant get new signings have to go with what weve got for the last 2 years thats the down side now the up side .we are champions got 16 million from champions league were 7 points clear,still in all domestic cups got the two top scorers in scotland were at our worst but still simply the best
Surely the Club should have asked the bank first if it was alright to offer Boyd the alleged pay increase???????
My,my,the disillusion of the Rearrangers!! Even if you win the league the 10-15m odd isnt going to help much,the tsunami will hit in the summer when MIH’;s belated accounts are released.
Find a buyer? LOL he’ll need at least 60m and thats a very conservative estimate.
EDITOR
Can we have an article highlighting the shamelessness of Rangers and their fans expecting to have significant portions of their debt written off? Thats dignity for you eh? They are allowed to run riot with the bank to pursue the dream of European success and fail massively but yet,the 132 years of unsurpassed dignity continues in that they expect to be let off with their debt.
As for Boyd hahaha,he’s NEVER been offered 18k a week,thats Watty using his media lapdogs to test the water to see what Lloyds will allow him to do during this window,show me a media source which doesnt say things like-
“It is believed” or “Set to offer” etc etc
DO NOT BELIEVE A WORD THE LL WRITE!
Truth of the matter is this.
Celtic fans would love to see the back of Boyd.
Boyd wants to stay, the apparent max wage of 12k a week at Rangers means he has 2.5m reasons to accept a 4.5 year deal in England.
I am sure he can resist everything except temptation.
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truth is the matter is were on our knees and STILL on top in scotland lol simply the best
jim
your absolutely right,had the current Celtic board not been part of the Old Firm Preservation Society and buried you last season after Kaunas your club would be fighting for 2nd place for years to come and lets not forget the favours youve had from referees this season and theres a fair few,all in all its a travesty….no,an anomaly your sitting where you are,weve learned to live with your assistance from the establishment but its the lack of action from the Celtic board which is hardest to take.
paranoid celtic if we didnae get to in manchester and get forced to play all them games this would be 3 in a row comming up .keep playing the celtic way as they say the futures bright
Would you say that if Celtic never got to Seville and had all the extra games that entailed then Martin O’Neill would have won 4 in a row?
Hahahaha how many times did you want to cheat? Lets extend the league for the Rearrangers!!!
hahahaha