RUMOUR - lee wallace

[WoodleyRoyal]

understand from a mate who works in heathlcare that lee wallace has had a medical at the private hospital in works in - we will see i suppose - would be an excellent addition imo

[Pepe the Horseman]

Would rather have Rod Wallace.

[Platypuss]

Would rather have Wallace and Grommit.

[SPARTA]

Where's Wallace?

[kwik-silva]

One of my rangers fans said: "Good attacking full back but also very defensively sound"

Which sounds exactly what we're looking for

[Royality creeps In]

Never heard of him

[Wycombe Royal]

Mt Rangers supporting colleague reckons he would be an excellent addition but thinks it unlikely there is any truth in the rumour. Wallace is a die hard Rangers fan and was one of the first to sign up to stay with them when their troubles started even though he could have got paid loads more elsewhere.

However as left backs go we could do a lot worse.

[winchester_royal]

understand from a mate who works in heathlcare that lee wallace has had a medical at the private hospital in works in - we will see i suppose - would be an excellent addition imo

Lol

[WoodleyRoyal]

no lol needed that very nearly happened and may be on back on in jan http://www.scotsman.com/sport/football/ ... -1-3285164

[East Grinstead Royal]

understand from a mate who works in heathlcare that lee wallace has had a medical at the private hospital in works in - we will see i suppose - would be an excellent addition imo

So which private hospital does Lee Wallace work in?

[Pepe the Horseman]

no lol needed that very nearly happened and may be on back on in jan http://www.scotsman.com/sport/football/ ... -1-3285164

29 Jan 2014

RANGERS have rejected an official bid from Nottingham Forest for left-back Lee Wallace.

Well, I'm convinced.

[dogzbollox]

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/footba ... -s-it.html

[winchester_royal]

no lol needed that very nearly happened and may be on back on in jan http://www.scotsman.com/sport/football/ ... -1-3285164

Did @HuangKad tell you about this?

[Sutekh]

Seeing as we have no money and Forest are the team bidding I can't see this being on at all.

[From Despair To Where?]

I can see Wallace leaving Rangers as they are desparate for the money. May be premature to say Forest as:

Forest are resigned to the fact they have bust their allowable losses of £8m for the 2013/14 season by some distance in the figures they submitted to the Football League last month.

And they are ready to work under the constraints of an embargo, which currently should be enforced from January.

But, even if that does prove to be the case, Forest will still immediately be able to sign two players, either on loan or on free transfers, when the window opens on January 1.

Under the tweaked FFP regulations approved in November, Championship clubs are permitted to retain a squad of 24 'established' professional players, beyond January.

Currently Stuart Pearce's squad has 22 men who fall into that category of 'established' players who are over the age of 21 and have made five or more starts for the first team.

So basically, as long as the FFP restrictions are enforced, Forest can't spend any money. The sale of Lascelles and Darlow happened this season so will only be relevant to next season's FFP calculations.

In July, Rangers were looking for a seven figure fee but are currently 9 points off the pace with no certainty of being in the SPL next season. This all drives the price down and we have a history of taking advantage of clubs in financial difficulty, asuming we are more or less in the clear with FFP which seems to have been suggested.

I would love to see Wallace at Reading, he's a very good full back who would definitely improve the squad and would be available at an excellent price for his ability. However, I agree that there are a number of clubs who would be a more attractive destination than us.

[Super Kevin Bremner!]

Pull ya fingers out Reading! Stuck in the Scottish chump for another season...

[TheBaldOne]

Would be perfect. This needs to happen as soon as possible

[Tommio]

Pull ya fingers out Reading! Stuck in the Scottish chump for another season...

Exactly what I thought, sign him up.

[mikey0406]

not saying it works everytime (boyd for example) but the Scottish market is something that could be tapped into. Wallace would be a good fit and the Hearts captain Danny Wilson who has just exercised an option to leave Hearts this summer. ambrose at celtic isn't getting played very much as is Antony stokes, who came through the ranks at Arsenal.

all could be viable, relatively cheap options

[Tommio]

not saying it works everytime (boyd for example) but the Scottish market is something that could be tapped into. Wallace would be a good fit and the Hearts captain Danny Wilson who has just exercised an option to leave Hearts this summer. ambrose at celtic isn't getting played very much as is Antony stokes, who came through the ranks at Arsenal.

all could be viable, relatively cheap options

You forgot to mention nadir ciftci.