Rangers' Danny Wilson to complete Liverpool transfer http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/r/rangers/8669988.stm? Wilson was a key part of Rangers' league-winning season By Alasdair Lamont Defender Danny Wilson is expected to agree a move from Rangers to Liverpool in the next seven days. The 18-year-old has just over a year left on his contract and had turned down the new deal on offer to him. Liverpool had a previous bid turned down but have returned with an improved offer in the region of £2m plus add-ons that Rangers have deemed acceptable. The Ibrox club stood to lose the player for around £500,000 in compensation had he not been sold this summer. Wilson, who made his debut in October, was recently voted PFA Scotland young player of the year, having made over 20 appearances - two in the Champions League - and scored once this season. Injury ended his campaign prematurely, but he will leave Ibrox with winners' medals from Rangers' Scottish Premier League and Co-operative Insurance Cup triumphs.
I was expecting some bad news today after the good news that Stevie was staying but this is just great stuff
If it wasn't for the hike in ticket prices we could be forgiven for thinking that everything is rosey in the camp.
Has anyone heard about Wilson been Catholic not that it matters much but a kid that young playing for Rangers and not Protestant takes guts.
Don't know much about the lad but he's obviously highly regarded so hopefully he'll hit the ground running. I just hope people who had planned to boycott anything that puts money into the yanks pockets aren't wavering. I'm delighted we're strenghtening the squad but as it's been said on here plenty of times before, players come and go. The most important thing is the club and the yanks going and personally I think hitting them in the pocket is still the quickest way to make sure that happens.
Posted elsewhere ... I've seen plenty of Danny Wilson in the SPL this season and I have real high hopes for him, he looks a very composed defender. He came in as injury cover for Bougherra but it quickly became evident that he wasn't going to lose his place in the side, he very quickly looked comfortable in the role and ended up playing about 25 games in all competitions. However, do not expect him to be a solution to our left back issue. He is very much a centre back, he played alongside Davie Weir in the centre of Rangers' defence and though he is left footed, I would liken it to playing Agger at left back. I would imagine that, if this signing does go through, it would signal the end of Kyrgiakos' Liverpool career rather than be one of our two left back slots filled.
Rangers defender Wilson in talks with Liverpool Danny Wilson is not travelling to Australia with the Rangers squad and has instead headed to Liverpool for signing talks. Rangers arrived at Glasgow Airport on Thursday afternoon to fly out to Australia but teenage defender Danny Wilson was not in the travelling party. STV Sport has learned that the player has travelled to Liverpool and a transfer to the Anfield club is expected to be concluded shortly. The deal could be concluded in time for Wilson to fly out to Switzerland for the English Premier League side’s friendly against Grasshopper Zurich on Wednesday night. The match, which will be Roy Hodgson’s first in charge of the Reds, may even see Wilson make his first appearance for the club alongside Joe Cole, who is expected to make his debut after joining the club no a free transfer. Liverpool failed with a £2 million bid for Wilson earlier this year and are believed to have rejected two offers in January but Rangers manager Walter Smith admitted in May that he expected the club to return with an improved offer. The clubs now appear to have reached an agreement and Smith left the player out of the squad for the trip down under. Wilson has one year remaining on his contract but, although he would be free to move at the end of that deal, Rangers would be due compensation. Under rules covering the development of players, that compensation is likely to be in the region of £650,000 and a transfer fee significantly higher than that fee would be difficult for the Ibrox club to turn down with the player having rejected a new contract offer. Wilson broke through into the Rangers first team last season and put in a series of impressive performance, making his Champions League debut and forming an assured defensive partnership with David Weir. Filling in for Madjid Bougherra when the Algerian international was injured, Wilson caught the eye as one of the outstanding prospects in Scottish football and was named as the Scottish PFA Young Player of the Year. Should the transfer be finalised, Wilson would be the sixth player to leave Ibrox since the season ended. http://sport.stv.tv/football/scotti...gers-defender-wilson-in-talks-with-liverpool/ http://www.skysports.com/story/0,19528,11669_6271887,00.html
Yeah,I went on a Rangers forum when we were linked with him a while back to see what they had to say about him and they were all calling him a fenian b@stard etc for wanting out!Anyway,good signing.We look very well covered at CB even if Soto does leave.Wouldn't be surprised if we only bring in one recognised left back now and use Agger and Wilson when needs be.
This is liverpool football club We're talking bout right? Cos the good news keeps rolling in the past few days. . . Been a long time coming?