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Plenty of Glasgow Rangers fans have been reacting to the news that former striker Dado Prso has bought a Senegalese football club.

Prso is somewhat of a cult hero at Ibrox, with some fans even dubbing him a “legend”. The forward spent three years with the club between 2004 and 2007 and scored plenty of goals as he helped the Gers win one Premiership title and one Scottish League Cup. That would actually prove to be the final stop of his career before he hung up his boots.

Now aged 46, it seems he is ready to get back into football, but perhaps not in the way many will have expected. The former Croatia international has purchased a Senegalese football club called Demba Diop, who are currently competing in the country’s second tier.

The news was shared on Twitter by @CroatianNews, and unsurprisingly it attracted plenty of attention from Rangers supporters. These fans took to social media to share their thoughts on the matter.

Let’s see what the fans had to say about the Prso news below

“There’s my Football Manager 22 save sorted”

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“Where can I buy a top?”

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“Given he is my fave player of all time, I am now a fan of Demba Diop!! Mon the Diop”

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“@RangersFC get on the phone to Dado and let’s add this team to our club partners”

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“The guy is a legend”

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“Announce partnership @RangersFC”

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Leicester City have made a number of hugely profitable transfer sales in recent years.

The names of Riyad Mahrez, Harry Maguire, Danny Drinkwater and Ben Chilwell immediately spring to mind with the East-Midlanders having accumulated approximately £220m in transfer fees from their departures to Manchester City, Manchester United and Chelsea respectively.

However, one shrewd move that appears to fall under the radar is the jettisoning of former record signing Ahmed Musa before the 2018/19.

Signed by Claudio Ranieri following Leicester’s miraculous title success from Russian outfit CSKA Moscow, the Nigerian arrived with a big reputation and a costly transfer fee of £16m.

It was thought that he could have “played with” Jamie Vardy, according to the Italian title winner but it did not play out that way.

The 87-cap forward had a disastrous time at the King Power Stadium as he scored just five goals in 33 appearances in all competitions.

Just 18 months after he had signed, Musa left the club albeit temporarily for former employers CSKA Moscow in a loan deal that saw him score seven goals in 16 games.

He had no future at the club upon his return though and just as though it looked like the Foxes were going to sustain a huge loss on him, Saudi outfit Al-Nassr swooped for Musa for an officially undisclosed fee thought to be in the region of £15m.

To only make a minimal loss on a player that was dreadful in his spell at the club was a masterstroke by the Foxes and that decision looks even better a couple of years down the line.

After two years with Al-Nassr, Musa, now rated at just £5.4m, is without a club after a move to relegation-bound West Bromwich Albion fell through.

It’s a dramatic fall from grace for the Nigerian but Leicester will be hugely thankful that they cashed in on him when they did.

AND in more news, take a closer look at some of the Foxes’ woeful signings…

Former Manchester United man Keith Gillespie does not expect Jesse Lingard to return to the club after his loan spell at West Ham United, telling the Transfer Tavern that his chance has been and gone.

Lingard moved to the Hammers in the January transfer window in search of regular first-team football, having failed to play a single minute of Premier League football in 2020/21 under Ole Gunnar Solskjaer.

Since his move to the Hammers, the attacking midfielder has made seven appearances and has scored five goals, laying on three assists, and earning a recall to the England squad.

That has led to speculation over his future, with one report claiming that he could slot back into United’s squad ahead of next season and maybe earn a new contract in the process.

Gillespie, though, believes Lingard has had his chance to shine at United, and thinks he would be better off moving clubs this summer.

Indeed, the 28-year-old was a key man in both 2017/18, when he made 33 appearances in the league and scored eight goals, and 2018/19, when he scored four times in 27 outings.

Last season, though, he scored just once in 22 outings and was phased out by Solskjaer thereafter.

Gillespie, who came through the ranks at Old Trafford much like Lingard, told TT: “I don’t think he’ll end up back at Man United.

“He’s probably had his chance.

“There was a period under a previous manager where he flourished and then it just hasn’t really happened for him under Solskjaer.

“Sometimes you just have to think things will work out better for him elsewhere. That’s just the way football is.”

Speaking exclusively to Football FanCast, former Tottenham defender Graham Roberts has urged his old side to sign Inter Milan centre-back Milan Skriniar this summer.

According to Football Insider, Tottenham are keen on bringing the 26-year-old to north London before the start of next season after coming close to acquiring his services back in January, and Roberts is adamant that this is a deal that they must get over the line.

Central defence has been a concern for Jose Mourinho this term, with Davinson Sanchez a defensive player who has not exactly covered himself in glory of late. Following Spurs’ recent 2-2 draw with Newcastle United, the Colombia international came in for some fierce criticism, including from former Leeds striker Noel Whelan.

They followed up by letting in three against Manchester United on Sunday, and it all leaves Mourinho in a situation where he may need to sign a new centre-half in the summer, and Roberts is hoping that centre-half turns out to be £49.5m-rated Skriniar.

On the Slovakian, the Tottenham legend told FFC:

“They’re talking about the lad Skriniar at Inter Milan, £40m, £50m, £60m. Well, if you’re going to sell one of your better players, then you’ve got to go and use that money to go and get him. I’d rather pay [for] one player a year, but a real quality player.”

With Toby Alderweireld also not getting any younger, Tottenham could perhaps do with freshening up their defence.

Celtic appear to be keen on keeping loanee Diego Laxalt at Parkhead in a potential swap deal for Odsonne Edouard this summer.

That’s according to Milan Live, who claim that the Italian giants are looking at the French forward ahead of the summer window.

They claim left-back Laxalt could hold the key to a potential move over the coming months, admitting a stay at Celtic would be welcome.

The report goes on to add that a potential deal involving the pair will also depend on the next Hoops manager.

Transfer Tavern take

A story back in February first suggested that Celtic would like to make Laxalt’s loan permanent in the summer, and it appears as if they may get their man.

However, we feel as if the Hoops could be better off without Laxalt’s services on a full-time basis.

His Milan deal is worth a whopping £57,000-a-week, so you’d expect he’d become one of the club’s most expensive earners should a summer transfer go through.

Performance-wise this season, Laxalt has been outperformed by Greg Taylor, as per WhoScored. The Scot has made more league appearances (21-17), provided more assists (5-0) and has recorded a better average match rating (6.96-6.82).

On that basis, keeping Taylor as first choice and looking at a younger option as back up could be beneficial, as the club could therefore put Laxalt’s potential wage to another marquee signing, while also receiving a larger fee for Edouard.

In other news: Celtic source shares huge off-field update regarding 57 y/o; massive 2020 blunder rears its head, find out more here. 

Former Celtic striker Frank McAvennie has exclusively told Football FanCast that midfielder Ismaila Soro reminds him of both a young N’Golo Kante and Scott Brown.

Soro has enjoyed a productive first campaign at Parkhead, although the return of Scott Brown from injury in February has seen the Ivorian restricted to mainly substitute appearances in recent weeks.

He started 10 Scottish Premiership matches on the bounce during December and January, but has been an unused substitute in six of Celtic’s previous 10 league outings, with Brown taking his place back in the midfield alongside Callum McGregor and David Turnbull.

Soro has made 20 appearances in total this season, both scoring and assisting once in the same game against Dundee United, and will be hoping to prove himself to be good enough to be Brown’s long-term replacement in Paradise.

And having drawn comparisons to Chelsea’s Kante, McAvennie has backed the 22-year-old to step up in Brown’s absence.

He told Football FanCast:

“He reminds me of Kante when he was at Leicester and also so much of Scott Brown when he came in the team and caused a lot of fouls and got booked a lot, before the maturity came through.

“I think Soro could be a little tenacious player in there, I think he could do a job.”

Former England striker Kevin Phillips has hailed Diego Llorente as Leeds United’s ‘lynchpin’ moving forward.

The Whites snapped up the Spaniard for £18m from Real Sociedad last September, with big things expected of him from the off. Llorente has taken time to settle, however, with injury problems making his early months at Elland Road a struggle.

As time has passed, the 27-year-old has begun to make his mark, enjoying eight Premier League starts, including an impressive showing in the memorable 2-1 win away to Manchester City earlier this month.

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Phillips heaps praise on Llorente

Speaking to Football Insider, Phillips – a scorer of 92 Premier League goals – lauded Llorente’s ability, seeing him as a key player for Leeds for the foreseeable future: He said:

“Llorente is a top-quality player. It is as simple as that. It is just about getting him regular game time. He seems to have got himself fit and now he is finding that consistency.

“Marcelo Bielsa knows a good player when he sees one. Yes, it has taken Llorente a while to settle but now he is putting in good performances consistently and he is the lynchpin for them at the back.

“When you look at that team, they are tough to play against. He is definitely a big part of that now.

“I am not surprised to hear Bielsa is going to build his team around him because you cannot keep quality down. When you get enough minutes, like he is doing now, the consistency comes with it.”

Transfer Tavern take

Llorente is fully deserving of the praise coming his way at the moment, going to show that patience is often required with new signings. As per WhoScored, he has the fourth-best tackling average, fifth-best interceptions average and joint-second best clearances average per game among Bielsa’s squad, consistently proving his worth to the team.

Settling at a new club is rarely easy, especially with fitness issues holding a player back, but the Leeds defender is now looking every bit a seven-cap Spain international.

While the likes of Liam Cooper, Robin Koch and Pascal Struijk are also strong options for Marcelo Bielsa, Llorente should be a guaranteed regular for the rest of this season and beyond.

In other news, a pundit has claimed that one Leeds player will be ‘disappointed’ at the moment. Find out who it is here.

Some Wolves fans have been buzzing over a transfer update which emerged from Football Insider on Tammy Abraham.

As per the news outlet, the Midlands club are preparing to fight Aston Villa and other suitors to sign the Chelsea striker in the summer transfer window.

A source from Molineux has claimed that Wolves are preparing to enter the race to sign him, with Nuno Espirito Santo in the market for a new centre-forward.

The 47-year-old is a ‘big admirer’ of Abraham, whose goal record in 2020/21 should not go unnoticed, with 12 strikes and a further six assists 30 games in total over all competitions despite not being a regular starter at Chelsea (Transfermarkt).

Given the nasty head injury suffered by Raul Jimenez earlier in the season, Wolves could do with another striker, and the 23-year-old Englishman may well fit the bill.

Wolves fans on Abraham transfer update

These Wolves supporters were buzzing upon reading the transfer update after it was shared on Twitter:

“Would love to see him at Wolves”

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“Take him”

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“Be a good signing if it happened”

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“Imagine”

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“Never happening but I’d take him in a heartbeat, very underrated”Credit: @JDHWOLVES”Top striker who would offer us something completely different. Can’t see it happening though as he’d want to be first choice, which we can’t guarantee. Imagine he’d end up somewhere like West Ham.”Credit: @cassie2195In other news, find out what managerial update had some Wolves fans fuming! 

This will be a huge summer for Celtic, not least because the Bhoys are on the hunt for a new manager, but because a mass exodus could be on the cards.

Parkhead better brace itself because there could be a rush to the exits in a few months time.

What’s the word?

Odsonne Edouard and Kristoffer Ajer have both been linked with moves to the Premier League in the last few weeks while Scott Brown is already a confirmed departure.

He’ll head to Aberdeen to take up a player-coach role once the season concludes.

However, an exit could also be on the cards for Ryan Christie. The Scot was linked with Arsenal and Leeds United during the winter but this week, a surprising contract revelation emerged.

It has become apparent that Christie’s contract is due to expire in January 2022, rather than next summer. Consequently, he is free to speak to other clubs in a few months time over joining in the winter.

This is a piece of news that’s left reporters rather shocked. Speaking on the Celtic Huddle Podcast, journalist Derek McGregor commented: “We were all quite stunned when it emerged over the weekend that in actual fact, his contract runs out in January.

“I’m amazed that Celtic certainly would allow a top player [or] most players to have a contract that would expire halfway through a season. Why that was allowed to happen? I don’t know if it was a condition of Ryan signing his last contract extension but regardless, it is what it is.”

Time to go, Christie

This is news that should have Celtic supporters dancing from the rooftops in Glasgow.

Christie has been a handy player for the Hoops down the years, scoring 20 goals and registering 16 assists last season for instance. However, this term, the creative midfielder has been nothing short of shambolic.

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After a game against Livingston earlier this year, the Scotland international was crucified by supporters on social media. One described it as the worst performance they’d ever seen from a Hoops player while another sarcastically suggested a snowman would have done a better job.

It’s not hard to see why Christie has been slated so relentlessly. The 26-year-old has only netted seven times in 43 outings, beating the goalkeeper just once in his last 19 league outings.

It has been a disastrous season, one where he’s wasted opportunities on a regular basis.

In the draw with Ross County, he fired four shots off target and missed a chance from just a matter of yards out, blazing the ball high over the stand behind the goal.

His inability to hit the target has been a nasty habit all term, particularly with efforts from outside the box. Rather than finding a creative option with a pass, he opts for goal and traditionally misses altogether.

Losing him this summer, therefore, would certainly not be the end of the world. Christie has been abject and would be easy to replace.

AND in other news, Forget Mourinho: Celtic can dominate again if Desmond hires 42 y/o with “big emotions”…

Newcastle United are reportedly eyeing a summer transfer move for Will Vaulks, according to Wales Online.

The Lowdown: Newcastle need Willock back-up

Given that Joe Willock signing from Arsenal on a permanent deal is not guaranteed after his loan spell ends, the St. James’ Park faithful may be looking at alternative options in the centre of midfield, potentially at a cheaper price.

Jonjo Shelvey has often been criticised this term and will turn 30 next season, while neither of the Longstaff brothers have really kicked on, so midfield reinforcements could be necessary.

The Latest: Newcastle eye Vaulks

As per Wales Online, the Tyneside club are eyeing a potential move for Vaulks to swap Cardiff City for the North East.

Valued at £7m by the Bluebirds, he could be a cheaper alternative to that of Willock, should Steve Bruce’s team fail to sign him permanently.

The news outlet highlights one of his ‘trademark’ skills that the Magpies may be interested in, a long throw-in that has been a ‘potent weapon’ for the EFL Championship side.

The Verdict: Newcastle should not sleep on Vaulks

The Toon should certainly not sleep on a potential move for Vaulks, especially if a deal for Willock fails to go through.

His manager Mick McCarthy, who is also very experienced in the Premier League, described him as a ‘brilliant’ player and a ‘leader’ back in February (Wales Online), the latter being a quality that can be very useful not just on the pitch but off of it as well.

Nonetheless, considering the financial impact of the global pandemic, £7m could be a snip for the 27-year-old as he enters his prime.

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