Why Jamie Murphy Rangers transfer almost collapsed after cheeky intervention of SPFL rival
The winger almost saw his dream move fall apart at the last minute
Jamie Murphy almost saw his Rangers transfer collapse
Jamie Murphy almost saw his Rangers transfer collapse
Jamie Murphy has revealed his dream move to Rangers almost fell apart when an SPFL rival told Brighton the Ibrox side were skint.
The forward signed for his boyhood heroes in 2018 after forging a decent career for himself down south with Sheffield United and the Seagulls. Game time had become sparse after promotion to the Premier League and when the move to his beloved Gers came about it seemed ideal.
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Murphy was at Murray Park thinking the move was all but sealed in the January window, only for Brighton to go mysteriously silent. When his agent finally managed to get back in touch with them, it transpired someone from another Scottish club had contacted them to claim Rangers had no money.
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In the end, it had to be a loan with an option to buy the English side demanding certain payments at certain times or it was off.
Reflecting on the complicated transfer, the now Ayr United man told Open Goal: “It was a bit of a fiasco. I fly up on the Thursday and have the first part of the medical. The second part of the medical is the Friday so I do that and I’ve to go to Murray Park because they were flying out to Florida so it was trying to get it all done for then.
“It was a transfer, no loan so it gets to 2 o’clock and they needed to get some stuff done with Brighton, but they weren’t really responding so we just had to sit for a bit. It gets to 5,6,7 o’clock and the Rangers boys have all met up now. They couldn’t get a hold of them.
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