RANGERS have agreed a fee of #750,000 for their Australian defender Craig Moore with his former international team manager, Terry Venables, writes Ken
Gallacher.
Venables, now in charge of Crystal Palace, had a spell as the Australian team manager after quitting England following the European Championships two years ago.
He was impressed by Moore during his spell Down Under.
The 22-year-old Aussie, who joined Rangers five years ago, has been a first-team regular for most of this season, but the Ibrox team do have surplus defenders.
The deal will not be rushed through, however, and Moore may remain at Ibrox on stand-by for the UEFA Cup game against Beitar Jerusalem on Thursday.
He is required as cover for the Scotland captain, Colin Hendry, who is recovering from a broken bone in his foot which he
sustained in the Old Firm game 10 days ago. However, Moore is en route to London to be reunited with Venables.
The player was often the target for barracking from the Ibrox fans, but this season he has looked more impressive playing alongside Lorenzo Amoruso at the heart of the Ibrox defence, a central defensive position he always preferred though he was frequently deployed at full back.
qPROUD Kilmarnock captain Ray Montgomerie last night
dedicated his side's table-topping success to former chairman James Moffat, who passed away recently.
Montgomerie insists Killie's success on the park means nothing when he compares it to the ''immeasurable loss'' of Moffat.
He said: ''Losing Mr Moffat was so sad. I cannot state enough how immeasurable his loss is to this club. But I'm sure it is nothing compared to the loss Mr
Moffat's family is feeling and it makes what we are achieving on the pitch seem very meaningless at times.''
Meanwhile, Mark Perry admits the angry Aberdeen supporters were right to vent their fury at the players after the poor performance against Kilmarnock.
The Dons defender foolishly pulled back Ally McCoist to gift Bobby Williamson's side their match-winning penalty at
Pittodrie on Sunday.
Perry said: ''We have to start winning games. It's as simple as that. I remember from my bad season at Tannadice that the losing streak United were on was hard to get out of. That's why we must turn this round as quick as we can to get the points on the board as we don't want to scrambling for them later.''
qHearts will need to produce their best-ever result on a foreign field if they are to progress in the European Cup-winners' Cup against Real Mallorca in Spain on Thursday.
Trailing 1-0 from the first leg, the Edinburgh side have won only five of 24 European ties away from home in 40 years of competing in the arena.
But, apart from a notable 1-0 win over Austria Vienna in the Prater Stadium 10 years ago, the scalps have been rather obscure - Union St Gilloise (Luxembourg), Valerengens (Norway), St Patrick's (Ireland) and FC
Lantana (Estonia).
To add to Jim Jefferies' problems, there are injuries to cope with. Jose Quitongo and Rob McKinnon are out, Thomas
Flogel is a major doubt and Steve Fulton is struggling.
Goalkeeper Gilles Rousset is expected to be available after missing the last two games due to a back injury but deputy Roddy McKenzie played well against Celtic on Saturday, leaving
Jefferies with a dilemma.
Mallorca lost the leadership of the Spanish Primera Liga to Real Madrid at the weekend after they drew 0-0 at home to Real Oviedo.
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