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Rangers FC deny transfer embargo agreement

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Rangers chairman Martin Murray insists the Scottish Football Association were premature in announcing the agreement of a transfer embargo.

The SFA announced on Friday that the fallen Ibrox giants had accepted a 12-month embargo that would begin on September 1, meaning manager Ally McCoist would be able to sign players during the summer transfer window.

However, chairman Murray insists that is not case, although he admits they will sign off on the agreement if the alternative is not playing football in the Third Division next season.

A statement from Murray read: “Board members, the manager and senior executives from the club have been meeting with the SFA this week with the sole purpose of ensuring the long term future of Rangers.

“For clarity, we have not signed any agreement yet and therefore believe the SFA's statement to be premature.

“We have had days of discussions with the SFA and it is important for everyone, but most importantly our fans, to understand that the SFA said it would only transfer the membership to play football if we accepted some form of additional sanctions for the sins of previous regimes.

“The choice is stark - take sanctions or risk not playing football at all. We do not wish to gamble with the club's future so, under duress, we have taken the difficult decision to accept some sanctions in order to move forward.

“A delayed transfer ban would be a bitter pill to swallow and will only be agreed to if the alternative is no football.”

Meanwhile, FIFA have cleared some of the club’s former players to complete moves to their new clubs.

Steven Whittaker, Jamie Ness, Kyle Lafferty and Steven Naismith have all left Ibrox this summer but found themselves in limbo after Rangers chief executive Charles Green claimed the players were not free agents.

However, FIFA have now granted temporary registrations to Whittaker (Norwich City), Ness (Stoke City), Lafferty (Sion) and Naismith (Everton).

Steven Davis will have no such problems after Southampton and Rangers agreed an undisclosed fee for the Northern Ireland international.

Green said: “Southampton have acted in good faith during the process. We wish them every success and they have signed a player who will undoubtedly make a great contribution to their club - just as he did at Ibrox.”

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