Continuing our cuttings theme, this one is from February 5, 1980.
It concerns interest from one of the Old Firm in Dundee FC player Ian Redford.
A second — and final — bid of around £200,000 is on the way from Rangers to Dundee and should arrive on manager Tommy Gemmell’s desk this morning.
This was revealed by Ibrox manager John Greig, who said: “Every player has his valuation and, in this case, it has been reached.”
If Dundee want a player as part of the deal, then Rangers will start off on the basis that Redford is worth no more than £200,000 — a figure far less than the Dens Parkers’ valuation.
Rangers will adopt their own realistic valuation of any player involved in a swop deal — perhaps a warning to Dundee not to under-value any man they fancy.
All of this does not bode well for a possible deal, for Dundee originally put a £300,000 tag on the U/21 international.
Such a price seems beyond any club in Scotland.
The £200,000 bid is Rangers’ highest-ever offer for a player.
Redford played his final game for Dundee a week later and joined the Ibrox club for a fee given as £210,000.
He played just over 100 games for the Dark Blues, with a healthy goal return of 35.
He spent five years at Ibrox before returning to the city, this time to join neighbours Dundee United, becoming part of the great side which reached the final of the Uefa Cup.
After three years at Tannadice and around a century of appearances, he joined Ipswich Town.
He also played for St Johnstone, Brechin City and Raith Rovers, and also had a brief spell as manager of Glebe Park side.
Sadly, he died in 2014, aged just 53.
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