Rangers Cuellar bid accepted

[Rip Van We Go Again]

I think Houllier has to carry the can for this, he played out of his skin against Wolves away last season, then was bafflingly dropped for the next game and rarely featured again.

[Dave Cooper please]

It goes without saying that we won't be getting a replacement in,

Fiver says we do in this transfer window.

I'll take that bet.

I'll collect it in The Bartons!

[olaftab]

That is a shame. Liked Carlos a lot.  Honest hard working reliable and the only spanish player in the world who couldn't pass!

[citizenDJ]

Gary Cahill?..........

Ryan Shawcross?
Chris Samba?

Just for the record, I'd be over the moon, Brian, if we signed Shawcross. He looks like a very good defender indeed.

[eamonn]

......he's on 55k a week.

That can't be right, can it?! He's done fekkin' well out of us if that's so.

I like Cuellar, and I think he's better than Collins. But, one year left, hasn't played much for a couple of years means that £2m is about right, really.

I really hope that there's a new, first choice centre-back coming in....

No way is he on £55k a week. Rangers can't/couldn't afford to pay him half that when he was there and there's no way we would have doubled his wages when he came. £30k-£40k I imagine.

Why not? I doubt Wigan were paying Heskey 65k, Boro paying Luke Young 45k, Reading playing Shorey 40k or Newcastle paying Beye 45k...

He has a year left and he's not gonna get that deal so he'd take a paycut for a longer contract form Rangers.

If Cuellar's on less than 40k I'd be amazed. 55k's just what I'd read elsewhere on here, I believe.

To lure Heskey away from Wigan (fuck me, how strange does that sound?) we would have had to top up his salary, and Liverpool were interested in him at the time aswell so we had to fend them off too.
 
Beye was a high-earner at Newcastle hence them offloading him when they got relegated so I imagine he retained his wages. Shorey and Young...we were desperate to get full-backs at the time, O'Neill presumably implored Lerner to pay them whatever it took.

The reason I think Cuellar is different is that wages in Scotland, even among the Glasgow clubs, are more on a par with lower Prem/Championship clubs so I doubt we would have had to throw too much more than £10k a week at Carlos to get him here.

[Chris Smith]

Why, at £2m, is it only Rangers who are interested?

[Rigadon]

Why, at £2m, is it only Rangers who are interested?

Know what you're saying...  Although, he may just really, really want to go back up north and has let his agent know that's the only destination he's willing to travel to. 

[hilts_coolerking]

If he's only going to be a squad player, as looks likely, and if he's on £55k then I guess it makes sense.  Seems a shame though.

[SX150]

Our biggest mistake since selling Cahill. It could be argued selling Young & Downing make sence financially. I would have Carlos & Cahill at the back all day long.

[Irish villain]

He must be one of the most under appreciated players we've had. Selling him for £2m? What the hell???

[Rigadon]

He must be one of the most under appreciated players we've had. Selling him for £2m? What the hell???

But, as Chris inferred, nobody else seems to rate him as highly.

[Clampy]

Bearing in mind he can slot in at right back if need be, letting him go for £2m (if that's what it is) is pointless. We should keep him and let him fight for his place, he's a bloody good defender.

[pauliewalnuts]

So, we sell Cuellar, leaving us the two CBs who royally fucked us around and acted like ****** almost the whole of last season, and Ciaran Clark.

That must surely mean we're buying a new centre half?

[spangley1812]

So, we sell Cuellar, leaving us the two CBs who royally fucked us around and acted like c***s almost the whole of last season, and Ciaran Clark.

That must surely mean we're buying a new centre half?

I hope so and if it is a decent/quality one its gonna cost @ least £8/£10m

[russon]

Just £2m? Ludicrous decision unless we've lined up a very solid replacement. Sol Campbell's available I believe, and Steve Simms