PSG football advisor Luis Campo has targeted Rangers star Ianis Hagi for next season...for his other club Celta Vigo.
Hagi has returned to action after 13 months out injured following a serious knee injury last January, but has had to accept a bit-part role from the bench under manager Michael Beale since returning.
There's been speculation about the 24-year-old's future next season and he was at the centre of controversy last month when his famous father - former Real Madeid and Barcelona legend Gheorghe Hagi - had a public bust-up with Romanian boss Edi Iordanescu following his omission from the national squad.
Now reports in Spain have suggested La Liga side Celta Vigo want Hagi for next season and believe they can get him for £3 million.
PSG executive Campo has an unusual position in that as well as the key role for the big-spending Ligue 1 club, he also works as an advisor for Celta Vigo.
And it's been reported that Hagi has been personally recommended by Campo for a switch to Spain next season.
Portuguese talent spotter Campo is expected to leave PSG in a shake-up in the summer and channel his energies into Celta Vigo, who currently sit 12th in the Spanish top flight.
And Hagi, who has also been linked with a move to Borussia Monchengladbach, could be the subject of an offer from La Liga.
Meanwhile, Richard Gough insists current Rangers captain James Tavernier would swap his 100 goals for his trophy haul.
He said:
“I look at Tavernier playing as a full-back and scoring more than 100 goals for the club. That’s unbelievable - an incredible achievement.
"But he’s only managed to get a couple of trophies. I would guarantee he’d rather have 10 trophies in his pocket than 100 goals. That’s what you’re remembered for.
“I won 18 trophies with Rangers and I look at our team now and wonder where we are going to get the trophies from. It has been sad for our club since 2012. We were worried about losing everything at that time.
“Dave King coming in managed to save it. In 2014 he asked me to get involved and we steadied the ship a wee bit. Gerrard was a marvellous personality to get into the club. He came with high standards and we managed to get the championship, but it seems to have gone back a wee bit.
“We managed to get to the European final, which was incredible with the team that we had. Van Bronckhorst did a remarkable job getting through those European games and we hoped to kick on from that. Then we sold Aribo, we sold Bassey and we never replaced them with quality. Football is about your players.
“Back in the day, Souness would tell me: ‘Goughie, I signed you, signed Butcher, and signed Roberts - I’m not going to tell you boys how to defend.’ If you can put 11 very, very good players together, you’ll be fine.
"I look at managers talking about all these formations nowadays, but if you’ve got great players, most of the time you’re going to win the games. Celtic have got better players at the moment, and I don’t like saying that."
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