Despite saying that he only wanted a centre-back before the summer window closed, Steven Gerrard’s Rangers have reached an agreement with Osijef over their winger Eros Grezda, according to a reliable journalist.
Bill Young from RockSportRadio claimed that Rangers were just waiting for a work permit hearing to seal the deal.
Rangers waiting on date for work permit hearing for Eros Grezda according to Dances with Bears.
— Bill Young (@BillYoungRadio) August 27, 2018
Asked by a fan if that meant a deal was done he replied that it couldn’t be until the permit was given, but that “they will have agreed subject to work permit”.
Can't be until work permit is sorted but they will have agreed subject to work permit.
— Bill Young (@BillYoungRadio) August 27, 2018
This was also reported by the Scottish Sun, who said that Grezda was in Glasgow for his medical.
OPINION
Has Gerrard done another Barisic? £2.2million from Osijek for the left-back has been widely acclaimed as good business and now Gerrard’s back to drink from the well again. Rangers fans might not know as much about Grezda. He was injured for both legs against Rangers in the Europa qualifiers, but the 23-year-old is a full Albania international with six caps and one goal. The deal is for a similar amount to the Barisic deal – £2million according to the Scottish Sun – so Rangers pockets have proved to be deep this summer. And this won’t be it, either. We’re pretty sure that Gerrard is going to land another centre-back before the week is out, and by that time they’ll hopefully be in the Europa League proper. The game on Thursday is huge and it’s finely poised. It’s also an early kick-off at 3pm. We wonder how many Rangers fans will be caught out by that?