Thursday, January 31, 2008

Rangers Make Last-Gasp Bid For Carraciolo

The 26-year-old only joined the Blucerchiati from Palermo last summer in a co-ownership deal, however he has featured sparingly this season and has scored just once in Serie A.

The striker is desperate to leave the club, and he has been given the chance of regular first-team football by Walter Smith’s Glasgow Rangers.

The Scottish league-leaders sent a fax to Sampdoria late afternoon yesterday proposing €10m for the whole contract of Caracciolo.

The Milan-born marksman has been guaranteed a four-year contract, worth approximately €2m a season.

Representatives of Rangers are expected to arrive in Italy this morning to try and seal the deal before the end of the transfer window tonight.

Whispers in the peninsula suggest that Caracciolo would prefer to stay in Italy, rather than move abroad, and this could let in Torino to buy one-half of the player’s contract.

The Granata have been badly lacking goals this season, and failed in an attempt to sign Rolando Bianchi last week.


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