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Football: BARRY KNOCKS BACK pounds 45,000 A WEEK; Gers ace set for Arsenal move.


Byline: COLIN DUNCAN EXCLUSIVE

RANGERS Rapidly deployable airborne light infantry organized and trained to conduct highly complex joint direct action operations in coordination with or in support of other special operations units of all Services.  have offered Barry Ferguson Barry Ferguson MBE (born Hamilton, Scotland, February 2, 1978) is a Scottish professional footballer who plays in midfield. He currently plays for and captains both Scottish Premier League club Rangers and the Scotland national team.  a staggering pounds 45,000 a week in a determined bid to keep him at Ibrox.

That would make him the best-paid player in the club's history.

Incredibly, Ferguson is set to knock back the bumper deal in favour of a summer switch to the Premiership - a move exclusively revealed in Sports Record last December.

The Scotland international has already made up his mind to leave Rangers, with Arsenal now emerging as strong favourites to win his signature.

Ferguson favoured an end-of-season

move to Leeds United originally but his representatives have advised against that due to their current crisis.

Liverpool, who sent chief scout Alex Miller For Australian novelist, see .
Alex Miller (born 4 July 1949, in Glasgow) is a Scottish football coach and former football player. Miller is a fully qualified European licenced coach.
 to Rotterdam to watch Ferguson against Feyenoord, are also desperate to land the 24-year-old central midfielder.

But it's understood Ferguson has told friends he would now prefer to join former Ibrox team-mate Giovanni van Bronckhorst Giovanni Christiaan van Bronckhorst, nicknamed "Gio" (born February 5, 1975 in Rotterdam) is a Dutch football defender and midfielder, who currently plays for Feyenoord in de Dutch Eredivisie. His heritage is Dutch-Moluccan.  at Highbury.

Rangers could gain upwards of pounds 8million by selling but boss Alex McLeish Alexander "Alex" McLeish (born January 21 1959, Barrhead, Renfrewshire, Scotland) nicknamed "Big Eck",[1] is a former professional footballer and is currently manager of the Scotland national team.  hopes his skipper will knock back any ooffers. He said: "It doesn't surprise me teams are looking at Barry because he has been excellent recently but if he's happy there's a good chance he will stay."
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Publication:Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland)
Date:Mar 6, 2002
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