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There is definitely a large element of that. But they have kind of boxed themselves in because they wont accept any less than timmy got for Tierney or Dembele for instance. They are so small time they totally obsess over that kind of shit.

More than that though its clear Gerrard can basically do whatever he wants. Clubs that run up the average age of their squad is usually a dead giveaway that the manager's got too much power because they rarely look beyond the next year. To a degree we saw Lennon do the same with his favourites.

The likes of Kent,Barisic,Kamara,Goldson and Morelos all blatantly want away. 2 of them didn't sign new deals during the window, i presume cos they had told their agents to get them out. The likes of Kent and Morelos will want next level money, and they wont get that at sevco.

Letting their better players run down their contracts is going to come back to bite them eventually just like it did over at parkhead. It makes no sense these days to do that, particularly up here. But hey "its Stevie Gerrards Rangers".