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The Light Blues ran out 4-1 winners over struggling Aberdeen at Ibrox

Danny Rohl has told the Rangers fans he’ll do everything in his power to keep Mikey Moore at Ibrox.

The on-loan Spurs winger put in a man-of-the-match display in their 4-1 victory over Aberdeen, scoring their second goal with a terrific finish. The home support sang Moore’s name and gave him a standing ovation when he was eventually subbed off by Rohl late on.

The 18-year-old has impressed since moving to Glasgow but is due to return to London in the summer. Rohl has reiterated his desire to get the youngster back to Rangers next term and admits talks have already started with the Premier League outfit.

Spurs and Moore would need to agree to a second loan stint but the German wants to make it happen. After goals from Tochi Chukwuani, Moore, Nico Raskin and James Tavernier kept them on the coat-tails of Hearts in the title race, Rohl was asked about supporters wanting Moore to stay and said: “Me as well! There’s no question mark.

“We started this week to prepare for the summer. We’re in a good position and we are very clear about what we want.

“It’s also helpful now that we have an idea of how I want to play football. We’re committed with a fantastic owner and good people around me.

"Everything goes in the right direction. We’re working hard to prepare for next season but let’s finish this one strong and successful.

“I think conversations are always there (regarding Moore). We know when Mikey performs like this, he enjoys playing for Rangers.

“The fans love him, I like him and he’s a key player. There’s a lot of good things, where we could go again together.

“But he’s still not our player so let’s work in that direction. The most important thing is to get results in our next seven games.

“He enjoys it here and he’s getting better and better.”

Rohl was delighted with his side’s dominant display against the Dons as they stayed just three points off Hearts at the top of the Premiership table.

He’s urged his players to keep performing at that level and attempt to win every one of their remaining games in the title race.

If they do that and pick up victories, the Gers gaffer is convinced they can lift the trophy.

If they win their next game at home to Dundee United, they could go top of the league before rivals Hearts and Celtic play.

Rohl said: “It was a great performance today. We spoke about getting a result and performance and we got both.

“It makes me really happy to see my team perform like this.

“We want to see goals but also clean sheets.

“The only small thing today was that we let Aberdeen back in for a short moment at 2-0.

“But in general, we played with intensity, we were aggressive and it was a good performance.

“It’s a small statement from us, especially with the goal difference.

“We’ve won our last two ‘cup finals’. Now we have seven more to go.

“We cannot influence the schedule. We just want to win the next two games before we go into the split and the final five games will be exciting.

“What’s important is that we have something to celebrate on the final match day.

“It doesn’t matter what the others are doing. If we win the seven games, we’ll win the league.”

The Australian is out of management after his tough spell at Nottingham Forest earlier this season

Out of work Ange Postecoglou has teased a change of stance on returning to former clubs - after previously shutting down links to Celtic.

The Australian boss became a firm fan favourite as he scooped five of the six trophies available to him during his time at Parkhead boss. He signed off with a domestic Treble in 2023 before leaving to take charge of Tottenham Hotspur.

Despite leading the club to a fifth-place finish in his first season and following it up with a Europa League triumph, the 60-year-old was shown the door in North London last summer. Postecoglou is now working for UEFA's Technical Observer Panel after a nightmare stint at Nottingham Forest earlier this season.

Spurs are currently in free fall as the club plummet towards the relegation spots in the Premier League. Igor Tudor has lost his first four games after taking charge from Posteocoglou's successor Thomas Frank last month.

That slump led to Postecoglou being put on the spot by TNT Sports about a potential return to Spurs. He grinned in response: “No comment.

“I am still invested in the club because I have an attachment to those players, I worked with them for two years.

“The last time I interacted with the fans there was 200,000 on the streets of London.

“It pains me to see it. It definitely looks like the players are fairly lost at the moment. There’s obvious pressure there. It’s a really difficult time."

It marks a dramatic change of tune from his appearance on The Overlap when he was asked about going back to Glasgow's East End.

Martin O'Neill will leave his interim role as Parkhead gaffer at the end of the season, following an SOS to the 74-year-old by the club after Wilfried Nancy was axed.

He ruled out Celtic as his next club on the basis that he "doesn't go back" to former employers.

Postecoglou said: “In terms of going back, I don’t go back. I don’t think that’s been my career. Whatever the next step it’ll be something new.

"I loved Celtic. If I was younger, I probably would’ve stayed there longer. I think I could have made progress with them in Europe.

"The whole two years, I was within a community that was just so passionate, it'a crazy how passionate they are about their football club.

"I was fortunate we had success. It's a positive experience and I loved every minute of it. I look back on it fondly but I won't go back. Thats how my career's played out."

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Europa League-winning Postecoglou clarified previous comments he made about Tottenham Hotspur

Ange Postecoglou pressed pause on his new role as the former Celtic boss cooled previous comments he made on former club Tottenham.

The Australian is taking time away from the dugout after his chastening stint at Nottingham Forest, but joined UEFA's Technical Observer Panel last year. Postecoglou was sent to Paris by his new employers to take in PSG's clash with Chelsea - but took a break from work to address the struggles of his former club.

The 60-year-old led Spurs to Europa League glory last season and earned them a spot in the Champions League. But they were soundly beaten in a calamitous 5-2 defeat to Atletico Madrid on Tuesday night to leave their place in Europe's elite competition hanging by a thread.

Igor Tudor, who has lost four consecutive games since taking over from Thomas Frank, is facing major pressure with the club stumbling into a Premier League relegation scrap.

Asked by Joe Cole about the lack of spending on TNT Sports, Postecoglou said: "That’s a broader argument but the reality of it is they’ve got to deal with it now, that’s the most important thing.

"The football club, I said it a couple of weeks ago, wasn’t behaving to me like a big football club in terms of the kind of players it was attracting.

"But it is a big football club, we saw that last year, there was a couple of hundred thousand people in London going nuts there and I felt it, how big a club it is.

"But in the Premier League it’s a slippery slope once you take your eye off the ball with certain things.

‘But all that is not important right now. What’s important now is where they are in the league, they need to maintain their Premier League status which is obviously paramount to what they want to build.

"‘Those kind of questions you kind of go, ‘okay, we want some real direction here’. I think it’s pretty clear what Tottenham fans want – they want the team to play a certain way, they want success, every team wants success."

He also offered some advice for under-fire boss Tudor: "It’s hard for me to comment from the outside but, for me, it’s about instilling some belief, show them the kind of players they are, not that they can be, that they are, what they’ve already shown."

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It's been a disaster for Tudor at Spurs and it's hitting a bit too close to home for one Celtic-daft broadcaster

Under-fire Igor Tudor has been told he's Tottenham's version of Wilfried Nancy as the unthinkable crisis of relegation becomes a serious prospect in North London.

Spurs turned to former Juve boss Tudor to steady the ship after Thomas Frank's disastrous appointment but three straight defeats have left them just a single point above the relegation zone.

Last night's 3-1 defeat to Crystal Palace was as bad as it gets – and jaws hit the floor when Tudor claimed after the game he's 'more confident than before' that his side will avoid the drop.

He added that 'the ship is going in the right direction', and singled out individual players for underperforming. And according to one broadcaster, it's a similar situation to the one Celtic faced with Nancy.

The Frenchman lasted just seven games at Parkhead, of which he lost six before he was ushered out the door. In that time, his frequent claims that identity and style of play were more important than immediate results went down like a led balloon.

And speaking on talkSPORT this morning, Celtic-daft broadcaster Shebahn Ahern reckons she's seeing the same mistakes from Tudor.

She said: "It's like Wilfried Nancy, that's the vibes I'm getting from Tudor. When it's all going wrong on the pitch and you expect to hear something inspirational off the pitch, and then he's talking about ships sinking and 'now I've seen better'."

Ally McCoist then cut in with a defence of the 47-year-old, saying: "He knows he's not going to be there next season, so he's going in, pointing at the players, and saying 'you're getting it, you're getting it, you're getting it'... at least he's being honest!"

Tudor, after Palace came from behind to gun down 10-man Spurs last night, was asked if Spurs were at genuine risk of relegation. But he said: “I will tell you now, maybe it will sound strange, but I believe more after this game than I believed before.

“I saw something. I need to choose the right guys because the boat is going in the direction that I want to go and needs to go and whoever is in the boat can stay. Otherwise they can bow down, or - how do you say that - leave the boat.

“When the other players come back, and we choose the right players, I’m sure we will have a good team and the victories will come back. It’s not easy to accept the moment where we are now but it is how it is.”

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Tim Sherwood is spitting feathers over the call by Spurs not to place their faith in the electric teenager

Bruised Tim Sherwood has criticised struggling Tottenham Hotspur for not placing their faith in Rangers loan hero Mikey Moore.

The 18-year-old has been a smash-hit during his season-long loan at Ibrox with fans desperate for the playmaker to return for another season.

His personal success comes amid his parent club's disastrous season, which has them teetering on the brink of relegation from the Premier League.

Spurs allowed Moore – understood to be eyed for a long-term contract in North London – to join Rangers for the season and the decision has paid off for the Ibrox side as they battle to land the Scottish Premiership title.

But their former manager reckons he should be in the mix for Tottenham already.

Sherwood, speaking on the latest edition of Footy Accumulators ' No Tippy Tappy Football podcast, in partnership with BOYLE Sports, said: “They loaned him out because there’s no pathway for him. I think it’s a great pathway there (at Rangers) for him to gain some experience.

"No one (at Tottenham) fancied him at the moment, and they would probably argue and say, ‘We’ll let him gain experience’. I would argue that he’s better than what you’ve got, so bring him back and let him play games. Not only would he be better than some of the players that they’ve signed and are in the squad, but you’re also having a shocking injury crisis."

And Sherwood isn't only peeved about Moore's temporary departure, as he cast a light on Tottenham's recruitment calls.

He added: “Not only Mikey Moore, Luka Vuskovic should’ve been brought back from Hamburg in my opinion - he’s played pretty much every game and scored four goals, he’s a big centre-back. Phillips, the boy they signed from Blackburn, who’s on loan and plays every week at Stoke, he should’ve been brought back - and not just for no unnecessary reason, but to play.

“Some might say, ‘But you’re in a relegation battle’ - yes, they are, and that’s with the group they’ve got playing at the moment. Give these guys an opportunity. Not only Mikey, and I’m not saying they’re going to be the answer, but they might be.”

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The former Hoops boss has been touted for a possible return since being out of work

Ange Postecoglou has categorically ruled out returning to Celtic as manager.

The Aussie scooped five of the six trophies available to him during his time at Parkhead boss, claiming a domestic Treble in 2023 before leaving to take the reigns at Tottenham Hotspur.

Postecoglou guided Spurs to a fifth placed finish in his first season to qualify for the Champions League.

His second proved trick in terms of the Premier League as he put all his eggs into the Europa League basket.

Despite finishing 17th, Tottenham beat Manchester United in the Europa League Final to back up the boss' claim that he "always winds a trophy" in his second season.

That wasn't enough to save him from the sack last summer however, while the less said about a 39-day stint in charge of Nottingham Forest earlier this season, the better.

With Celtic on the hunt for a new permanent boss, links to a Parkhead return for the 60-year-old were inevitable, with Martin O'Neill not really a viable long term option when he'll be 74 next month.

But Postecoglou has dumped a bucket of cold water over those suggestions, insisting that he simply doesn't go back.

“In terms of going back, I don’t go back," he told the Overlap. I don’t think that’s been my career. Whatever the next step it’ll be something new.

"I loved Celtic. If I was younger, I probably would’ve stayed there longer. I think I could have made progress with them in Europe.

"The whole two years, I was within a community that was just so passionate, it'a crazy how passionate they are about their football club.

"I was fortunate we had success. It's a positive experience and I loved every minute of it. I look back on it fondly but I won't go back. Thats how my career's played out."

The 18-year-old left Tynecastle on loan in the winter window for a crack at the Premier League

Irked Gordon Strachan has unleashed on James Wilson after his decision to leave Hearts for Tottenham.

The Hearts kid made a surprise deadline day switch to the Premier League giants after opting to join Tottenham’s youth set up on an initial six month loan that includes an option to buy, while Arsenal were also on alert. Following the switch, boss Derek McInnes told Wilson he made the wrong move signing for Spurs.

The 18-year-old had struggled for regular game time with the Premiership leaders this term, but McInnes would have preferred the prospect made a temporary switch to a move in Scotland. Since then, the Scotland cap has gone on to make his Premier League 2 debut for the North London side.

Strachan reckons the switch will prove to be a misstep as the former Celtic boss insisted the PL2 is the "last place" Wilson should have gone to develop, as he branded the set-up the "Disneyland of football".

He told BetVictor Casino: "He wasn't playing first-team football because there were people in front of him who were better at that moment in time. Would I have said go to Spurs? I'd have said no.

"I think Derek McInnes is right, and when Derek's angry, and Derek can be an angry man at times. He's quite right because young players always have this plateau and that’s where you have character building moments.

"The last place you want to go to develop your character is the Premier League 2.

"There's no character building there whatsoever. Because if you look at them, who's top of that league? Who cares? What are the scores? Who cares?

"It is like the Disneyland of football. It's fluffy. It's nice. There's nothing to it.

"Nobody gets hurt in there, nobody gets spoken to the wrong way, nobody gets put under pressure, there's no crowd screaming at them.

"The manager can't even demand from them because it's the Disneyland of football. You want to go there if you want no pressure, enjoy yourself."

The Dundee technical director insists that Wilson will now suffer when he makes the jump back to first-team football.

He went on: "I see players going from that league [Premier League 2] to Scotland, and it's like putting a domesticated animal in the jungle.

"Derek's right, if you really want development, because we see players coming up and you see them developing. We've got two at Dundee at the moment who are doing terrifically well, Tony Yogane and Cameron Congreve

"Cameron went out to Bromley and did very well there, but you have to get out of this league because it will suffocate you. And that is that league.

"Usually, the top players are playing by 17, 18 anyway, but if you get smothered between 18 and 22 in that league, if you're still playing in that league for four years, you'll literally have become nullified to the realities of football.

"I went to see one recently, just up the road. I said get me home, I've got to watch something else, I might even watch EastEnders because it must be better than this."

The legendary Ibrox captain was impressed with the on-loan Spurs winger at Ibrox in midweek and has a plan

I was one of the 50,000 fans who walked away from Ibrox on Wednesday night with a new spring in my step.

Having sat through a difficult first 45 minutes by half time I could sense the punters were growing frustrated. Maybe even a bit concerned. One or two of them were starting to growl in the stands..

But an hour later? Without getting carried away, let’s just say Rangers looked and felt like a very different prospect.

A 5-1 win. Three points closer to Hearts at the top of the table with a significant bump in the goal difference. Three clear of Celtic, albeit their game at Pittodrie was postponed.

And with serious reason to believe that all the hard work and expense that went into the January transfer window might be about to pay off big time between now and May.

It really did feel like a significant turnaround in the space of 90 minutes or so and we’ll get around to the impact made by the new boys who came on from the bench and who played such a part in raising the excitement levels.

Andreas Skov Olsen, Tochi Chuwuani, Tuur Rommens and Ryan Naderi all made a big impression on the home crowd as well as having a major influence on the game itself.

But we’ll come to them later.

Because, first and foremost, it’s time to have a conversation about Mikey Moore. And I mean that quite literally.

If it was down to me I’d be on the blower to Spurs this morning asking to have that chat.

And while I fully understand there will probably be a lot of ‘ifs buts and maybes’ around the discussion, I’d be making a very strong case for the two clubs agreeing another 12 month loan deal to keep the young man in Glasgow next season.

Obviously, the guys at Tottenham will have their own thoughts on what the future should hold. It’s not even certain that Thomas Frank will still be in the manager’s seat next season so there’s a lot to factor in.

But, even so, there’s a very strong argument to be made that the best thing for Moore’s development would be signing on for one more year at Rangers.

Of course, they might want him back down the road as soon as possible. They may have their own plans for him because they clearly believe he’s destined for big things. And they’re right about that.

But if their idea involves Moore going back onto the fringes of their squad next season then there's also a danger that it will stall his growth.

So give him 12 more months and, by the time Spurs get him back, I’d almost guarantee he’ll be ready to walk straight into the first team. And stay there.

When I think back to the start of the season the difference I see in this kid now is quite incredible.

We all knew he had bags of ability and loads of natural talent. That’s why he was getting games in the Europa League under Ange Postecoglou when he’d only just turned 17.

But I’ll be honest. When he first came up the road he looked like a school kid playing in a man’s game. His introduction to Scottish football seemed like it might be too much, too soon.

So to see him turn in a performance like he did against Kilmarnock? That just shows how good this experience has been in terms of his mentality, physicality and personality.

I’ve seen this boy grow into a man over the last few months. And, over that time, I’ve been wondering if Rangers might have been thinking the same thing.

But after Wednesday night I’m now convinced they will be. Keeping Moore for one more season just makes so much sense. Yes, obviously it would be brilliant for my old club but it can be argued that it could be every bit as beneficial - or maybe even more so - for Spurs.

Forget about buying him permanently. That simply isn’t going to happen.

Premier League clubs are paying fees of around £40m or £50m for players who struggle to get a game these days, so I wouldn’t even attempt to put a price on Moore’s head at this moment. It would be a waste of time.

But I do see why he was so highly rated in the first place and I genuinely believe, if an agreement can be reached, Rangers will help fast track his development into the special Premier League player that so many people down south have always expected him to become.

What I really enjoy is his enthusiasm and attitude. He wants to make a difference. He wants to win football matches. He wants to win trophies in a Rangers shirt.

And I can't get enough of that.

When the team was struggling to break down a ten man Kilmarnock side, he was the one player who kept coming back for more and trying to make things happen. It was the same when he came off the bench at Easter Road on Sunday.

The fans have taken him to their hearts because of it and when he was joined on the pitch by the new signings on Wednesday night you could sense the atmosphere inside the whole stadium go up through the gears.

Skov Olsen looked re-energised and took his goal superbly. He struggled in his first couple of games but you have to remember he’s not played much football over the last few months.

He’ll take a lot of confidence from this cameo because he really stood out and he’ll have sensed the fans were delighted with him.

Chukwuani is another who is getting used to his surroundings but he’s starting to look strong in the middle of the pitch.

Rommens was another stand out at left back, bombing up and down the flank. It’s way too early to make assessments or comparisons but what I saw was a player who could make a real difference to the starting XI.

And then there’s big Naderi who looks like an absolute German unit.

So, yes, there was a lot for Rangers to feel better about after Moore had lashed home the fifth goal and the final whistle sounded on Wednesday night.

They’re certainly looking in stronger shape coming out of the window than they did going into it. And they’re going to have to be because, believe me, this title race is going all the way down to the wire, possibly even to the final day of the season.

It’s at times like these that the biggest players with the biggest hearts step forward, roll up their sleeves and become the difference makers.

Moore looks more than capable of doing that. But Rangers will need a team full of them over the next four months to get the club back to where it belongs.

The 18-year-old emerged as an Arsenal target early on deadline day but have been trumped by their north London rivals

Spurs have out-flanked London rivals Arsenal in the deadline day race to sign Hearts striker James Wilson.

Record Sport can reveal the 18-year-old is set to travel south this afternoon to put pen to paper on a loan deal at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium until the end of the current campaign.

The shock move comes after Arsenal made an approach to strike a similar agreement over the weekend.

The Premier League leaders made initial contact with Tynecastle top brass to express interest in taking the teenager into their development squad until the end of the season.

It’s believed Arsenal wanted to monitor Wilson at close quarters by giving him regular game time in their under 21 team before deciding on whether or not to weigh in with a permanent offer.

But, earlier today, we revealed how the Premiership high flyers had refused to green light that move without a whopping fee being agreed in advance.

Those talks remained placed on hold for 24 hours and that has given Spurs the chance to jump to the front of the queue.

Record Sport understands Spurs have agreed to stump up a significant initial loan fee while also thrashing out the details of a possible fee should they decide to make the move permanent in the summer.

Tottenham have agreed to a deal which gives them an option to buy Wilson outright without an obligation to push the deal through.

But their willingness to firm up the potential financial windfall has been enough to convince Hearts into doing business for a player who has already been capped by Scotland at full international level.

Boss Derek McInnes would have been happy for Wilson to stay put at Tynecastle and fight for a first team place as the Jambos push for a historic title success.

But the youngster has spent most of the campaign watching on from the bench with McInnes preferring more experienced options to lead his attack.

McInnes now looks set to be one attacking option down for the remainder of the season with no indication that the manager will be backed to replace Wilson before the transfer window closes at 11pm.

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The teenager has struggled in recent weeks but insists he can turn his personal season around

Mikey Moore admits he’s lost his spark in recent weeks - but the Ibrox winger says he’s ready to become Rangers’ magic man at Easter Road.

The on-loan Spurs teenager has charmed the Ibrox faithful with some big displays this season. But the 18-year-old accepts his performances have waned since his stunning strike against Celtic clinched Old Firm victory at Parkhead earlier this month.

But with Danny Rohl’s side now facing a key clash with Hibs in Leith, Moore is determined to cast a fresh spell over the opposition defence as Gers look to conjure up a fresh winning run. Rohl has signed brought in three January signings so far - including Denmark wide man Andres Skov Olsen - and Moore admits the arrival of fresh competition can help him rediscover his powers to bewitch.

The teenager - speaking after Thursday’s Europa League defeat to Porto ended a streak of eight straight victories - said: “To be honest I think we needed the new signings as a team. It's hard, you don't want to get too comfortable so for me personally I think I need to reflect on myself over the past two or three weeks and know that I've got higher standards than what I've hit personally.

“We've been doing really well but personally now I need to push on and now I've got to fight for my place in the team and become that person who you know is going to be playing week after week. Have I been tired lately? It's hard to put something on it, I think I just need to push myself.

“My mentality needs to be that I'm going to go into every game and try and play as well as possible. So for me, the last two weeks I don't think I've been bad but I think I've been better than what I've been.

“But there's going to be a lot of games where we're going to need someone to come up with a bit of magic and for me with my end product…

“I need to reflect on it truthfully and it's not been at its best so far.

“But I know that I've got big moments in me so now the big games are coming up, I think I can really push on and start showing that with my numbers.”

Moore is due head back to North London in the summer but hasn’t ruled out a return to Glasgow next year. And he admits the chance to sample Champions League action with Gers would make that prospect all the more enticing.

He said: “There's been nothing decided so far. I've spoken to people back home but they're saying focus on the rest of the season and then when the summer comes, we'll assess and see what happens next year.

“I want to play in the Champions League, it's a huge competition but it's hard because I need to talk to everyone else back home.

“It’s a collective decision. I love playing here but we'll see what happens in the summer.”