Premier League - Birmingham close on Ferguson

Eurosport - Wed, 15 Jul 19:31:00 2009

Barry Ferguson's Rangers career moved closer to an end when the Ibrox club accepted a bid from Birmingham City on Wednesday.

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Ferguson, 31, will discuss terms with the Barclays Premier League club managed by his former Rangers and Scotland manager Alex McLeish.

It was reported that the bid is around £1 million although that was not confirmed.

If terms are agreed, Ferguson will return to the top flight in England four-and-half years after a spell at Blackburn Rovers.

And if the midfielder leaves Rangers, he will follow Brahim Hemdani, Christian Dailly and Graeme Smith out the Ibrox door this summer.

Ferguson's Ibrox career brought plenty of success but it was latterly shrouded in controversy.

He was fined and stripped of the Rangers captaincy last season following a breach of discipline while on Scotland duty in April following a World Cup qualifying defeat by Holland in Amsterdam.

The late night drinking incident at a Loch Lomond Hotel also led to an end to his international career.

Ferguson was dropped by Rangers manager Walter Smith but returned for their last three games of the season as they won back the Clydesdale Bank Premier League from Old Firm rivals Celtic for the first time in four years.

The former Ibrox youth player was also in the Rangers side that lifted the Homecoming Scottish Cup with a 1-0 win over Falkirk at Hampden.

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  1. he is still one of the best in the world as good as­ gerrard or lampord he commands his area and has amazing­ leadership good save the queen and god help barry­ furgoson

    From big proof 101, on Wed 5 Aug 2:25PM

  2. Would like to wish ''bazza'' all the­ best and hope he is as good at birmingham as he was at­ blackburn a few seasons ago. Im sure hel be back at­ Ibrox next season so all you sad Rangers fans fear not­ because bazza will be back,,,,,again

    cheerio to ­ scotland's shame.

    hail hail

    From Harvey, on Fri 17 Jul 11:18AM

  3. I'M SPANISH GLASGOW RANGERS FAN, I'M SAD,­ FERGUSSON ALWAYS MY HERO
    ALFARP LOYAL BRANCH

    From Santiago C, on Fri 17 Jul 11:13AM

  4. hey marty
    all mouth and hidden on a chatroom
    marty the­ chat room shame
    and world class fud

    From duncan h, on Thu 16 Jul 10:10PM

  5. Greatest Player in Recent years - true champion!

    Left­ when rangers where on a high - Deserved Champions once­ again:)

    Glasgow Rangers Champions (8)

    From derek.coyne, on Thu 16 Jul 10:06PM

  6. birmingham............for gods sake get sense.....who­ wants a cross eyed has been hun who thinks his mother­ is his auntie?

    From Marty, on Thu 16 Jul 9:51PM

  7. come back to manchester and we will kick yer skanky­ holes outta here....hail hail!

    From Marty, on Thu 16 Jul 9:49PM

  8. Rangers fc....Scotlands shame!

    From Marty, on Thu 16 Jul 9:48PM

  9. cross eyed fool....never was any good or never will be!

    From Marty, on Thu 16 Jul 9:46PM

  10. #46 Who said everything in the garden was rosy at our­ end of the city? The point was that the original poster­ reckons that sectarianism is thing of the past at Ibrox­ and should be consigned to the past...he is deluded;­ and you, doing the projection thing and pointing­ fingers at someone else as some kind of mitigation,­ doesn't make it any more acceptable!

    From lysdexic, on Thu 16 Jul 8:30PM

  11. hey mark named correctly all you english are muppets­ sum one always has their hand up your a*se

    From DOUGLAS, on Thu 16 Jul 7:59PM

  12. what with bowyer, bwarry and barton, who brum have been­ linked with, that will be some racist midfield. Bunch­ of jumped up wee p-ickkks

    From failuretocommunicate, on Thu 16 Jul 7:21PM

  13. you lot are having a laugh... your team has ­ supporters, that sing about murdering people in their­ bed and support and ing about scum who blow up and­ shoot innocent people including children , also Celtics­ last trip to Barcelona was a mini riot with several­ taxi robberies and fighting with police there and oh a­ plane was redirected because of bother as well
    both­ sets of supporters have trouble makers and scum that­ ruin it for the vast majority.
    I was in Manchester and­ there were a lot of English voices causing bother and a­ lot of the St petersburgh fans were causing trouble as­ well so dont make out it its all one sided ,.....I hate­ what happened there but don't be so shortsighted­ thinking the garden is rosy at your end of the city­ cause it aint

    From David, on Thu 16 Jul 6:42PM

  14. #42 Sectarianism is the only thing that keeps your club­ going; when SDM tried to change the siege mentality by­ employing PLG, the ‘true blues’ walked out in their­ droves until the regime was restored; the man never­ stood a chance. Sectarianism is the backbone of your­ club; it is the fuel that drives it; it will never­ change in our lifetime.

    From lysdexic, on Thu 16 Jul 3:29PM

  15. Hearts - who.

    DOUGLAS - Thankfully I have no Jock­ relatives. No windae lickers in ma family.

    From Mark S, a real complete Muppet (JO is gay), on Thu 16 Jul 3:14PM

  16. 42 - NOW THE DRUGS DON'T WORK, THEY JUST MAKE YOU­ WORSE. BUT I KNOW I'LL SEE YOUR FACE AGAIN!­ You're not by any chance RICHARD ASHCROFT, ARE­ YOU??

    From Singin' Ginger!!, on Thu 16 Jul 2:53PM

  17. iancambell11 go play wif ur mummys rubber ye swamp­ donkey

    From Sean, on Thu 16 Jul 2:50PM

  18. Sectarianism is a thing of the past and should be left­ there its bringing this great club down .Thats trying­ so hard to remove the stain of it from its doors !!!­ Its time to move on WE are a great team RANGERS world­ record holders no one has won as many major honours as­ us i Beleive we can continue and win 3 or 4 more this­ year!!!Celtic are no Challenge only Hearts will give us­ a problem in Scotland!!! We can even go on and Win in­ Europe !!!COME ON YE TEDDY BEARS!!!

    From j_skene, on Thu 16 Jul 2:44PM
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    i.m fed up with all this anti-scottish hate . come to­ think of it a hate all you english and have to admit i­ have a lot of english relatives a hate them too. bazza­ kick their balls mate

    From DOUGLAS, on Thu 16 Jul 2:26PM

  20. Yup Millwall are better than West Ham and West Ham are­ better than all the jock teams.

    From Mark S, a real complete Muppet (JO is gay), on Thu 16 Jul 1:42PM
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