Hibs star told Rangers rival he would be moving to Ibrox DURING match – days later he was paraded by Celtic
dailyrecord.co.ukFormer Rangers star Andy Halliday has revealed how Scott Allan told him he would be joining him at Ibrox DURING a game for Hibs ...
only to be unveiled by Celtic weeks later!Halliday, now with Motherwell, was starring for the Light Blues against Allan in a Challenge Cup tie at Easter Road and the pair, who knew each other well as they shared the same agent, were chatting as the match was going on.The Ibrox side were keen to land the Rangers-daft playmaker around that time but Hibs were unwilling to sell to their then Championship rivals and it was Celtic who trumped the Hoops to sign the player on a four-year deal.Halliday told the Open Goal podcast about the match in 2015 which Rangers won 6-2 early in Mark Warburton’s time in charge.
He said: "Rangers were trying to get Scott Allan. I think they’d made about two or three bids, didn’t they? We’d played Hibs in the Petrofac first round, first game of the season, I’ll never forget Scotty saying to me, ‘I’ll see you on Monday’.
As if he’s coming into the dressing room. We went out that night.“About four days later he’s got the Celtic scarf above his head.
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