Rangers recruitment slammed by McAvennie after Sky's Antonio Colak update

Rangers recruitment slammed by McAvennie after Sky's Antonio Colak update

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Celtic and West Ham legend Frank McAvennie joined the Football Insider stable in June 2020 and has not disappointed with his own brand of unique punditry. He loves talking football almost as much as he loved scoring goals, and still has close links in the dressing room at Parkhead.

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Frank McAvennie has claimed Antonio Colak might not have what it takes to make it at Rangers.

Speaking exclusively to Football Insider, the former Celtic striker suggested that the 28-year-old's goalscoring record last season "is not good enough" for the Scottish top flight.

According to Sky Sports (29 June), Rangers have agreed a fee of £1.8million for the PAOK striker but a deal is yet to be struck.

The Croatian has two years left on his contract with the Greek club.

Colak joined PAOK in 2020 and spent last season on loan with Malmo where he scored against Rangers in a Champions League qualifier.

However, McAvennie has branded the move a risk for Giovanni van Bronckhorst's side.

"Eight goals in 36 games is not very good for a striker," he told Football Insider.

"Listen it might be different, I went a year without scoring a lot but I made a lot of goals so it might be that.

"But Celtic brought in Albian Ajeti who was the top goalscorer in Switzerland and he’s just not the kind of player suitable for Scotland. Not the kind of player suitable for England either because he never got a game. Sometimes it works and sometimes it doesn’t.

"£2million without selling anyone, I don’t know whether Rangers are going to get that. The last player they sold was Paterson down to Everton and they didn’t do anything with that money so I don't know.

"But £2million, it’s a gamble."

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