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Smith: Cuellar not for sale
Author: Deniz Vehbi
Posted on:
08 August 2008 - 18:42
Category:
Football
Rangers boss Walter Smith insists he has not received any offers from Tottenham or Aston Villa for defender Carlos Cuellar.The Spaniard, who has been heavily linked with a move away from Ibrox, is thought to be considering his future after the SPL side crashed out of the Champions League last week."We've not had an offer for Carlos Cuellar," said the Rangers boss.
"We don't want one and we are not seeking one. We don't have to sell the player or any player at this stage. We don't have to offload players simply because of that situation.
"Some players were going to leave anyway and that will still happen. But it's not entirely because of our failure to qualify for the Champions League."
Rangers are estimated to have missed out on £10m after their defeat by Kaunas in Lithuania, but Smith says he still has money to spend and will not be forced to sell after missing out on the Champions League windfall.
He added: "We had some money there anyway but we are finding a difficulty in getting a level of player that we want to bring in, that's been a difficult task over the close season.
"But there is some money there for us to bring in a couple of players yet.
"There are specific areas of the field that we want to improve on and hopefully in the three weeks remaining of the transfer window we will be able to do that."