Kyle Lafferty will seal Rangers return TODAY after Hearts ‘agree fee’ with Ibrox club


KYLE LAFFERTY will have a Rangers medical today and seal his return to the club, according to reports. Sky Sports Scotland claims Gers and Hearts have agreed a fee for the Northern Ireland striker. Lafferty is keen to seal a return to RangersAndy Barr - The Sun Glasgow It’s also claimed Lafferty – who left Ibrox in controversial circumstances in 2012 – could face FC Ufa in the Europa League tomorrow night. We told last week how further talks between the Jambos and Gers had taken place after the capital club rejected an initial £200,000 bid. The forward’s international team-mate Lee Hodson yesterday said his pal would be dying to go back to Rangers. Lafferty – who grabbed the winner against Celtic earlier this month – played for the Light Blues between 2008 and 2012, enjoying the most successful spell of his career. Lafferty in action for Gers in 2012 just months before controversial departureKeith Campbell - The Sun Glasgow Signed from Burnley, he scored over 30 goals in the four-year spell and won three SPL titles and a Scottish Cup. He scored title-clinching goals against Hibs and Dundee United — and netted a hat-trick at Kilmarnock on the final day when Gers won their last Scottish title in 2011. Most Read Tug of war Hearts and Aberdeen set to fight for McAuley, who’s also been considered by Gers Hands off Aberdeen reject Celtic’s initial £3.5m bid for star defender Scott McKenna Killie eye Greg Kilmarnock in pole position to land Greg Stewart from Birmingham City NEW BLUE Danish investor Julian Wolhardt becomes person ‘with significant Rangers control’ NEW BRUM Celtic could move for Wolfsburg’s Jeffrey Bruma if bid to sign Scott McKenna fails WOLF OF WOL STREET Julian Wolhardt’s appointment to Rangers board sparks 'takeover’ gaffe Following the financial collapse at Ibrox a year later, he exercised his right to become a free agent and signed for Swiss side Sion. That was followed by a season at Palermo, where he won promotion, and a move to Norwich where he failed to hold down a first-team place and was loaned to Caykur Rizespor and then Birmingham City. Last summer he was courted by both Hibs and Hearts before signing with the Tynecastle club on a two-year deal. The 30-year-old scored 12 goals in 35 league games last season.

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