Bernard joins Rangers

Oliver Bernard has signed for Scotish side Rangers on a two year deal. Now you all may be wondering: I thought the transfer window was shut, but The 25 year old Fenchman was allowed join Rangers because of his free agent status. Several other clubs were intrested in the player including Birmingham and Bolton but he has decided to go North to Scotland.


Bernard spent five years at Newcastle
Rangers want Bernard to replace Michael Ball who joined Dutch side PSV Eindhoven on deadline day. Bernard was unable to help his former club Southampton stay up last season and they ended up been relagated to the Championship. Oliver Bernard joined Southampton from Newcastle last season on a free transfer.

In my opinion Bernard isn't a good player and I think maybe the Scotish league might just suit him in some respects. Bernard didn't do to much for Southampton last term and he wasn't a great player at Newcastle either. Rangers were silly to let Ball join PSV last night and I don't think Bernard can fill his shoes.

Transfer window is now closed

Yes the transfer window has closed and it will not re-open until January the 1st. Thier were some transfers made late late late on before the window shut at midnight, some of the transfers were Derby striker Grzegorz Rasiak joined Martin Jol's Tottenham, Fabio Rochemback joined Steve McClaren's Middlesborough. Salif Diao left Liverpool to join Portsmouth on a season long loan deal. Fabrice Fernandes joined Bolton from Southamptom but only on a one year deal.

Personally I don't agree that there is a transfer window I just think teams should be able to buy players whenever they won't. If you put it this way, If a team had 6 midfield players and then suddenly two of them get injured and one gets suspended then you only have 3. Obviously they could use youth players but they would still want to bring in a new midfielder.