Former Celtic keeper Rab Douglas has opened up on talks about a potential move to Ibrox before he signed for Celtic – and admitted he turned it down as he wasn’t going to play regularly as Stefan Klos was undisputed number one.
Douglas was lined up as short-term cover for Klos after the German was injured but Douglas was told he’d be back on the bench once he recovered.
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“I never spoke to Rangers directly, they got in touch with Peter Marr. It was 850 for me and I was told I would play six games, Klos was going to be injured for six games, and then I’d be back on the bench.”
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“I’d been used to playing at Livingston and Dundee. Blair (his agent) wrote back and David Murray’s words were any unhappy player at Rangers can f*** off’.”
Douglas won three titles at Celtic as well as representing Scotland 19 times but was never likely to have displaced Klos as number one at Ibrox.
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If Douglas wasn’t going to be happy playing second-fiddle to such a talented goalkeeper then David Murray’s advice was right.