Luuk de Jong sees Rangers talks leaked by PSV as real Patati transfer fee named amid Aribo murmur
PSV Eindhoven boss Peter Bosz admits he HAS spoken to Luuk de Jong about Rangers as he looks to keep the veteran striker a the club.
Reports in the Netherlands had suggested that the former Barcelona, Newcastle United and Sevilla frontman would be "open" to a move to Ibrox this summer.
PSV have returned to training and offered de Jong a new deal and facilities for the close season but the 34-year-old has yet to give his answer over extending his stay in Eindhoven.
And Bosz admits he remains in contract with the frontman - with the Scottish Premiership side making it to the agenda during their phone calls.
De Telegraaf on murmurs over a move to the Scottish Premiership.
The boss said: "He knows that I would really like to keep him. I did talk to him about that on the phone.
"I don't want to bombard him with messages. I don't want to tire him with that.
"He knows what I think of him, what the club thinks of him. So he knows how much we want to keep him."
Maccabi Tel Aviv's 21-year-old winger Weslley Patati has also been floated as a target by reports in Israel with Rangers also pursuing his teammate Dor Turgeman.
AZ and the UAE clubs are said to have submitted offers up already to the value of €4m (£3.5m) – but that the Tel Aviv club aren't entertaining that and want €10m (£8.6m) before they'll consider selling him.
But former Maccabi star Eyal Berkovic has warned the club they will have to lower their price tag - or face a rebellion from the Brazilian in pre-season.
He told 103FM's sports program: "Israel is a transitory place. If Patati receives an offer, Maccabi Tel Aviv has a big problem.
"No team will pay ten million euros, and then they are left with a sad player. They need to find the price that everyone will be happy with.
"A new contract won't help. Even if today he earns 300-400 thousand euros and you give him 700, he will be sad."
"If I am Patati now, and there is an offer for me of €5m (£4.3m) from Girona, I come to Maccabi and say - don't bother me. I stop smiling. Do you want me, a Brazilian, to stop smiling? I am injured, sick, I don't care, I want to go.
"How much did they buy him for, €1m? You tripled the money, you quadrupled it, thank you very much."
It's one that will catch the eye of Rangers fans - and potentially Russell Martin - with Joe Aribo set to leave Southampton this summer.
The Ibrox boss is a big fan of the playmaker from his time at St Mary's and after suffering his second relegation since leaving Ibrox behind in 2022 reports south of the border suggest he will leave in a "cut-price" deal.
The 28-year-old is in the final year of his contract and TeamTalk report Saints chiefs are open to offers.
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