Source: Team_Talk
McCoist denies Gers' Holman interest
Ally McCoist insists Rangers are not in talks to sign Brett Holman despite his and Walter Smith's admiration of the Australia striker.[LNB] Rangers arrived in Australia ahead of the Sydney Festival of Football to find the local media have once again linked the 26-year-old with a move to Ibrox.[LNB]Holman impressed during the recent World Cup in South Africa, scoring twice for the Socceroos against Ghana and Serbia.[LNB]The AZ Alkmaar forward is adamant he knows nothing of an imminent move to Glasgow, comments which were echoed by the Ibrox assistant manager.[LNB]"Holman is certainly a player that I like and I know that Walter likes him as well," McCoist told the club's official website.[LNB]"I won't lie, he's someone who excites me.[LNB]"I saw him a couple of times at the World Cup over in South Africa and he was a player who impressed me.[LNB]"He came on and took his goals well but there has been no contact made at all between ourselves and his club with a view to him getting him involved with us."[LNB]Meanwhile, Lee McCulloch has expressed his confidence he and his team-mates can overcome jet lag to shine in the four-team tournament with Blackburn, Sydney FC and AEK Athens.[LNB]The Rangers squad completed their marathon 27-hour journey from Glasgow to Australia via London and Bangkok at 6:30am local time on Thursday morning.[LNB]"We've not been here long and we're all feeling pretty tired at the moment as it was a long trip," the Ibrox utility player told the club's official website.[LNB]"But we're looking forward to the tournament and getting things under way because the three games we have here are really important to us.[LNB]"We're done two weeks of training now so we're at the stage where getting game time under our belts is a big thing for us.[LNB]"The opposition we'll be facing is of a really good standard and we know we'll need to be at our best to do well.[LNB]"Once we get used to the change of time zone, I'm sure we'll be all right and I think this trip will be really worthwhile for us. I can't wait for the games to start.[LNB]"We've only had one game up until now against Queen of the South and the majority of us only played 60 minutes in that one.[LNB]"In pre-season, the main thing is building your fitness and sharpness up but when you're at a club like Rangers there's pressure to win too and we want to do that."
