Turkish outfit target Boyd swoop

23 May 2010 11:24
Shota Arveladze is looking to make Kris Boyd his first signing at Turkish side Kayserispor with a package reportedly worth around £5.5million.[LNB] Arveladze's club are prepared to offer the lucrative two-year deal to the the out-of-contract Ibrox striker who is also interesting two other Turkish clubs, Bursaspor and Ankaragucu, with Birmingham boss Alex McLeish, among other managers in England, also in the frame.[LNB]With Rangers still looking for a new owner and in limbo with regards offering Boyd a suitable new deal, Arveladze, who is starting out in his managerial career in Turkey after a spell as assistant at Dutch club AZ Alkmaar, is hoping he can persuade the Scotland striker to move abroad.[LNB]"I want to bring Boyd to my team," Arveladze told The Mail on Sunday.[LNB]"But it depends what he wants to do himself and I don't know the answer to that.[LNB]"I know that we can offer him good money.[LNB]"We don't have a deadline but it would be good to know that it would be something Kris would at least consider.[LNB]"I hope he will be open to talks.[LNB]"I would like to speak to him at some stage personally.[LNB]"I can tell him that I am the coach and I want him to come, tell him the way I'm thinking about the team playing and that type of thing."

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