{"id":83722,"date":"2023-07-06T07:36:12","date_gmt":"2023-07-06T06:36:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jackarmy.net\/wp67\/?p=83722"},"modified":"2023-07-06T08:25:25","modified_gmt":"2023-07-06T07:25:25","slug":"rangers-cool-their-interest-in-morgan-whittaker","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jackarmy.net\/wp67\/2023\/07\/06\/rangers-cool-their-interest-in-morgan-whittaker\/","title":{"rendered":"Rangers cool their interest in Morgan Whittaker?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It is difficult to know what happens next for Morgan Whittaker with reports surfacing yesterday that Rangers have cooled their interest in the player which could mean a move North of the border is off the cards.<\/p>\n<p>Whittaker was a target for the Scottish Giants in the January window but the Swans held firm on the price they wanted for the striker and he remained at Swansea for the remainder of the season.<\/p>\n<div class=\"getty aligncenter\"><a id='CzhFqfGlS7ZFsVw1vSyIJA' class='gie-single' href='http:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/detail\/1259001620' target='_blank' style='color:#a7a7a7;text-decoration:none;font-weight:normal !important;border:none;display:inline-block;'>Embed from Getty Images<\/a><script>window.gie=window.gie||function(c){(gie.q=gie.q||[]).push(c)};gie(function(){gie.widgets.load({id:'CzhFqfGlS7ZFsVw1vSyIJA',sig:'nQ5J3OnVOHym0fF9Zxc0maADrTPPMHcfuDYZ0N6mYdU=',w:'594px',h:'396px',items:'1259001620',caption: false ,tld:'com',is360: false })});<\/script><script src='\/\/embed-cdn.gettyimages.com\/widgets.js' charset='utf-8' async><\/script><\/div>\n<p>It didn&#8217;t mean lots of first team action for Morgan though with Russell Martin clearly seeing him as a bit part player in his squad despite the excellent form of Whittaker in the first half of the season when on loan at Plymouth.<\/p>\n<p>Interest in taking Whittaker to Home Park does remain although reports have suggested that the Swans required fee for the player may mean that they have to move onto other targets.<\/p>\n<p>Ever since the close of the season <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/jackarmy.net\/wp67\/2023\/06\/06\/rangers-in-talks-for-morgan-whittaker\/\">there have been reports<\/a><\/strong> that Rangers were ready to move for the player again but with these fresh reports that is now thrown into doubt which leaves Morgan in a state of limbo with the new season just four weeks away from starting.<\/p>\n<p>Wales Online reported this week that Whittaker would be &#8220;open&#8221; to a Rangers move but the Daily Record says that Rangers boss Michael Beale has cooled following some new arrivals already at Ibrox during the summer window.<\/p>\n<p>Nobody really knows what Michael Duff&#8217;s view is on Whittaker although again paper reports have suggested that his chances here again could still be limited during the new season.\u00a0 Given the widely held belief that Joel Piroe will be sold in the summer, if Whittaker is not seen as a viable alternative to him then a sale is just as inevitable.<\/p>\n<div class=\"getty aligncenter\"><a id='zdLyCDeSTD5KaFQ1VZzCWQ' class='gie-single' href='http:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/detail\/1244717743' target='_blank' style='color:#a7a7a7;text-decoration:none;font-weight:normal !important;border:none;display:inline-block;'>Embed from Getty Images<\/a><script>window.gie=window.gie||function(c){(gie.q=gie.q||[]).push(c)};gie(function(){gie.widgets.load({id:'zdLyCDeSTD5KaFQ1VZzCWQ',sig:'ogZLme0qSzEgyRrMp1RxJC-sw6edEnPyEGKcTiN7d3Q=',w:'594px',h:'411px',items:'1244717743',caption: false ,tld:'com',is360: false })});<\/script><script src='\/\/embed-cdn.gettyimages.com\/widgets.js' charset='utf-8' async><\/script><\/div>\n<p>So that starts to bring the question as to where he may go.\u00a0 \u00a0I am not sure I subscribe to the belief that Plymouth could not afford his transfer fee but I would also imagine that there will be some wider competition for his signature.\u00a0 \u00a0It is known that other Championship sides were following his progress last season but as yet none have shown their hand in any move for Whittaker.<\/p>\n<p>We should also not totally dismiss the initial reports on Duff&#8217;s view.\u00a0 \u00a0The new manager has been in place only two weeks and whilst there is no doubt that he will have arrived with a view, that view will be formed more widely based on what he sees on a daily basis.<\/p>\n<p>However, whatever way you are currently looking at this the future for Morgan Whittaker is not clear and that will be something that he &#8211; and his representatives &#8211; over the coming weeks will need to become clearer or they face the extended pause in his career that effectively has been the last six months.<\/p>\n<p>And that has no benefit to any party.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-83724\" src=\"https:\/\/jackarmy.net\/wp67\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Whittaker-Cools.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"720\" srcset=\"https:\/\/jackarmy.net\/wp67\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Whittaker-Cools.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/jackarmy.net\/wp67\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Whittaker-Cools-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/jackarmy.net\/wp67\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Whittaker-Cools-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/jackarmy.net\/wp67\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Whittaker-Cools-640x360.jpg 640w, https:\/\/jackarmy.net\/wp67\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Whittaker-Cools-150x84.jpg 150w, https:\/\/jackarmy.net\/wp67\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Whittaker-Cools-696x392.jpg 696w, https:\/\/jackarmy.net\/wp67\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Whittaker-Cools-1068x601.jpg 1068w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It is difficult to know what happens next for Morgan Whittaker with reports surfacing yesterday that Rangers have cooled their interest in the player which could mean a move North of the border is off the cards. Whittaker was a target for the Scottish Giants in the January window but the Swans held firm on [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":452,"featured_media":83724,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"cybocfi_hide_featured_image":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[293,49,203],"tags":[363,669,755,1509],"class_list":["post-83722","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-first-team","category-news","category-opinion","tag-morgan-whittaker","tag-plymouth-argyle","tag-rangers","tag-the-2023-2024-season"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jackarmy.net\/wp67\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/83722","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jackarmy.net\/wp67\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jackarmy.net\/wp67\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jackarmy.net\/wp67\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/452"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jackarmy.net\/wp67\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=83722"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/jackarmy.net\/wp67\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/83722\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jackarmy.net\/wp67\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/83724"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jackarmy.net\/wp67\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=83722"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jackarmy.net\/wp67\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=83722"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jackarmy.net\/wp67\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=83722"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}