Ferguson says Rangers move was never close

Lewis Ferguson said he considered his future after the World Cup but that a move from Bologna to Rangers was never close, and he decided to remain with the Italian club. The Scotland midfielder also said playing for Rangers, the club he supported as a child, remains a possible ambition for the future, while declining to discuss it further as a Bologna player. Speaking ahead of Scotland’s match against Switzerland on September 29, Ferguson described taking time during the summer to think about what came next. He said he was unsure about his future for a period, but that returning to Bologna for preseason felt like a fresh start. He said he had enjoyed his time at the club and wanted to continue there. The transfer speculation followed Ferguson’s World Cup appearances and reports linking him with Rangers, his boyhood club. His father, Derek Ferguson, was reported as saying his son had agreed terms to join Rangers and that discussions had taken place in the background. Those accounts have not been reconciled with Ferguson’s description of the move as never really close. The available reports do not establish what discussions occurred or whether terms were agreed.