Connor Goldson is first out in Ibrox Fire Sale

Connor Goldson looks like the first player to have found an escape route out of Ibrox as hopes rise that the highly paid serial losers will decide to move on.

In the summer of 2022, on the back of playing in the final of the Europa League there wasn’t a worthwhile offer made for the former Shrewsbury starlet who had ran his contract down.

It was reported as a massive boost for Giovanni van Bronckhorst when a new four year deal was signed but long before the halfway mark it became clear that Phil Clement wasn’t a fan.

For two months the Daily Record has been trying to package Goldson and James Tavernier off to Saudi Arabia for mega-bucks but with no sign of interest from Steven Gerrard it seems like a move to ARIS Limassol is the likely escape route.

Cypriot teams rarely pay transfer fees, at the age of 31 an undisclosed fee is likely, possibly sweetened up with an Ibrox pay-off as one of the highest earners left following the June departures of Kemar Roofe and John Lundstram.

Almost all of the players signed by Giovanni van Bronckhorst and Micky Beale are available for undisclosed fees as a massive push is on to reduce the wage bill while matchday income is restricted at Hampden.

Trying to create funds for Clement is going to be a major issue, there is tensions between the manager and the board after last week’s revelations that the transfer expectations of the incoming manager in October have been downgraded.

With two weeks to go before a Champions League qualifier away to Dinamo Kiev or Partizan Belgrade the odds are lengthening on the experienced arrivals expected by Clement joining up before the serious action gets underway.

After his outbursts in Holland the Ibrox PR team will be keeping a very close watch on all future media activities with no preview expected for Wednesday’s match away to Birmingham.