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The National (Scotland)
The National (Scotland)
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Mark Walker

Dor Turgeman urged to make Rangers transfer by ex-Celtic flop

Former Celtic flop Eyal Berkovic has urged Israeli countryman Dor Turgeman to move to Rangers because it could help him win a move to England.

The Ibrox side have been linked with a transfer for the Maccabi Tel Aviv striker, who scored 15 league goals in 23 starts for his club this season.

And Berkovic - who had a disastrous spell at Parkhead after Celtic splashed out a then-huge sum of £5.75 million for the Israeli international back in 1999 under John Barnes - reckons Rangers would be a good option for Turgeman.

Berkovic said: "Rangers and Celtic are both big clubs who play in the Champions League often... but also in a very boring league.


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"But the big difference between going to Scotland and say somewhere like FC Copenhagen is that Rangers and Celtic are on British TV every week.

"So if you are a star for them, you are watched by English Premier League clubs every week. That's the difference between Scottish and Danish football.

"The problem would be to adapt. I can give you examples of dozens of our players who moved to Europe, America and Japan... and disappeared.

"It's not easy for an Israeli player to play in zero degrees for six or seven months. It's not easy to live there."

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