source: Vitalfootball.co.uk
Reports that Rangers’ Trinidad and Tobago international defender Marvin Andrews is set for a move to Gretna have been dismissed.
Andrews, 30, has won 96 caps for his country and will be going to the World Cup in the summer, where he is set to play against England.
But he has been out-of-favour at Ibrox in recent weeks and his contract runs out in the summer.
But Gretna’s multimillionaire managing director Brooks Mileson (pictured) scotched the reports.
He told the Daily Record: 'I asked Rowan Alexander if we were making a move for Marvin Andrews but he said 'no'. I don't know where this story's come from as Rowan has not come to me asking me to buy Andrews.'
Mileson also said that he would like to see 29-year-old Hearts forward Paul Hartley move to Raydale Park.
He said: 'I keep telling him (Alexander) to buy Paul Hartley but Mr Romanov just laughed when I enquired about his availability. If Rowan had said he was buying Hartley I'd have been more impressed as we can afford him.'
The season is not yet over, and Gretna still have a Scottish Cup final against Hearts on May 13, but it is clear that many links will be made between the club and out-of-contract players between now and next season.
One example is Ashley McInnes, the 18-year-old midfielder who was recently released by Abderdeen. There have already been suggestions that he will move to Gretna as the club look to secure a third successive promotion and, hopefully, promotion to the SPL at the end of next season.