Giovanni van Bronckhorst’s Rangers have offered Schalke goalkeeper Martin Fraisl a two-year deal at Ibrox but face competition from clubs in Serie A, La Liga and the Premier League, as reported by Spox.
Last month, the late-blooming Austrian admitted that he would relish the prospect of signing a new contract with a promotion-chasing Schalke side.
Unfortunately for Fraisl, it seems his Veltins Arena superiors see things differently. Not only have Schalke declined to open talks with their 28-year-old shot-stopper, there are currently no plans to do so either.
Despite establishing himself as Schalke’s first-choice goalkeeper in recent weeks, displacing club legend Ralf Fahrmann, it looks increasingly likely that Fraisl will be leaving one of European football’s great underachievers on a free transfer.
Not that he’ll be short of offers when his contract expires in July.
Will Rangers win the race for Martin Fraisl?
Rangers see Fraisl as a potential successor for 40-year-old Allan McGregor at Ibrox. Spox claim that the former ADO Den Hag man has been offered a deal. One that would keep him in Glasgow until the summer of 2024.
Norwich City are keen on Fraisl too (Mail).
It is understood that clubs in Spain, Italy and England’s second-tier are also in the race. So too Olympiakos, the reigning Greek Super League champions and regulars in European competition.
“Martin Fraisl, specifically, is doing an excellent job,” says Schalke’s sporting director Rouven Schroder when pressed on the ‘keeper’s future in Gelsenkirchen.
“We are monitoring the situation closely. But our focus is currently on day-to-day business.”
Fraisl is not the only soon-to-be free-agent glovesman on Randers’ radar.
Van Bronckhorst’s title-chasing side are also eyeing Zander Clark of St Johnstone and Dundee United’s Benjamin Siegrist. Sam Johnstone, West Brom’s England international, has also been linked in recent weeks.
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