Kostas Tsimikas could have become the most expensive signing at Scottish Premiership challengers Rangers since 2000.
Olympiakos are standing firm amid interest in left-back Kostas Tsimikas with PageNews reporting that they are doggedly refusing to sell the Rangers target in January.
Anyone who watched Tsimikas in action for Willem II during his loan spell in the Eredivisie during the 2017/18 will not be surprised to learn that the 23-year-old is now one of the most coveted players in Greek football.
An attack-minded full-back blessed with searing pace, Tsimikas has admirers in Turkey, Germany, Italy, France and, yes, Scotland.
PageNews claims that Rangers are interested in the 23-year-old international, perhaps concerned by the lack of real competition for Borna Barisic on the flank.
The report added that Steven Gerrard’s side would have to splash out around £8.5 million – a fee that would make Tsimikas their most expensive signing since Tore Andre Flo arrived at Ibrox nearly two decades ago.
But new reports from the continent suggest that Tsimikas will not be going anywhere next month – even if Rangers do stump up a frankly obscene transfer fee.
With Olympiakos aiming to reclaim their rightful place at the top of Greek football after two years without a title, the 44-time league champions are desperate to keep their key players in Piraeus until the end of the campaign.
Rangers may be fighting a losing battle here.
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