FORMER Rangers star John Lundstram has emerged as a target for one of his current club’s league rivals.
But their interest comes amid a BAN from signing players.
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Lundstram, 31, ended a three-year stay with Rangers last year.
The midfielder left Ibrox at the end of his contract and was quickly snapped up by Turkish Super Lig outfit Trabzonspor.
After a tricky start to life at the club, Lundstram went on to establish himself as a key player.
Despite that, his future has become somewhat uncertain this summer.
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Turkish clubs are restricted to having a certain number of foreign players in their squad and as a result, with the maximum number permitted 12.
Before the summer transfer window even opened, there were 14 overseas players in Trabzonspor’s squad.
That meant the futures of several overseas players became uncertain, with reports out of Turkey naming Lundstram as one of the players who could be moved on to make space for new foreign signings.
Lundstram’s former Gers teammate Borna Barisic looks almost certain to be moved on and he hasn’t even been given a squad number ahead of the new season.
Even if Lundstram is to leave the club, he could still have a home in Turkey.
That’s because 61 Saat are reporting that the midfielder has emerged as a target for Antalyaspor.
However, it’s a rather complicated one.
That’s because Antalyaspor are currently BANNED from signing new players.
They were stopped from registering new players last summer due to owing money to a couple of former players.
That left former England international Andros Townsend in limbo at the time, with the winger having joined the club just before the Fifa ban came into force.
After a month of uncertainty, the ban was lifted and Townsend was able to start playing in September.
But almost a year on, Antalyaspor find themselves under a transfer embargo yet AGAIN.
According to Turkish reports, there are ’11 cases’ the club need to solve before the embargo is lifted by world football‘s governing body.
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Should the ban be removed, Lundstram is a player reportedly of interest to Antalyaspor boss Emre Belozoglu.
Former Newcastle, Inter Milan and Atletico Madrid star Emre is preparing for his first season as the club’s manager.
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