Rangers for free as the side were ascending up the lower leagues. The Queen of the South hero claims his agent told then-Rangers manager Ally McCoist his client would volunteer his playing time to help reduce wage costs.
Lifelong fan Lyle, still playing aged 39 at Peterhead, was honoured by Queen of the South in a testimonial game with a visiting Rangers Legends side featuring Barry Ferguson and Peter Lovenkrands.
But he has never played professionally for the Glasgow team.He reckons he could have ‘done a job’ for Rangers to get them up the leagues and helped with the club’s finances – but ‘it just wasn’t to be’.Get all the latest Rangers news sent straight to your Inbox every day by signing up to our newsletter.We cover every morsel of.
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