Rotherham will not be offering Nile Ranger a contract
Saturday 19 March 2016 10:28, UK
Rotherham will not be offering Nile Ranger a contract boss Neil Warnock has revealed.
The controversial striker, who has been without a club since his exit from Blackpool earlier this year, has been training with the Millers for the last few weeks and Warnock was considering offering him a short-term deal.
But the Millers boss feels Ranger is not fit enough to warrant a contract, though could revisit the situation at a future date.
"We're not going to take him on," Warnock said. "It's nothing to do with his reputation. What I've said to him is, we haven't really got time. He's a couple of weeks from Championship-level fitness.
"If I'm at the club - or wherever I am - in the summer, he's quite welcome to come and do a pre-season with me and see what happens from there."
Ranger has a lengthy rap sheet, both at football clubs and in his personal life, but Warnock has been impressed with the 24-year-old.
"His attitude has been good with me," the manager said. "He shouldn't be where he is at the moment with his ability. But he's done well here.
"One or two clubs lower down than the Championship have asked about him so whether he goes to one of those to the end of the season I don't know."
