{"id":438590,"date":"2011-06-09T08:33:00","date_gmt":"2011-06-09T08:33:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/06\/09\/ally-mccoist-interested-in-bringing-aston-villa-defender-carlos-cuellar-back-to-rangers\/"},"modified":"2011-06-09T08:33:00","modified_gmt":"2011-06-09T08:33:00","slug":"ally-mccoist-interested-in-bringing-aston-villa-defender-carlos-cuellar-back-to-rangers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/06\/09\/ally-mccoist-interested-in-bringing-aston-villa-defender-carlos-cuellar-back-to-rangers\/","title":{"rendered":"Ally McCoist interested in bringing Aston Villa defender Carlos Cuellar back to Rangers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n<h3>By Matt Scott<\/h3>\n<h4>9 Jun 2011 09:33:00<\/h4>\n<\/p>\n<div readability=\"64.7409006786\">\n<div readability=\"13.0923913043\">\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Carlos Cuellar, Aston Villa (PA)\" src=\"http:\/\/u.goal.com\/50100\/50121_news.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Carlos Cuellar, Aston Villa (PA)<\/p>\n<h4>Related Links<\/h4>\n<h4>Teams<\/h4>\n<h4>Players<\/h4>\n<\/div>\n<p><span readability=\"26\">Rangers manager Ally McCoist has expressed his interest in bringing Aston Villa defender Carlos Cuellar back to the SPL.<\/p>\n<p>Cuellar spent the 2007-08 season at Ibrox and played in a Uefa Cup final before moving to Villa for just under \u00a38 million.<\/p>\n<p>The Spaniard is entering the final year of his contract at Villa Park which may make any deal more affordable for the Glasgow giants.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking to the <em>Daily Record<\/em>, McCoist said: &#8220;I would be lying if I said I wasn\u2019t interested in a player of Carlos\u2019 quality.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>A deal doesn&#8217;t look like being done quickly as Villa are currently without a manager following Gerard Houllier&#8217;s departure and McCoist acknowledges that a deal is unlikely to be done until this is resolved.<\/p>\n<p>He explained: \u201cThe managerial situation at Villa complicates the issue but as soon as they have made an appointment I\u2019ll be in touch to ask about Carlos\u2019 availability.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Cuellar has endured a tough time recently at Villa as a succession injuries have seen him drop down the pecking order.<\/p>\n<p>The Spaniard has already claimed he is ready for a dream move back to the SPL. The increased potential for winning trophies and competing in the Champions League is said to be a big attraction for the former Osasuna man.<\/p>\n<p>Cuellar has made 76 league appearances for Villa but made only seven so far in 2011.<\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Read the rest here:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/news\/2932\/spl\/2011\/06\/09\/2524417\/ally-mccoist-interested-in-bringing-aston-villa-defender\" title=\"Ally McCoist interested in bringing Aston Villa defender Carlos Cuellar back to Rangers\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Ally McCoist interested in bringing Aston Villa defender Carlos Cuellar back to Rangers<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> By Matt Scott 9 Jun 2011 09:33:00 Carlos Cuellar, Aston Villa (PA) Related Links Teams Players Rangers manager Ally McCoist has expressed his interest in bringing Aston Villa defender Carlos Cuellar back to the SPL. Cuellar spent the 2007-08 season at Ibrox and played in a Uefa Cup final before moving to Villa for just under \u00a38 million. The Spaniard is entering the final year of his contract at Villa Park which may make any deal more affordable for the Glasgow giants. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":401389,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-438590","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-local-news"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Ally McCoist interested in bringing Aston Villa defender Carlos Cuellar back to Rangers - Ghanamma.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/06\/09\/ally-mccoist-interested-in-bringing-aston-villa-defender-carlos-cuellar-back-to-rangers\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Ally McCoist interested in bringing Aston Villa defender Carlos Cuellar back to Rangers - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"By Matt Scott 9 Jun 2011 09:33:00 Carlos Cuellar, Aston Villa (PA) Related Links Teams Players Rangers manager Ally McCoist has expressed his interest in bringing Aston Villa defender Carlos Cuellar back to the SPL. 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