NEW Rangers manager Mark Warburton is on the verge of making his first signing for the club, Wigan Athletic defender Rob Kiernan.

 

The deal for the English-born former Republic of Ireland Under-21 international, who is now 24, apparently came together just hours after a move to Birmingham City fell through.

Kiernan played for Birmingham on loan over the last three months of the season, but there has been a suggestion that a problem with his medical scuppered the deal.

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