WE HAD TO LET ED GO
From Back Page Carlos Pena, will need to satisfy a three-man tribunal panel to obtain a work permit.
However, Record Sport understands the club are confident they can cut through the red tape despite the pair not meeting the criteria of playing in 75 per cent of their national side’s games in the last two years.
The legislation has been relaxed in recent years and the deals will be rubber stamped if the Ibrox outfit can show the players will add value to the game in Scotland.
Pena was part of the Mexico squads that went to the World Cup in 2014 and the Copa America two years later while Herrera has picked up nine caps and is highly rated in his homeland.
Rangers have already agreed a £1.5million fee for Herrera with Pumas who admitted the deal is good business for all parties given the striker’s heart is set on cracking European football.
Pumas president Ares de Parga said: “Eduardo is already in Scotland and is about to get the medical exams. That is a nice case.
“The club made a great economic effort to accept an offer from a European club because Lalo was excited to go out and play over there.
“He’s going to pass the medical exams this week and we’ll be finalising the transfer I suppose on Thursday or Friday.”
Herrera was undergoing a medical yesterday along with £1.3m defender Fabio Cardoso and loan attacker Dalcio with the results for the trio expected in the next 24 hours.
Vitoria Setubul centrehalf Cardoso and Benfica’s Dalcio could be unveiled today but Herrera will need to sort out his work permit first.
Caixinha is looking to have another signing on board by the end of the week with Scotland star Graham Dorrans high on the wishlist and Benfica winger Daniel Candeias also in the frame.
Candeias spent last season on loan in Turkey with Alanyaspor but is available for £700,000, while 30-year-old Dorrans has attracted interest from clubs in the English Championship.
Caixinha has already added Bruno Alves and former Aberdeen captain Ryan Jack to his team and is looking to have the additional new recruits on board before next week with the rest of the squad due to report back for preseason training.
Several Ibrox stars returned to Auchenhowie yesterday to kickstart their preparations for the Europa League qualifiers with the first-round tie just over three weeks away.