Rangers must up offer to land Boyd

KRIS BOYD will rejoin Rangers this week — provided the Ibrox club match the personal terms on offer elsewhere. Dundee United, Aberdeen and French side Nimes have all tabled concrete offers for the 30-year-old free agent. Boyd’s preference, however, is to return to Govan after a four-year absence and a deal will be struck in the coming days provided Rangers up the offer they made him late last week. The former Kilmarnock man looked to be heading to Tannadice a week ago after Rangers stalled on a deal. The Ibrox club belatedly re-entered the race for his signature over the weekend but, as things stand, that deal will need to be improved upon in order to reunite him with Kenny Miller. Boyd became the SPL’s top scorer with 167 goals after joining his boyhood heroes from Kilmarnock in 2006. He left for Middlesbrough in 2010, then had spells at Nottingham Forest, Eskisehirspor in Turkey and Portland Timbers in the MLS before returning to Rugby Park in February. Boyd’s goals helped Killie remain in the Premiership and now it looks like his partnership with Miller will form the basis of Rangers’ push for promotion from the Championship. Last night, Aberdeen boss Derek McInnes all but conceded defeat in the battle to land the striker. ‘I think if Rangers make Kris an offer, then financially it would beat our offer,’ he said. ‘If Kris decides he wants to join Aberdeen, then we will do a deal but we can’t stand about waiting for that to happen.’