O’Halloran Saints loan a long shot for Wright

TOMMY WRIGHT admits he would love to bring back Michael O’Halloran to St Johnstone — but he does not believe Rangers will let him exit Ibrox on loan. The winger has been unable to pin down a regular place in Mark Warburton’s side since leaving Perth in a £500,000 deal almost a year ago. It has been suggested Rangers could be willing to let O’Halloran leave on a temporary basis after landing midfielders Jon Toral and Emerson Hyndman on loan from Arsenal and Bournemouth, respectively. But Saints manager Wright said: ‘I don’t think that Michael is available for loan. ‘If he was, that would be a player I would urge the chairman to go and try to sign for us, but Michael is under contract at Rangers. ‘If there is going to be speculation about his future at Rangers, it’s easy to see we would be a club that would be suited for him but there’s been nothing formal.’ Wright is focused on trying to extend the contracts of the likes of Brian Easton and Danny Swanson rather than adding to his squad. ‘We’re looking but I can’t see anything happening,’ he added. ‘The strategy is to try to make sure we get everyone retained that we want to keep.’