Rangers manager Alex McLeish has confirmed negotiations are under way with Turkish striker Hakan Sukur.
McLeish expects to learn within the next five days whether the 31-year-old, who is also wanted by Besiktas in his homeland, is prepared to fly into Glasgow.
Sukur, who captained his nation in the World Cup finals, is currently unemployed after his contract with Parma expired in the summer. As a result he is still able to sign for a new club as the new transfer window regulations prevent only club-to-club transactions.
Rangers had held talks with the player`s representatives earlier in the season but were put off by his huge wage demands. These are now understood to have been lowered and McLeish was keen to get the deal done in time for the first Old Firm derby of the season, at Parkhead next month.
But he also revealed there were also "bureaucratic" complications holding up the deal, the exact nature of which was unclear.
He said: "We understand that at the moment there are bureaucratic problems over there and we won`t know until Monday or Tuesday if there is a chance of Sukur coming to have a look at the club and us having a look at him in terms of his fitness."