Former Hearts and Rangers favourite remains free agent after move falls through

Kyle Lafferty remains a free agent after dramatically turning down a move to join Romanian side Sepsi at the eleventh hour.

Former Hearts striker Kyle Lafferty. Picture: SNS

The former Hearts and Rangers striker looked set to complete a deal to the Liga I side after leaving Italian outfit Reggina in January.

However, the Northern Irishman revealed some of the finer “details” of the contract couldn’t be agreed upon so he decided to back out.

He told Prosport: "In football, details make the difference. We did not agree on some issues and we were forced to decline the offer. I am sorry that I did not reach an agreement, I was ready to come to Romania.

"I am a professional footballer and I am willing to play wherever I want if there is the possibility to have results, to achieve performance in one way or another.”

Lafferty won six major honours, including three league titles during a four-year spell with Rangers between 2008 and 2012 after signing from Burnley.

He returned to Scottish football with Hearts prior to the 2017-18 season and would finish the campaign as the club’s top scorer with 19 goals, including notable strikes in wins over Celtic and Hibs.

Rangers renewed their interest in their former star in August of 2018 and eventually signed the Tynecastle favourite for an undisclosed six-figure sum.

However, things would not work out for Lafferty on his return to Ibrox. He agreed to have his contract terminated by mutual consent having netted only five times in 24 appearances.

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