Big Mick: "The deal was already mooted before I arrived"

Mick McCarthy was asked about Bournemouth defender Simpson, McCarthy replied: "He's signed for Rangers, hasn't he?

"If that deal was mooted, it wasn't me, because I have only just tipped up! So, I wasn't doing that deal. But I think he's signed for Rangers, that lad."

"In so far as being in for a centre-half, I'm looking at my three that I've got here and I don't think I've any need for a centre-half."