{"id":482318,"date":"2026-03-18T14:37:11","date_gmt":"2026-03-18T14:37:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/482318\/"},"modified":"2026-03-18T14:37:11","modified_gmt":"2026-03-18T14:37:11","slug":"elijah-just-on-rangers-transfer-radar-as-they-get-set-to-battle-celtic-for-in-demand-motherwell-star","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/482318\/","title":{"rendered":"Elijah Just on Rangers transfer radar as they get set to battle Celtic for in-demand Motherwell star"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The New Zealand star has been a revelation in Lanarkshire with interest in the winger ramping up<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"eager\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/0_JS399126552.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p aria-label=\"Elijah Just of Motherwell \" class=\"ImageCaption_caption-title__ccyQU\" data-testid=\"caption-title\">Elijah Just of Motherwell <\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Rangers are keeping tabs on <a aria-label=\"\" class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailyrecord.co.uk\/all-about\/motherwell-fc\" rel=\"follow nofollow noopener\" tabindex=\"0\" target=\"_self\">Motherwell<\/a> star Elijah Just as they weigh up a potential summer swoop.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">The New Zealand ace has emerged as a breakout star for Fir Park boss <a aria-label=\"\" class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailyrecord.co.uk\/all-about\/jens-berthel-askou\" rel=\"follow nofollow noopener\" tabindex=\"0\" target=\"_self\">Jens Berthel Askou<\/a>\u2019s Premiership shocktroops this year.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">And with Celtic rumoured to be considering a move for the talented 25-year-old playmaker, Record Sport can now reveal Gers chiefs are also monitoring Just\u2019s development.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Ibrox bosses have been hugely impressed by the team Askou has put together this term and view Just as the brightest gem in the Steelmen\u2019s squad, with Tawanda Maswanhise and Elliot Watt also highly rated.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">New Light Blues owner <a aria-label=\"\" class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailyrecord.co.uk\/all-about\/andrew-cavenagh\" rel=\"follow nofollow noopener\" tabindex=\"0\" target=\"_self\">Andrew Cavenagh<\/a> and his partners at the <a aria-label=\"\" class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailyrecord.co.uk\/all-about\/san-francisco-49ers\" rel=\"follow nofollow noopener\" tabindex=\"0\" target=\"_self\">San Francisco 49ers<\/a> have already sanctioned a transfer spend of more than \u00a350million since taking over last year and are ready to push the boat out again for gaffer Danny Rohl ahead of next season.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">And Just might end up being on their wish list if he maintains his dazzling form through to the end of the campaign.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">A leading contender for the Premiership\u2019s player of the year prizes, Just \u2013 who has had stints playing in Denmark and Austria before being lured to Lanarkshire by Askou \u2013 netted his seventh goal of the season in Well\u2019s 3-1 defeat to suitors Celtic on Saturday. He\u2019s also laid on six assists in 27 appearances so far.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Gers have been relying on Mikey Moore for creative spark this season but with the <a aria-label=\"\" class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailyrecord.co.uk\/sport\/football\/football-transfer-news\/rangers-mikey-moore-transfer-tottenham-36781646\" rel=\"follow nofollow noopener\" tabindex=\"0\" target=\"_self\">on-loan Spurs kid due to return to his Premier League parent club at the end of the season<\/a>, there is a void to be filled.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Fellow attacking midfielders Thelo Assgaard and Andres Skov Olson \u2013 who Gers have an option to sign permanently from Wolfsburg for \u00a38million \u2013 also look uncertain after a string of underwhelming displays.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The New Zealand star has been a revelation in Lanarkshire with interest in the winger ramping up Elijah&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":482319,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[2817,86566,218,80483,22723,22802,2714,2720,8058,101,2719,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-482318","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-football","tag-celtic-fc","tag-danny-rohl","tag-football","tag-jens-berthel-askou","tag-mikey-moore","tag-motherwell-fc","tag-rangers-fc","tag-rangers-fc-transfer-news","tag-scottish-premiership","tag-sports","tag-transfer-talk","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/482318","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=482318"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/482318\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/482319"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=482318"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=482318"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=482318"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}