Depor Confirm Novo Interest

Deportivo La Coruna are considering a bid to sign Rangers striker Nacho Novo in January.

The Spanish frontman is out of contract at the end of the season and has also been linked with a move to Barclays Premier League side Hull.

However, the Spaniard played for a Galician select team against Iran in La Coruna over the weekend and scored twice in the game.

His display impressed the watching Deportivo president Augusto Cesar Lendoiro, who will now discuss a possible offer for Novo with the club's staff.

"Nacho Novo is a player who is attractive to Deportivo because of his Galician background and also because of his contractual situation in Glasgow," Lendoiro told the Daily Record.

"We know he is out of contract at the end of this season, so we would not be talking about a big fee.

"But nothing is decided yet. These are the kind of things we have to discuss internally as we make our plans for January.

"But there will be official talks in the next few days and Nacho Novo is a name that will come up."

Novo has spent four-and-a-half years at Ibrox, but has struggled to command a starting spot this season with the majority of his appearances coming from the bench.