Former Rangers striker Shota Arveladze is looking to make Kris Boyd his first signing as manager of Turkish side Kayserispor with a package reportedly worth around £5.5million. Arveladze, who is starting out in his managerial career in Turkey after a spell as assistant at Dutch club AZ Alkmaar, is hoping he can persuade the Scotland striker to move abroad.

"I want to bring Boyd to my team," Arveladze told The Mail on Sunday.

"But it depends what he wants to do himself and I don't know the answer to that.

"I know that we can offer him good money.

"We don't have a deadline but it would be good to know that it would be something Kris would at least consider.

"I hope he will be open to talks.

"I would like to speak to him at some stage personally.

"I can tell him that I am the coach and I want him to come, tell him the way I'm thinking about the team playing and that type of thing."