Naismith wants Cousin move vetoed

Fifa says it is no nearer to resolving the Gabon striker's transfer case

Steven Naismith says he hopes Fifa blocks Daniel Cousin's proposed £3m move to Fulham, so that the striker can help Rangers win the league title.

Fifa is assessing Cousin's case as he has already played for two clubs this season, but a spokesman admitted no deadline has been set for any decision.

"We would all prefer him to be here until the end of the campaign," said Naismith after the 4-2 win over Gretna.

"He showed he still loves the club and his reaction when he scored was great."

Rangers manager Walter Smith drafted the Gabon international into his starting eleven for the first time in over a month against Gretna.

And within 13 minutes the decision paid off when Cousin rounded the Gretna keeper Greg Fleming to put Rangers a goal up.

And former Kilmarnock striker Naismith underlined the importance of Cousin's contrinbution.

"He popped up with the opening goal and got us on our way.

"There hasn't been much change in him or his attitude throughout.

"Hopefully everybody will get behind him while he is still a Rangers player."

After the win that kept Rangers four points ahead of Celtic at the top of the Scottish Premier League, manager Walter Smith said he hoped for the case to be resolved this week.

"It's not a difficult decision to make, they either say yes or no, and then we all get on with it," said Smith.

"I would have played him far earlier if we had known it was going to take this length of time.

"So we thought it would be better to give him a run-out, because it's no use for either the player or the clubs involved in this situation."