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Rangers manager Mark Warburton has told Sky Sports News HQ that hes keen to add experience to his team with Burnleys Joey Barton. The 33-year-old midfielder visited Murray Park training ground over the weekend to discuss a potential move to Ibrox, according to Sky sources.Barton has reportedly been offered a one-year contract at Burnley after helping them secure the Sky Bet Championship title, but no agreement has been reached. Rangers manager Mark Warburton wants to add more experience to his team Rangers are preparing for their future in the Scottish Premiership after securing promotion back to the top flight with last months 1-0 win over Dumbarton. Warburton believes Barton, who won Burnleys Player of the Year award, would be a good addition to the squad.Joey is a very talented player, Warburton told Sky Sports News HQ. Hes a Burnley player still. Hes a very talented individual. He offers the experience and maturity that we need to add to the squad. Burnleys Joey Barton (right) challenges Cardiffs Joe Ralls (left) They are Championship team of the year after a fantastic season for Joey, Im sure he has a lot of options. All we can try and do is show him what Rangers represents, the opportunity we represent and just see where that goes.The Scottish club have also been linked to New York Cosmos midfielder Niko Kranjcar with Warburton said to have travelled to the States to discuss terms with the Croatian. Former QPR midfielder Niko Kranjcar (middle) has been linked with a move to Rangers Warburton said: There are lots of options we are looking at. I dont like to talk about one specific player. What we have to do is get that balance. We have had a young, hungry team, superbly marshalled by the likes of Kenny Miller and Lee Wallace.Yes we need some maturity and experience but we dont want to lose the energy and intensity of how we play the game.Liverpool midfielder Jordan Rossiter and Accrington pair Josh Windass and Matt Crooks are the latest players to sign with the Gers. Also See: De Boer backs Barton for Gers McLean honoured to ref final Butcher: Tie Warburton down Dyche: Barton not cheap Andre Dawson Jersey Large . The Dane followed up his first European Tour title last weekend with eight birdies and just a single dropped shot on Thursday for a one-stroke advantage over South Africas Allan Versfeld and Portugals Ricardo Santos. Kosuke Fukudome Jersey Large . Coach Mike Munchak says Fokou stretched ligaments in his left knee Oct. 13 against Seattle, which could keep out up to five weeks even though the linebacker didnt need surgery. http://www.customcubsjersey.com/custom-kerry-wood-jersey-large-370n.html . Louis Cardinals. Victorino is batting sixth and playing right field after missing two games because of back tightness. Custom Cubs Jerseys . -- Gus Malzahn finally had his day in Fayetteville. Carlos Zambrano Jersey Large .25 million option on reliever Jose Veras. RIO DE JANEIRO -- A towel draped over his left shoulder, Erik Shoji sat on the bench alongside big brother Kawika and pondered what might be going so wrong for the young United States team in its Olympic volleyball opener against hard-hitting Canada.For a group of largely Olympic first-timers determined to show that youth and inexperience dont necessarily mean anything on the biggest stage, the fifth-ranked Americans looked at times sloppy and out of sorts in falling 25-23, 25-17, 25-23 to No. 12 Canada on Sunday in the first pool match for both countries.We knew we were the underdog in this pool and this match, Canada captain Frederic Winters said. Its the Olympic Games and our team was highly motivated and it showed on the court today.From serves into the net early and others that sailed long, to kill attempts that fell wide and missed blocks, the Americans were off from the start. And Canada capitalized.Later Sunday, defending champion Russia won in four sets against a Cuba team that had to revamp its roster in the past month because six players are being held in Helsinki on suspicion of aggravated rape, according to Finnish police.Argentina beat Olympic first-timer Iran in three sets in the late match.The U.S. will now look to regroup to face Italy on Tuesday.Hopefully we all fight back for the next match, Erik said. Theres always jitters in the first match.The Canadians also beat the U.S. in a five-setter for the Champions Cup title in May 2015 before the Americans won on the way to last years World Cup crown in Japan.It was an unfortunate way to start the tournament, said U.S. captain and third-time Olympian David Lee. We didnt find a level of consistency that we could sustain throughout the match.U.S. coach John Speraw committed to a youth movement, and that means most of the Americans lack Olympic experience -- though they receive plenty of insight from four-time Olympic teammate Reid Priddy, third-timer Lee and Matt Anderson in his second games.Lee expects eeverybody to respond, learn from this and adjust in a hurry.ddddddddddddI hope so, and I believe so. These guys have proven themselves on the biggest stages, he said. Thats very uncharacteristic for some of the young players to make some of the errors they did at some of the moments they did. I expect them to be extremely motivated in the matches to come.Despite the disappointing first result, the Shojis are enjoying their time together in Rio de Janeiro as first-time Olympians -- with a supporting cast of about a dozen that came along to cheer their special accomplishment.Including their decorated coaching dad, Dave, the longtime head of the University of Hawaii program.The Shojis, who played for Stanford, and setter Micah Christenson all are from Hawaii and they are three of eight U.S. players making their Olympic debuts. With lights flashing from all angles, Erik offered a wave to a section of U.S. supporters as the Americans entered for pregame warmups.The brothers cherish the chance to be there for each other on the biggest stage.Were basically best friends and its just a really neat thing to go through the experience with him, Kawika said. Were really close. We might be going through different things off the court but then when we come here were going through it together. We can basically read each others minds.Earlier Sunday, Brazils Bruno Rezende, Mauricio Souza and William Arjona were among the last to leave the court as many of the players thanked the fans with photos, handshakes, smiles and thumbs-up signs.The host Brazilians beat Mexico 23-25, 25-19, 25-14, 25-18 and Lucas Saatkamps winning kill sent the crowd into a frenzy as players threw their arms up in celebration.Egypts Ahmed El Kotb was carried off the court by teammates and athletic trainers worked on his right ankle on sideline during the first set of a loss to Poland. ' ' '