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ALAN STUBBS reckons Scott Allan is worth at least £1million as he told Rangers boss Mark Warburton he can forget about getting a third phone call from the Hibs boss.

The Leith outfit have made it clear they will not sell the want-away midfielder to their Championship rivals.

And to reinforce that point, Stubbs personally called Warburton twice after bids of £175,000 and £225,000 from the Ibrox club were turned down.

A third approach of £275,000 was also given short shrift on Wednesday as Hibs prepare to kick off their league campaign away to Dumbarton tomorrow.

Rotherham and Wigan have also shown interest in Allan but the player wants to stay in Scotland.

And Stubbs said: “We’ve had another offer, which is a little bit more than the last one, and it’s been rejected.

“Our stance as a club has not changed and is not going to change, and we’ve had no offers from any other clubs. Not for sale is not for sale.

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“Is it mischievous ahead of the new season? You would have to ask Mark and his board of directors.

“There have been two phone calls to Mark after the first and second bids. Will I make a third? No.

“I didn’t think I would have to make one, I certainly didn’t think I would have to make two and I certainly won’t be making three.”

Stubbs reckons Allan, last season’s Championship Player of the Year, is worth far more than what Rangers have offered as he hinted he’s just as good as Lewis Macleod who last season left Rangers for Brentford.

He added: “Scott Allan is one of the most prestigious talents in Scottish football at this moment in time.

“Why would we accept £850,000 when you’ve got someone who goes to another club for over £1million?

“The publicity has been one-sided, it’s been as if we would give in.

“I see lots of ambassadors for Rangers have managed to speak about it.

“We’ve been very clear from day one, our stance is that we will not do business with Rangers and that will be the same on September 1.

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“Maybe they don’t realise how serious we are and we’ve said it for the sake of it. Some people may think that automatically we should say, ‘Okay, you can go’.

“I don’t think people have respected our position as a football club. I think people think what we’re doing is wrong.

“You don’t sell your best players to a rival football club. You don’t let your best people go to a rival business unless you’re silly.

“I might be missing a point, I don’t know.”

Rotherham boss Steve Evans admits he has ended his interest in Allan.

The Scots gaffer said: “We have removed ourselves from the process.

“His representatives made it clear Scott wanted to stay in Scotland and I don’t care if you’re Scott Allan or Messi, if you don’t want to come to Rotherham United, we don’t want you to come.”