The Winter 2018/19 - Transfer Window Rumours and Deals - Thread

[der Berliner 3,808]

The Winter 2018/19 Transfer Window Rumours and Deals - Thread

 

 

SIGNED:

Jordan Jones (24) Kilmarnock, left midfield, pre-contract signed on January 5th

Glen Kamara (23) Dundee, DM, pre-contract signed on January 5th

Rangers wishes to place on record our thanks to both Dundee and Kilmarnock for their cooperation in securing both agreements.

 

Steven Davis - (33) Southampton, central-midfield, loan till summer 2019 signed on January 6th

Rangers wish to thank Southampton for their cooperation in completing this transfer.

 

Jermain Defoe (36), Bournemouth, striker, contract till 2020 - 18-month loan signed on January 6th

Rangers wish to place on record our thanks to AFC Bournemouth for their help and cooperation in securing this transfer and making it possible.

 

Andy Firth (22), Barrow FC, goalkeeper, contract till 2020 (?) - Link

 

Matt Polster (25), Chicago Fire / free, right fullback/midfield, contract till summer 2021 - Link

 

Glen Kamara (23), Dundee FC, DM, contract till 2023 - Link

 

STAFF: Kevin Thomson - now a full-time coach at the Rangers Academy - Link

 

GONE:

Ovie Ejaria (19) - Liverpool u23s, AM, contract till 2020 - season-long loan from Liverpool; terminated 12 / 2018

Umar Sadiq - AS Roma, striker, Nigerian, 21 - season-long loan - terminated 12 / 2018

Eduardo Herrera - loaned to Necaxa (Mexico) till summer 2019

Andrew Dallas - loaned to Morton  till end of season - Link

Robbie McCrorie - loaned to Morton till end of season - Link

Jamie Barjonas (born 24.01.1999) – contract till 2020  - from Bury - loaned to Raith Rovers till summer 2019

Jak Alnwick () - contract till 2020 - loaned to Scunthorpe United till  January 2019 - Loan extended till summer 2019

Jordan Rossiter () - contract till 2020 - loaned to Bury FC till end of season - LINK

 

RETURNING:

Carlos Alberto Peña Rodríguez (born 29.03.1990) – contract till 2020 - from Necaxa

Jamie Barjonas (born 24.01.1999) – contract till 2020  - from Bury - loaned to Raith Rovers till summer 2019

Jak Alnwick () - contract till 2020 - loaned to Scunthorpe United till  January 2019 - Loan extended till summer 2019

Zak Rudden () - contract till 20xx - loaned to Falkirk till January 2019

Eduardo Herrera () - contract till 2020 (methinks) - loaned to Necaxa till summer 2019

 

RUMOURS:

IN

Steven Davis - (33) Southampton, central-midfield, contract till summer 2019 - link & FLHAD - signed

Gary Mackay-Steven - (28) Aberdeen, left midfield, contract till next summer, pre-contract deal supposedly done - rumour only

Lawrence Shankland - (23) Ayr United, striker, contracted till next summer - (Swansea apparently making 400k move, 05/12/18)

Jaden Brown (19) Tottenham, left-back, contract till 2019 - LINK

Jordan Jones (24) Kilmarnock, left midfield, contract till 20?? - ID 10 - signed on pre-contract from summer 2019 onwards

Glen Kamara (23) Dundee, DM, contract till 2019 - ID 10 - LINK - signed on pre-contract from summer 2019 onwards

Fran Sol () Willem II, striker, LINK

Jermain Defoe (36), Bournemouth, striker, contract till 2020 - 18-month loan - signed

Matt Polster (), freebie, Chicago Fire, long-term-deal said to be close

 

 

OUT

Ross McCrorie - interest from Swansea - link

Carlos Alberto Peña Rodríguez (born 29.03.1990) – contract till 2020 - from Necaxa - linked with move to Turkey

Jordan Rossiter () - loan interest from Fleetwood Town (where Jason Holt is)

Alfredo Morelos () - OGC Nice said to have bid 8m

 

 

NON-STARTERS:

Jake Cooper (23) Millwall, centre-half, contract till 2020 - signed new deal for Millwall

Kieran Dowell - (21) Everton FC, attacking midfielder, contract till 2021 - went somewhere else on loan

 

SQUAD as of December 2018

 

(Squad listed in order of length of contract)

 

Goal:
Wesley Foderingham (born 14.01.1991) – contract till 2020
Allan McGregor (born 31.01.1982) – contract till 2020

 

Defence

Aiden Wilson (born 02.01.1999) – contract till 2019
Lee Wallace (born 21.08.1987) – contract till 2019
James Tavernier (born 31.10.1991) – contract till 2021

Ross McCrorie (born 18.03.1998) – contract till 2022

Nikola Katic - centre-half, 21 - contract till 2022

Connor Goldson (25) - centre half, contract till 2022

Jon Flannigan (25) - right-back - contract till 2020

Borna Barisic (25) - left-back - contract till 2022

Joe Worrall (21) - Nottingham Forest, centre-half loan contract till 2019

Gareth McAuley (38) - centre-half, contract till summer 2019

 

Midfield

Steven Davis () - loaned from Soton till 2019

Daniel Candeias (born 23.02.1988) – contract till 2020

Jordan Rossiter (born 24.03.1997) – contract till 2020

Ryan Jack (born 27.02.1992) – contract till 2020
Graham Dorrans (born 05.05.1987) – contract till 2020

Andrew Halliday (born 11.10.1991) – contract till 2020

Lassana Coulibaly (22) -  defensive midfield - season-long loan from Angers

Ryan Kent (21) - Liverpool FC, forward, - season-long loan from Liverpool

Jamie Murphy (born 28.08.1989) contract till 2021

Eros Grezda (23) - right-winger, contract till 2022

Scott Arfield  (born 01.11.1988) - LMF, contract till 2022

Glenn Middleton (born 01.01. 2000) - left winger, contract till 2023

 

Strikers
Alfredo Morelos (born 21.06.1996) – contract till 2021

Kyle Lafferty (born 16.09. 1987) -  contract till 2020 

Jermain Defoe () - loaned from Bournemouth till summer 2020

 

 

 

Edited February 1, 2019 by der Berliner
Polster, Barjonas, Rossiter, Thomson & Kamara

[craig 5,199]

I don't want to take this thread off topic immediately - but what jumps out at me with that squad is how young it is.

[pete 2,499]

Scott Allen has also been mentioned but I can't see us buying direct fro Celtic

[MacK1950 2,399]

4 minutes ago, pete said:

Scott Allen has also been mentioned but I can't see us buying direct fro Celtic

No thanks,too much has passed since initial interest IMO.

[Bill 13,717]

The Gary Mackay-Steven rumour is an intriguing one. He's clearly a talented player, the question for me is how good would he be in a Rangers shirt? 

[Rousseau 10,823]

1 hour ago, craig said:

I don't want to take this thread off topic immediately - but what jumps out at me with that squad is how young it is.

What struck me was how few strikers we have!

[MacK1950 2,399]

The boys on loan are doing ok e.g. Rudden.

[der Berliner 3,808]

1 hour ago, Rousseau said:

What struck me was how few strikers we have!

We have been lucky that a) we got Lafferty just in time and b) that  Morelos stayed injury free and is in such a goo vein of form. We sure need more back-up though, not least as Sadiq seemingly is the 1 in 15 who didn't work out. That said, Morelos and "the system" would have kept him out anyways.

 

There were rumours that Ayr'S Shankland was at Auchenhowie in the summer talking about a sign and loan-back deal. Went quiet but has resurfaced of late.

 

Hardie hasn't played much due to injuries and the loaned chaps and youngsters are probably too raw for the first team. How often do you find a Middleton ...

[der Berliner 3,808]

1 hour ago, Bill said:

The Gary Mackay-Steven rumour is an intriguing one. He's clearly a talented player, the question for me is how good would he be in a Rangers shirt? 

He played 60odd games for the Yahoos, won 3 titles and a Scottish and League Cup each with them or whomever he was with at the time. That was just a rumour on FF and we really have to wait and see. His injury yesterday surely didn't help Aberdeen ... a bit akin to Naismith's early injury in the semi-final, which essentially sent Hearts into their current spiral downwards.

[pete 2,499]

9 minutes ago, der Berliner said:

He played 60odd games for the Yahoos, won 3 titles and a Scottish and League Cup each with them or whomever he was with at the time. That was just a rumour on FF and we really have to wait and see. His injury yesterday surely didn't help Aberdeen ... a bit akin to Naismith's early injury in the semi-final, which essentially sent Hearts into their current spiral downwards.

MacKay-Steven shouldn't be playing on Wednesday as such a head knock normally means you have to take it easy for 5 days.