The Summer 2022 Rangers Transfer Window Rumours and Deals - Thread

[Bill 13,717]

11 minutes ago, the gunslinger said:

This hipster football is a business nonsense like any other is just that. 

I honestly have no idea what that means.

[DMAA 3,658]

45 minutes ago, Gonzo79 said:

That's all well and good but if that lot keep winning the league and getting into the CL, the financial gap widens further.  

 

Like most things, it's a balancing act.  A bloody difficult one.  

It's hard to predict, but we have probably another couple of seasons of automatic Champions League qualification before we lose it. So this season and next are more important than most. Our qualification to the CL has only accelerated the eventual loss of the automatic space we have.

[the gunslinger 3,366]

7 minutes ago, Bill said:

I honestly have no idea what that means.

You are right in a training course. 

 

This hipster notion that football is a business like any other is nonsense. 

 

hopefully now you can move to just disagreeing with me. 

 

 

[Gonzo79 15,294]

16 minutes ago, DMAA said:

we have probably another couple of seasons of automatic Champions League qualification before we lose it. So this season and next are more important than most

I know.  So if we focus too much on a five year plan, we'll let our rivals get further ahead, which will surely f*ck up any five year plan that requires a successful football team at that point (unless you consider being constant runners up as successful).  

 

There's gambling sensibly and there's gambing idiotically.  The last couple of transfer windows have seen us largely avoid the casinos and stick to the slot machines.  

[the gunslinger 3,366]

lets have a go at being fair to the board. They deserve that much from us at least. 

 

While I don't accept the fact that player sales will be paid over years as a reason not to buy we do have to realise that Agent's fees taxes etc eat heavily into fees received. 

 

Free transfers like Lawrence often cost millions. Indeed he likely cost us 3 million ish. 

Loans for Tilman and Sands no doubt are costing us. 

Our wage bill is no doubt on the rise. 

Re signing Goldson probably cost Millions. 

We may well have set aside the money for Tilman and Sands. two ways to look at that. Celtc clearly didn't set aside the money for Jota and CCV but spent it instead they reaped the rewards of that and won the money to buy them. No guarantee we would do so and we will want to buy them. 

Our overdraft facilities are limited and no doubt costly. We may have decided to put cash aside to negate their use. 

 

i do hope we have been cautious rather than this is us spending all we can and are taking risks but this is it. 

 

We may get some idea from the accounts. 

 

I do think the board owe us some answers here. Especially  while charging 60 quid a ticket for the CL. 

[Devil's advocaat 1,544]

Everyone seems to think we should have bought, but that belief is entirely based on the assumption that there are quality players available, within a budget, that are an improvement on the current playing staff.

 

Tbh we've bought far too many players in at the last minute over the years, I'd rather we had some faith in our own developing players, and actually play them, than buy someone else's problem player.

 

And while we're on that, when we get injuries, play the boy that plays that position, a lowry, mccann, devine, instead of shoe horning a sakala or a sands in there.

 

 

[RANGERRAB 3,681]

We are hopefully getting back to adding quality rather than quantity regards signings. Gerrard didn’t half sign some dross in his final year at Rangers 

[ian1964 10,724]

1 hour ago, the gunslinger said:

lets have a go at being fair to the board. They deserve that much from us at least. 

 

While I don't accept the fact that player sales will be paid over years as a reason not to buy we do have to realise that Agent's fees taxes etc eat heavily into fees received. 

 

Free transfers like Lawrence often cost millions. Indeed he likely cost us 3 million ish. 

Loans for Tilman and Sands no doubt are costing us. 

Our wage bill is no doubt on the rise. 

Re signing Goldson probably cost Millions. 

We may well have set aside the money for Tilman and Sands. two ways to look at that. Celtc clearly didn't set aside the money for Jota and CCV but spent it instead they reaped the rewards of that and won the money to buy them. No guarantee we would do so and we will want to buy them. 

Our overdraft facilities are limited and no doubt costly. We may have decided to put cash aside to negate their use. 

 

i do hope we have been cautious rather than this is us spending all we can and are taking risks but this is it. 

 

We may get some idea from the accounts. 

 

I do think the board owe us some answers here. Especially  while charging 60 quid a ticket for the CL. 

To add to that we have Kent & Morelos for example who have still to renew contracts, unless they are sold!

[the gunslinger 3,366]

3 minutes ago, ian1964 said:

To add to that we have Kent & Morelos for example who have still to renew contracts, unless they are sold!

Yes we may have decided to write them off or at very least to take lesser fees in Jan after the CL. 

 

Another part is the off field work going on the Museum and new pub etc. Those will raise revenues but need investment. As does the stadium. 

[ian1964 10,724]