The Winter 2023/24 Rangers Transfer Window Rumours and Deals - Thread

[Gonzo79 15,292]

The Summer was a disaster, all thanks to Mick Beale.  

 

Clement has his work cut out to fix it.  We need better forwards and midfielders and people who don't constantly get injured and we need them pronto (the defence can wait until Summer).  

[Graeme Ro55 759]

21 minutes ago, Gonzo79 said:

The Summer was a disaster, all thanks to Mick Beale.  

 

Clement has his work cut out to fix it.  We need better forwards and midfielders and people who don't constantly get injured and we need them pronto (the defence can wait until Summer).  

If memory serves MB's net spend was only 1 or 2 million, so lets hope there will be a decent budget for the real Gaffer. 

[Whosthedado 1,680]

40 minutes ago, Bill said:

Be honest, now you're just making up shit to support a fairly spurious argument 😉

To be fair I have probably taken it too far  

[Gonzo79 15,292]

30 minutes ago, Whosthedado said:

To be fair I have probably taken it too far  

Not at all.  Aberdeen would've charged us £8m for Ferguson!  😀

[RANGERRAB 3,654]

2 hours ago, Gonzo79 said:

Not at all.  Aberdeen would've charged us £8m for Ferguson!  😀

And too many of us don’t realise this is why we didn’t sign Lewis Ferguson 

[JohnMc 2,750]

Players have more agency in this than we're giving them credit for. If we approach Hearts for example and make a bid of say £1.5 mil for Shankland Hearts are within their rights to say 'no' for a variety of good reasons, not least their inability to replace Shankland and his contribution to their side. But, if Shankland knows moving to Rangers would give him a signing on fee of say £500,000 and see his salary treble, he's perfectly entitled to go to Hearts and say 'you're stopping me bettering myself and my livelihood, will you match Rangers salary offer'? If Hearts say 'no, you've got a contract honour it', then they've an unhappy player and, potentially unrest in their changing room, as it won't be just Shankland speaking with their agent about this. Shankland has 18 months left on his Hearts contract, he's a diminishing asset, worth less now than last summer and worth less next summer if he doesn't sign a contract extension. Hearts would need to weigh up criticism from their support and the loss of an important player, with cashing in on a player who by that point may no longer want to be there. This is the same scenario if we made a bid for an Aberdeen player or a Hibs player or any club in Scotland with the exception of Celtic. It's all very well for Aberdeen or whoever to play hardball and demand well over the odds for a player, but it's not without consequences not least pressure from the player himself. 

 

It was reported that the reason we allowed Sakala to leave in the summer was the offer made to him by the Saudi side was not one we could match and so we wouldn't stand in his way. I expect it was the same with Aribo and Bassey the summer before. Every club has to balance the books, keep their support onside and their playing squad happy. It's easier for Aberdeen or Hearts to convince a potential signing to join if they can point to a 'pathway' to a bigger club with higher salaries, even if the club is Rangers. 

[Bluedell 5,624]

1 hour ago, JohnMc said:

Hearts would need to weigh up criticism from their support and the loss of an important player, with cashing in on a player who by that point may no longer want to be there.

But also take into account the cash they could make from European qualification if they keep him. That may value us out of it. 

[Sutton_blows_goats 5,329]

43 minutes ago, Bluedell said:

But also take into account the cash they could make from European qualification if they keep him. That may value us out of it. 

I’d go as far to say they are a poor outfit and would be fighting st Johnston and Ross country for 8th place without him.

[26th of foot 6,082]

Would Killie's Danny Armstrong add to our right side going forward?

 

Anytime I have watched the lad he has been impressive including the game last season when he saw red against us at Rugby Park.

 

Would he be another Jordan Jones?

[MacK1950 2,376]

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