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

[Graeme Ro55 759]

Silva does not look like a striker to me, more like a ten or even an eight. Imo strikers score goals, Silva looks more like a creator than a finisher.

[alexscottislegend 2,320]

33 minutes ago, Scott7 said:

“Deep lying centre forward”: Don Revie, Manchester City, 1955. Nothing’s new, not even Manchester City.

Also the great Hungarian Hidegkuti (sp)in the Puskas team.

[Gonzo79 15,292]

@Rousseau thought Lammers should've been played as a 9, so we can completely dismiss his input.  😃

Edited January 29 by Gonzo79

[Rousseau 10,602]

38 minutes ago, Graeme Ro55 said:

Silva does not look like a striker to me, more like a ten or even an eight. Imo strikers score goals, Silva looks more like a creator than a finisher.

You're watching someone else.

[der Berliner 3,744]

A bit of rumours, for a change ...

 

Rangers have agreed a deal with Lens for 20-year-old Colombia winger Oscar Cortes - signed by the French club for £4m last summer - to go on loan to Ibrox with an option to buy. (The Herald)

 

Rangers are also hoping to sign 20-year-old Fluminense left-back Jefte - on loan at APOEL but unable to be bought by the Cypriot club because of a transfer embargo - this week. (The Scotsman)

 

Oscar Cortes (21) - AM, RC Lens, Colombia, contract till 2028 - TM - TM Stats - LINK

[Rousseau 10,602]

7 minutes ago, Gonzo79 said:

@Rousseau thought Lammers should've been played as a 9, so we can completely dismiss his input.  😃

I stand by it!

 

I mean, he's started OK at Utrecht ... as a 9.

[compo 7,030]

I seem to remember the Dutch played total football were players were comfortable in all outfield positions so why can't our players just adapt.

[Rousseau 10,602]

1 hour ago, Gonzo79 said:

He drops deep too often to just be a 9.  Maybe more of a 'false 9' or whatever the hipsters call it. 

 

46 minutes ago, Scott7 said:

“Deep lying centre forward”: Don Revie, Manchester City, 1955. Nothing’s new, not even Manchester City.

Hold on.

 

A false 9 is hipster nonsense, yet its also been in use for over 70 years?

 

Make up your mind!

 

(FYI: A deep-lying forward is technically different to a false 9, as applied today.)

[Rousseau 10,602]

52 minutes ago, Scott7 said:

“Deep lying centre forward”: Don Revie, Manchester City, 1955. Nothing’s new, not even Manchester City.

Agreed. 

 

Pep's recent formation change is basically just Chapman's WM from the '20s.

[alexscottislegend 2,320]

19 minutes ago, Gonzo79 said:

@Rousseau thought Lammers should've been played as a 9, so we can completely dismiss his input.  😃

Lammers was certainly deep-lying and capable of not only being a false 9 but a false 7,8,3,2,1 etc.