Gersnet Article Summer 2024: Rip it up and start again?

[ranger_syntax 3,926]

23 minutes ago, JohnMc said:

They are Nigerian by heritage, but are basically English.

Imminent lounge thread.

[ranger_syntax 3,926]

28 minutes ago, JohnMc said:

... I guess it will come down to the individuals more than anything else. How mentally strong they are, what kind of family structure they have around them, how well they play too. 

This is great.

 

Really cuts through all of the c***.

[der Berliner 3,424]

Thank heavens that this is no transfer thread ... 🤣

 

Rangers are likely to hold talks with Oscar Cortes about turning the winger's loan deal from Lens into a permanent transfer, despite the Colombian missing the end of the season through injury. (Football Insider), external

 

Rangers have been given hope in their pursuit of Brazilian full back Jefte, with APOEL Nicosia yet to agree personal terms on a permanent transfer from Fluminense. (Scottish Sun)

 

 

Of all the transfer links to Rangers heading into the summer, Jose Cordoba has always appeared the closest to completion.

The Panamanian centre-back, 22, has impressed during a three-and-a-half year stint with Bulgarian side Levski Sofia and there have been links to Rangers stretching back to the turn of the year.

Journalists in Panama pointed towards Rangers interest, with the Ibrox side said to be facing competition from France, Turkey and Belgium.

But amid reports the Gers are in ‘advanced talks’ with Jose Cordoba – and claims the club gave the centre-back the Ibrox treatment against Kilmarnock – this link looks increasingly concrete.

And now the latest coming out of Bulgaria has suggested that Rangers are closing in on a deal for Jose Cordoba and are even ready to pay over the odds to get him into Ibrox.

Rangers to pay ‘more money’ for Cordoba

According to Bulgarian publication Blitz, Rangers and Levski Sofia are in ‘final negotiations’ over the transfer.

Citing information they’ve sourced from Panama, the report claims that Jose Cordoba has a pre-agreement to join Rangers with the two clubs now thrashing out the particulars of the move.

 

Harry Souttar is one name which scarcely goes a transfer window without being linked to Rangers.

The boyhood bluenose, 25, was reportedly an Ibrox transfer target at the beginning of last season with all the sounds around Harry Souttar heading into deadline day.

The brother of Rangers centre-half John Souttar, something tells us that the chatter around a move to Ibrox isn’t going to go away for the big Australian international.

And now, as if to add fuel to the fire ahead of the summer, Souttar has been spotted in a Rangers jersey after Leicester City earned promotion to the Premier League.

 

Rangers-linked South Africa talent Relebohile Mofokeng is a man in demand.

The 19-year-old Orlando Pirates winger is having quite the season in the Rainbow Nation and as a result is turning heads everywhere from Glasgow to Cairo.

Having recently had his talents compared to Andres Iniesta, South Afrian World Cup hero Siphiwe Tshabalala claims Mofokeng has ‘great potential’ to become South African football’s biggest export and tipped the midfielder-turned-winger to have a ‘great future’ in the national team.

[yuddie 1,244]

Apologies if I was a bit broad with my terminology.

 

The point I was making generally was that African footballers have done well in the UK for years - and by African I generally mean Southern and Western.

 

Or like @JohnMc has pointed out, lads from Europe who have African heritage.

 

I'd much rather us target the market in those areas than Asia tbh.

 

Try and forge a relationship with Orlando Pirates whilst striking this deal.

 

We've just seen the academy director job linked with someone who setup a successful academy in Ghana, hopefully thats an indicator.

[Gonzo79 14,141]

1 hour ago, JohnMc said:

Your point is interesting. Aribo and Bassey are Londoners, both were raised there, Aribo was born there and Bassey moved there as a young child. They are Nigerian by heritage, but are basically English

Aye but Declan and Aiden from Coatbridge are Irish, despite their parents and themselves all being born in Scotland.

 

Confused.com  

[JohnMc 2,547]

39 minutes ago, Gonzo79 said:

Aye but Declan and Aiden from Coatbridge are Irish, despite their parents and themselves all being born in Scotland.

 

Confused.com  

My poorly made point was more about their ability to 'fit in' rather than what nationality they see themselves having. Bassey and Aribo were raised in the UK, so moving to Glasgow isn't as big a culture shock as if they'd been raised in Lagos. Likewise moving to Glasgow if you were raised in Belgium or Germany isn't as challenging as if you were from Malawi I'd guess.

 

All that said I read an article recently about Jadon Sancho and his failure to blossom at Man Utd. The point the author was making was that because he was from south London he wasn't given the support and help he would have been given had he been from another country. He seemed to be suggesting south London is different enough from Manchester to warrant this. Man Utd expected a young English guy to settle fairly easily. Dortmund on the other hand had put every possible thing in place to help a young player settle in a new country and environment and so Sancho did really well there. This theory conveniently overlooked the fact Sancho had lived in Manchester previously when he was at Man City. 

 

Roy Keane speaks surprisingly well on this. As a player he was dismissive of some of Man Utd's signings 'struggling to settle' and this affecting their performance. He gave some of them a really hard time about it too. He'd moved to England as a young man and had settled easily enough. He recalled losing it with Sebastian Veron, who blamed his form on living in a hotel and his wife and family not settling in England. 

 

Then when Keane joined Celtic his family stayed in Manchester and he moved into a hotel somewhere in Glasgow. He's go back to Manchester for a couple of days after games and then return to Glasgow for the rest of the week. He admitted he was miserable. He hated living in a hotel, he missed his family and friends and that it did affect his form. 

 

Jim Bett's wife couldn't settle in Glasgow so he left Rangers, but she was able to settle in Aberdeen without a problem. Go figure that out. 

 

Anyway, in my experience Declan and Aiden from Coatbridge would find Govan just too big a jump, some cultural gaps are just too huge to bridge. 

 

 

[yuddie 1,244]

21 minutes ago, JohnMc said:

My poorly made point was more about their ability to 'fit in' rather than what nationality they see themselves having. Bassey and Aribo were raised in the UK, so moving to Glasgow isn't as big a culture shock as if they'd been raised in Lagos. Likewise moving to Glasgow if you were raised in Belgium or Germany isn't as challenging as if you were from Malawi I'd guess.

 

All that said I read an article recently about Jadon Sancho and his failure to blossom at Man Utd. The point the author was making was that because he was from south London he wasn't given the support and help he would have been given had he been from another country. He seemed to be suggesting south London is different enough from Manchester to warrant this. Man Utd expected a young English guy to settle fairly easily. Dortmund on the other hand had put every possible thing in place to help a young player settle in a new country and environment and so Sancho did really well there. This theory conveniently overlooked the fact Sancho had lived in Manchester previously when he was at Man City. 

 

Roy Keane speaks surprisingly well on this. As a player he was dismissive of some of Man Utd's signings 'struggling to settle' and this affecting their performance. He gave some of them a really hard time about it too. He'd moved to England as a young man and had settled easily enough. He recalled losing it with Sebastian Veron, who blamed his form on living in a hotel and his wife and family not settling in England. 

 

Then when Keane joined Celtic his family stayed in Manchester and he moved into a hotel somewhere in Glasgow. He's go back to Manchester for a couple of days after games and then return to Glasgow for the rest of the week. He admitted he was miserable. He hated living in a hotel, he missed his family and friends and that it did affect his form. 

 

Jim Bett's wife couldn't settle in Glasgow so he left Rangers, but she was able to settle in Aberdeen without a problem. Go figure that out. 

 

Anyway, in my experience Declan and Aiden from Coatbridge would find Govan just too big a jump, some cultural gaps are just too huge to bridge. 

 

 

It is mad how we've had certain groups of people thrive at Ibrox.

 

Be that Croats, British Caribbean or more recently Nigerian.

 

Maybe you're right, our club just does suit some more than others inexplicably. Or not?

[Sutton_blows_goats 4,552]

52 minutes ago, JohnMc said:

Jim Bett's wife couldn't settle in Glasgow so he left Rangers, but she was able to settle in Aberdeen without a problem. Go figure that out. 

Wasn't that because she was Icelandic?

 

Of course she'd love to live in a grey, windy, depressing void of nothingness

[yuddie 1,244]

 

Idk how reliable this is.

 

The lad can play from what I've seen, looks good on the ball.

 

Defender of the year in Bulgaria too.

 

Promising.

[Sutton_blows_goats 4,552]

Doesn't surprise me first player in is a big strong centre half.

 

From the youtube vis he does seem to like stepping out with the ball too.