Bill 13,717 Posted August 23, 2019 Share Posted August 23, 2019 There's also a need to cover the likelihood/possibility of losing Morelos in January and having a backup striker already settled in the club. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JFK-1 1,666 Posted August 23, 2019 Share Posted August 23, 2019 Quote Rangers have tabled a loan-to-buy offer for Ryan Kent worth around £6million, Football Insider understands. The Scottish champions have held extensive talks with Liverpool about a deal for the winger, 22, as they look to re-sign him before the Scottish window shuts. Ibrox sources have told Football Insider that the club have offered to sign Kent on a season-long loan with an obligation to pay £6million next summer after getting the green light from the board led by chairman Dave King. It is a huge bid by the standards of Rangers and in the context of the financial squeeze on the club over the last decade. Should a deal at that price be agreed, it would be the biggest fee the Light Blues have spent since signing Mikel Arteta from Barcelona for £5.8million in 2002. It remains to be seen whether that will be enough to convince Liverpool to part with Kent, who is valued by the club at the £10million mark. The Anfield academy product has made it clear that he wants to link up again with Steven Gerrard for a second season after his successful loan spell in the last campaign. Kent has subsequently been kicking his heels for the Liverpool Under-23s but was mysteriously absent from the side that lost to Chelsea on Monday night despite being fully fit. https://www.footballinsider247.com/ibrox-exclusive-rangers-submit-biggest-offer-in-17-years-after-king-green-light/ 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill 13,717 Posted August 23, 2019 Share Posted August 23, 2019 Wow! Seems all out of proportion to his worth but you have to trust the manager. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BEARGER 1,829 Posted August 23, 2019 Share Posted August 23, 2019 £6M for Kent, jeez that’s very excessive imo. Would have preferred the money spent elsewhere. Then again I’m not the manager. 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
craig 5,195 Posted August 23, 2019 Share Posted August 23, 2019 6 million to us is a LOT of money - however, I would suspect that the Board and management team see spending that money on Kent as a speculate to accumulate cost, though a risky one. Kent performed well in Europe last season and also in the bigger games such as the OF games. Continue to do that and you hope that someone will come in with a decent bid for him - this is not dissimilar to what Celtic are trying to do with Edouard. Risky policy but if it helps us become champions then that also means another season for Celtic to be out of CL money and an even greater need for them to downsize their wage bill. King may very well be right that Celtic not having CL money for a couple of years could become a house of cards for them. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gonzo79 13,550 Posted August 23, 2019 Share Posted August 23, 2019 If we spend £6m on Kent, I would question Gerrard's sanity. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Frankie 8,136 Posted August 23, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted August 23, 2019 I question the sanity of anyone believing click bait sites... 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JFK-1 1,666 Posted August 23, 2019 Share Posted August 23, 2019 There’s a Liverpool. based site reporting pretty much the same thing. https://www.google.com/amp/s/liverpooloffside.sbnation.com/platform/amp/liverpool-fc-transfer-news/2019/8/22/20827968/liverpool-fc-transfer-news-ryan-kent-loan-to-buy-deal-rangers-fc-solution Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gonzo79 13,550 Posted August 23, 2019 Share Posted August 23, 2019 Looks kosher. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JFK-1 1,666 Posted August 23, 2019 Share Posted August 23, 2019 Regarding precise details who knows but I think there’s ample evidence to suggest that the Kent situation is indeed ongoing. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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