The Rangers Summer 2025 Transfer Rumours and Deals - Thread

[der Berliner 4,266]

18 hours ago, L72 said:

Bajrami

 

 

 

Like many players before him, he fell victim to strange shoehorning by his manager(s).

 

Where did we play him? Left midfield/winger! Let's have a look at his stats ...

 

For Rangers ...

44 games, on average 56 mins per game. Of those registered* (31): he played 14 as left midfield (3 goals / 0 assists), 2 as left winger. 10 (1/3) in attacking midfield, 3 (0/0) in central midfield.

 

The rest of his career (including Rangers) ...

368 games, average 65 mins per game. Of those registered: 146 attacking midfield (oops) (24/24), 50 central midfield (6/4), 21 right winger (1/2), 21 left winger (3/5), 20 DM (1/1) and 18 left midfield (7/0).

 

Like we did with Hagi, we utilized players in non-natural positions, rather than play them where they were (and probably are) at their best. Hagi was mainly a playmaker/AM (97 overall, 25 of which for Rangers), but we turned him into a right winger (77 overall, 53 for us).

 

But God forbid, there had to be two DMs/CMs who contributed so much to our game ... Much of last season, we mostly played with 3 DMs/CMs ... the end product was predictable.

 

* Not all positions played at every game have been registered at TM, mainly due to the lack of minutes being played.

[Sutton_blows_goats 6,390]

1 hour ago, der Berliner said:

Like many players before him, he fell victim to strange shoehorning by his manager(s).

 

Yes, whoever scouted him perhaps has never seen us play.

 

Rangers Review have mentioned a few times when we scouted him he performed well for teams with little or limited possession.  They were sure it was going to translate to real quality for a team like us that has a lot of the ball..

 

We definitely need a clear out of scouts. I want the club to confirm whoever scouted Davies, Matondo and Ridvan is no longer with the club.

[L72 419]

Luka Modric

 

Put forward by Guillem Balague that Davide Ancelotti might want to bring him to Rangers..

[Graeme Ro55 1,162]

1 hour ago, L72 said:

Luka Modric

 

Put forward by Guillem Balague that Davide Ancelotti might want to bring him to Rangers..

I've always liked wee Guillem

 

[der Berliner 4,266]

Talking about stats and hold hands ... I checked how Lundstram fared at Trabzonspor, who finished 7th. He played 43 games, 25 as DM, 9 as CM and another 9 as CB. He scored 3 goals and missed 1 game through illness. Borna Barisic, on loan to Leganes from Trabzonspor for half a season, on the other hand, missed a big chunk of the season due to a cruciate ligament tear, playing just 16 games, missing 222 days.

[Sutton_blows_goats 6,390]

Always thought of Guillem Balague as a Spanish Keith Jackson tbh. He dropped the ball with that article making it seem like Modric didn't say no to coming here when what I think he was trying to convey was the respect Ancelotti Jnr had from the players.

 

Another journo who, if was chocolate, would eat himself up.

[compo 8,108]

Modric will be 40 come September are we opening a retirement home 

[lenny3k 849]

44 minutes ago, Sutton_blows_goats said:

making it seem like Modric didn't say no to coming here when what I think he was trying to convey was the respect Ancelotti Jnr had from the players.

This was my thought, he's trying to apply pressure on Ancelotti's behalf by essentially saying, "just look who is in Davide's contact book"