The Rangers Summer 2025 Transfer Rumours and Deals - Thread

[JohnMc 3,354]

2 hours ago, Gazza_8 said:

Is this how transfers work these days, agree terms with the player and then begin negotiating with the club? It seems to be common practice. 

 

£15m for Hamza please. 

It's always been that way. Clubs have 'tapped up' players forever. Sometimes it was done through another player who knew them, often done through the agent. Checking a player wants to join you and checking what they expect to earn before making a bid is fairly normal, if technically against the rules. When Bill Struth wanted to sign Sam English, who was playing for Yoker at the time, he approached his foreman in the shipyard he worked in and arranged for English's salary to be increased on the quiet on the understanding he would receive the higher wage as long as he didn't sign for anyone else before Rangers were ready to sign him. 

For supporters professional football is about love, passion, habit, skill, belonging, entertainment and friendship. For everyone else it's about money and always has been. 

[Rousseau 12,288]

14 minutes ago, alexscottislegend said:

Well we certainly cannot afford to lose both Igamane and Dessers when we still have Danilo on the books. That would be suicide on the playing field.

We can't afford to pass up £15m - if that's the fee. 

 

That's financial suicide.

[Sutton_blows_goats 6,667]

1 hour ago, blueflag said:

He only played 4 games for Valencia. 

Started well for Bournemouth, then lost his place after a few recurring hamstring injuries.

 

[Sutton_blows_goats 6,667]

10 hours ago, CammyF said:

Looks like we've lost out on another one of our top summer signing targets. FFS Rangers..... (sarcasm).

 

Good signing for Hibs. 

 

Would have been a good signing for us. And a nation trained player for Europe. A strong, fast, fit young player available on a free. I can see why we would prefer to go to England and spend massive wages on recovery projects.

[L72 582]

Be ashame losing Igamane, but he's not even really played many games and we can already see he's going to be some pler.

 

Right to cash in if we're getting money like that 

[Blue Moon 1,699]

I am very disappointed we didn't take this boy on a free.  Poor decision.

[Sutton_blows_goats 6,667]

🧤 Goalkeepers

Player	Age	Position	Contract	Club-Trained	Nation-Trained
Liam Kelly	29	GK	6/2026	✅ Yes	No
Jack Butland	32	GK	2027	No	No
Mason Munn	19	GK	2028	✅ Yes	No

 

🛡️ Defence

Player	Age	Position	Contract	Club-Trained	Nation-Trained
James Tavernier	33	RB	6/2026	No	No
Max Aarons	22	RB	6/2026 (loan)	No	No
Leon King	21	CH	6/2026	✅ Yes	No
Ben Davies	29	CH	6/2026	No	No
John Souttar	28	CH	6/2026	No	✅ Yes
Ridvan Yilmaz	23	LB	6/2027	No	No
Dujon Sterling	25	CB	2027	No	No
Jefte	20	LB	2028	No	No
Clinton Nsiala	21	CH	2028	No	No
Robin Pröpper	31	CB	202x	No	No

 

🎯 Midfield

Player	Age	Position	Contract	Club-Trained	Nation-Trained
Oscar Cortes	20	RW	2025 (loan)	No	No
Rabbi Matondo	24	RW	2026	No	No
Bailey Rice	18	CM	2026	✅ Yes	No
Nicolas Raskin	24	CM	2027	No	No
Findlay Curtis	18	LW/AM	2027	✅ Yes	No
Kieran Dowell	27	AM	2027	No	No
Jose Cifuentes	26	CM	2027	No	No
Ross McCausland	22	RW	2027	✅ Yes	No
Nedim Bajrami	26	AM	202x	No	No
Mohamed Diomande	23	DM	2028	No	No
Connor Barron	22	DM	2028	No	✅ Yes
Lyall Cameron	22	AM	202x	No	✅ Yes

 

⚽ Strikers

Player	Age	Position	Contract	Club-Trained	Nation-Trained
Cyriel Dessers	29	ST	2027	No	No
Danilo	25	ST	2027	No	No
Hamza Igamane	22	ST	2029	No	No

 

 

 

As it stands we have 3 nation trained players, and 6 club trained. You need a minimum of 8(usually 4 & 4) to register a full European squad of 25.

 

If we assume we have 3 nation trained in Soutter, Barron & Cameron. We need 5 club trained players. Then you have to assume the likes of King, Rice, Curtis will be registered.

 

Lots of noise around McCausland leaving so we may lose 1.

 

Will be interesting to see how the recruitment team solve this problem over the next few weeks, by recruiting players from England.

 

PS - I used AI to help me with the formatting, the details within were C&P'd from the OP, and the club trained / nation trained info came from me. So any inaccuracies are my bad.

Edited 4 hours ago by Sutton_blows_goats

[Blue Moon 1,699]

It just doesn't seem to make sense.

[alexscottislegend 2,870]

6 minutes ago, Blue Moon said:

It just doesn't seem to make sense.

Unless you assume they are going to dump Europe and go all out for the league. High risk strategy.

[buster. 5,858]

30 minutes ago, L72 said:

Be ashame losing Igamane, but he's not even really played many games and we can already see he's going to be some pler.

 

Right to cash in if we're getting money like that 

We'll need the money because I don't think the new consortium are allocating as much of the 20M sterling to the transfer budget as many would like to think.

 

 

 

 

Edited 4 hours ago by buster.