The Rangers Summer 2025 Transfer Rumours and Deals - Thread

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6 minutes ago, CammyF said:

That's 1 aspect of his play (and we'll agree to disagree). He isn't the fastest, certainly isn't the slowest. 

 

He has other characteristics to his game, all mentioned by @Rousseau and he still plays at a decent level.

 

If you can't see or accept that even with his lack of pace, he'd be an upgrade on what we have, you are in for a very long transfer window.

 

Did you think we'd be able to jump directly from Propper to Van Dijk? No, we'll have to improve on what we have, then keep improving.

 

 

2nd time you've brought van dijk into the conversation, who cares about him?

At least reading between the lines, we agree it's best Propper is gone. See, we can agree on some things 

 

P.s a long transfers window? 🤣🤣🤣, brain flash: we're in for a long season 

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5 minutes ago, blueflag said:

2nd time you've brought van dijk into the conversation, who cares about him?

At least reading between the lines, we agree it's best Propper is gone. See, we can agree on some things 

 

P.s a long transfers window? 🤣🤣🤣, brain flash: we're in for a long season 

I mentioned Van Dijk again as it appears some fans think we will have to sign "superstars" and if we don't, we're signing "pish".

 

We aren't in a position, even after the takeover to be spending big in the transfer market. 

 

We will be signing experienced players the RM knows and thinks will fit his system, then we'll gamble of young players hoping they will develop and be sold on - its how a transfer model has to work. 

 

If you can't get your head around that, you are going to be stressed out every transfer window for a while. 

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3 minutes ago, CammyF said:

I mentioned Van Dijk again as it appears some fans think we will have to sign "superstars" and if we don't, we're signing "pish".

 

We aren't in a position, even after the takeover to be spending big in the transfer market. 

 

We will be signing experienced players the RM knows and thinks will fit his system, then we'll gamble of young players hoping they will develop and be sold on - its how a transfer model has to work. 

 

If you can't get your head around that, you are going to be stressed out every transfer window for a while. 

Players that RM knows? So not players identified by our new structure? Confused.com

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1 minute ago, CammyF said:

I mentioned Van Dijk again as it appears some fans think we will have to sign "superstars" and if we don't, we're signing "pish".

 

We aren't in a position, even after the takeover to be spending big in the transfer market. 

 

We will be signing experienced players the RM knows and thinks will fit his system, then we'll gamble of young players hoping they will develop and be sold on - its how a transfer model has to work. 

 

If you can't get your head around that, you are going to be stressed out every transfer window for a while. 

This is actually fundamentally wrong, and not indicative of the way Rangers are planning to operate.

 

Russell Martin is a head coach, being dictated to by Thelwell on the style the club wants to implement and backed up by Purdy in recruiting players to fit that system and trading model.

 

The SD has already expressed we want a mix of young players ready to be sold, with experienced heads in there that can guide to hopefully immediate returns on success, and molding those young players into sellable assets.

 

Welcome to Modern Football.

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14 minutes ago, blueflag said:

Players that RM knows? So not players identified by our new structure? Confused.com

It was reported that RM would have an input, so it's obvious he'll mention players he knows and thinks will fit the system 

 

It was also reported that RMs system aligns with the way the new board want to play.

 

Its not rocket science so don't know why you are confused. Did you expect us to hire a coach who had a completely different philosophy than the board?

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15 minutes ago, L72 said:

This is actually fundamentally wrong, and not indicative of the way Rangers are planning to operate.

 

Russell Martin is a head coach, being dictated to by Thelwell on the style the club wants to implement and backed up by Purdy in recruiting players to fit that system and trading model.

 

The SD has already expressed we want a mix of young players ready to be sold, with experienced heads in there that can guide to hopefully immediate returns on success, and molding those young players into sellable assets.

 

Welcome to Modern Football.

Yes, but they are hardly going to hire a coach with a different philosophy than the club. They basically said they align when they explained why RM was always their number 1 target. 

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2 minutes ago, CammyF said:

It was reported that RM would have an input, so it's obvious he'll mention players he knows and thinks will fit the system 

 

It was also reported that RMs system aligns with the way the new board want to play.

 

Its not rocket science so don't know why you are confused. Did you expect us to hire a coach who had a completely different philosophy than the board?

That's not how the explained how it would work. They were very clear, they wouldn't sign a player without RM approval, but, the recruitment apparently is done by his bosses 

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2 minutes ago, CammyF said:

Yes, but they are hardly going to hire a coach with a different philosophy than the club. They basically said they align when they explained why RM was always their number 1 target. 

That's a given mate. You wouldn't hire someone that didn't fit the system that you were trying to implement.

 

Purdy and Thelwell will have ideas on who they want to sign, input and names will obviously be put forward by Martin as well.

 

However for the most part I reckon there's a list of players already in place as Thelwell and Purdy have actually been working on this before the official announcements of their jobs.

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Anyway, can't wait to be linked with Grant Hanley 😀😀😀

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3 minutes ago, blueflag said:

Anyway, can't wait to be linked with Grant Hanley 😀😀😀