Rangers Transfer Rumours

15 Aug 2026 00:24:12
I just read the comments from Derek McInnes regarding Lewis Ferguson. Just when you think we can't be embarrassed anymore, this happens. It's unreal.

The manager of Rangers is criticising the recruitment team for wasting their time on a transfer target. Said transfer target being the Rangers mangers own son no less. Can the manager of Rangers not communicate that with the recruitment team? Do we need a Director of Football to act as go between? Does the left hand not know what the right hand is doing? Would the owners be justified in criticising the formations and subs McInnes uses calling them a 'waste of time'? This is a circus!

Brendan Rodgers made comments similar to this last season. He criticised Celtic's recruitment and said he said "you can't drive a Civic like a Ferrari". Rodgers was a good coach, his comments were accurate, his criticism of the board was just, but he had to go afterwards - And he did.

The owners won't accept public embarrassment or the airing of dirty laundry in public like this. I'm now totally convinced McInnes will be off in the coming weeks.

15 Aug 2026 07:49:28
You do not. You've made an arse of this, right?

You've got the wrong Derek.

15 Aug 2026 07:51:14
It was his own dad, Derek Ferguson. It was not McInnes.

15 Aug 2026 07:53:42
Derek McInnes is Lewis Ferguson's dad!? Has anyone told the other Derek yet?

15 Aug 2026 07:56:42
Personally I don't think McInnes will leave, or I certainly hope he doesn't anyway.
But I don't think he will be happy with recruitment. It's been poor, that's pretty obvious.
But I agree he shouldn't be talking about it to the media, it should be kept in house.
But he must be so frustrated, just as we are. He wants a better calibre of player than he's been given.
One thing's for sure though, we desperately need a positive response and result tomorrow.
The first 4 games couldn't have gone any worse, so we need to see some kind of positives.

15 Aug 2026 07:58:06
Ehh, doesn't make sense?

15 Aug 2026 07:58:54
I don't disagree with McInnes' comments. However, we're only seeing one side of the argument. We have no idea what AC's expectations of the recruitment team are. From what I can see, somebody has made the conscious decision to recruit an SPL level manager and SPL level players. If that was the direction for the recruitment team to follow then they've done their job.

As for McInnes, he needs to get his own house in order before throwing his toys out of the pram. He's not delivered anything to have credit in the bank with the fans. Rodgers' record, for example, was outstanding. He could throw his weight around and was probably right to resign in the end. Interesting that Celtic are now paying top dollar for players.

McInnes' tactics so far have been catastrophic. More issues arise from indecision than wrong decisions. In my opinion, McInnes has proven this statement true.

If the recruitment team were told to build a Championship-winning team, then McInnes has a point. Our current squad should be doing cartwheels if we manage to finish second. All of us fans will not know these expectations until either Purdy and Therewell leave or McInnes leaves, but one set of these groups will be gone by Christmas. That's a certainty in my opinion.

15 Aug 2026 08:02:40
Is it not Derek Ferguson? Not McInnes?

15 Aug 2026 08:03:12
How drunk were you when you wrote this? I had to re-read it 3 times to make sure I wasn't going insane. 😂 Since when did Derek McInnes become Lewis Ferguson's dad?!?

15 Aug 2026 08:23:54
No matter what Derek Ferguson says, anyone with half a brain knew Rangers were never signing Lewis.
The price that was always quoted was well out of our reach.

15 Aug 2026 08:35:41
Firstly, McInnes won't leave or be pushed out. His comments about recruitment are probably correct, but he's probably had a say in who comes in. But the big question for me is, why are two under 30s, Purdy & Theilwell, choosing players? Surely they can't be head of recruitment. The Americans so far have made us solvent, we have money, but it's been an unmitigated disaster. The recruitment: only the Japanese lad looks good enough. If they are going to tighten the purse now after Thursday, we are looking at 3/4 th place at best. Something needs to happen, and fast, to sort this disaster out.

15 Aug 2026 08:39:39
This is enough Rangers chat for today, catch you tomorrow.

14 Aug 2026 21:39:39
So yeah this is when I get hounded off the page.

My source that told me about the bombshell signing. well he's told me today after last night's outcome the purse strings are now being tightened and the player is now very unlikely to come.

I am happy to share the name now as he's been mentioned elsewhere since Chermiti's injury.

Gutted it's not going to happen because at the age of just 30 I reckon he'd have tore it up for us (if we got another ten players with him).

Anthony Martial

14 Aug 2026 22:13:44
At 30, 1 quality season at us, could get him back into the sights of bigger teams.

14 Aug 2026 22:18:44
Is this potentially someone we could look at again now that Driouech has fallen through? I seem to remember him playing mostly off the left in the past?

14 Aug 2026 22:23:48
Would absolutely take Martial and Chris Smalling on one year deals.

14 Aug 2026 22:24:21
Good God. Bomb scare more like. He has only managed about 50apps in last 4 years. 1 goal for Monterrey. You having a laugh? Sounds perfect for us, but that ain't no bombshell signing.

14 Aug 2026 22:27:54
Tbf, he is currently without a club. Left Monterrey by mutual consent.

14 Aug 2026 22:28:53
Where's the laugh emoji when you need it.

14 Aug 2026 22:34:26
What an anticlimax. Since leaving Man United he's gone from bad to worse, no, thank you please!

14 Aug 2026 22:45:46
That wouldn't have rocked Scottish football another player that likes the treatment table. Who even is he playing with these days.

14 Aug 2026 22:59:27
5watp, Actually very good on his day for United, shame he was always injured.

14 Aug 2026 23:06:47
At least u had the guts to name him afterwards, Lundstram. No idea what he's been like for last few years tho. We've just taken a hit of £8-10m dropping out Europa, so no wonder deals are off.

14 Aug 2026 23:49:14
If that's the best the recruitment department can come up with as a signing that will rock Scottish football, we are in more trouble than you can imagine.
As to losing 7 to 8 m for missing out on Europa, if we qualify for conference, there is not a great difference, in fact, we may make more as we might actually win a few games & collect bonus for that.


If we had money to spend on Martial & Moroccan lad, there are better players available with better options, but would you trust those in Charto to sort it out, because at present they appear to be doing things like a bunch of amateurs.

14 Aug 2026 23:49:24
Cheers, Lundstrum

Martial fit and firing would be scary in the SPL. Well, the Anthony Martial I remember at least. Don't know what standard he is now, and the questions would be asked on fitness, value and if he still had the legs.

But Martial was a top, top player. And I reckon there would be fanfare and excitement if he rocked up to Ibrox, even now.

15 Aug 2026 00:09:50
Interesting, playing Devils Dick Advocaat, when this rumour was first posted, we had 4 strikers and DM had said he was happy with the strikers. We've only actively gone into the market since Chermiti got injured.

15 Aug 2026 00:47:46
Sure, Martial isn't what he used to be, but he'd certainly do a job for us, can also play wide. So, if Martial isn't good enough to some, then who do you actually want to sign? Is anyone good enough?

15 Aug 2026 00:56:15
Lundstrum, thank u very much mate for sharing that even though it didn't happen.

Shows honesty about u, mate.

For me, Martial I don't like.

Never liked him mate.

One I did like was Depay, but he's running amok in Brazil with club's finances. He's got the stadium to himself 2 days a week for anything he wants to do.



Concerts, shows, whatever. That's his contract.

It's actually pretty disgusting what he's got in his contract, man.

Helicopter brings him to stadium n stuff, white strip n black trims, I'm sure, but can't say what team.

Lundstrum, mate, you're one of the top posters bro, thanks for sharing as much as u could at the time.

15 Aug 2026 05:58:01
Why not ask Gazza to come back. Martial who's hardly kicked a ball and has been playing for those footballing giants Monterrey 🤣 would rock Scottish football. Get a grip!

15 Aug 2026 06:41:55
Thanks for sharing Lundstram, appreciate your views and input, however I'll be glad if this one doesn't happen. Also, wouldn't rock Scottish football in my opinion.

15 Aug 2026 06:48:15
I've never been so happy for the club to be skint if that's the case, diabolical recruitment.

Martial is and has been done for a long time.

15 Aug 2026 06:56:57
Definitely wouldn't have wanted us to sign Martial, but I think Chris Smalling would be a good experienced signing for us at this moment in time, on a one year deal. 🤔

15 Aug 2026 07:56:31
I agree, re the Europa v Conference money. Not a huge difference in what is earned.

If there's any money left to spend, it should be on one or 2 creative players. Snap up defenders on loans or frees. We need to create chances. Hearts played good stuff last season under Del, so I can't understand why we can't.

If our players could play 1 touch passes, it would help speed everything up. We're so slow at moving the ball.

15 Aug 2026 08:27:09
We don't need a marquee signing - we need players who run for 90 mins, can pass a ball 5 yards to their own teammate, and who are willing to fight for each other till the bitter end, and are willing to take a man on and have a dig at goal once in a blue moon - traits that used to be the norm for a Rangers player but have seemingly got lost in the mists of time? 🤔

15 Aug 2026 08:27:12
Lundstrum, you're a top poster. Try ignore the noise unfit. Struggling with that. I no longer do player incoming info.

So mb wrong of me to say you ignore the noise.

I spoke re Fraser, only one to get stick, hey others comfy y info.

From the Tuesday, I was asking Sid and others about the Moroccan lad as I was being told we would not sign at 7 million, this was confirmed byrgier director, yet others said I was talking garbage.

14 Aug 2026 17:05:16
Heard some rumblings from a few people at club my dad knows very well, anywhere the murmurs are that McInnes is ready to walk albeit unless recruitment changes, yes he has had a big say on 3 signings but not all are his picks apparently he gave the recruitment team a list of 7 he wanted but only has got 3 so far and the others on the list will not be signed.


Also AC has had a serious fall out with Purdy and hence the meeting is being called. Just passing on info/murmurs going around the club please don't shoot the messanger

14 Aug 2026 18:31:00
None of this would surprise me at all, we are miles off what we should be as a club.

14 Aug 2026 18:41:13
Shankland was Rohl's signing. Well, so Rohl said. His words were that he held talks with Shankland on joining Rangers and what was said etc.

14 Aug 2026 18:42:26
If he gave the recruitment team a list of seven, then that would be a list for them to scout and to carry our due diligence on.

If he wanted 7 players signed, he would have given them to Stig and AC.

Purdy and Thelwell are not out there negotiating deals and signing players - that's not their role.

I know that Purdy and Stig are not seeing eye to eye, as Purdy feels that a lot of hard work has been done and overlooked by both the recruitment and medical teams.



However, it's not a dramatic Love Island style fallout, it's two experienced professionals pushing for what they believe is best for the club.

I also know that DM's frustration at the moment is with the players.

14 Aug 2026 18:50:04
Ehl, there's no doubt Del is frustrated with the players. He chops and changes players every game and a half. It's doing no one any favours. The lb situation last night was an awkward one, but the rest is him.

14 Aug 2026 18:51:03
Cheers for update EHL, there seems to be a real disconnection between the players and willingness to fight, and my opinion is some want out. 🇬🇧

14 Aug 2026 19:02:39
Fingers crossed he walks. 👍

14 Aug 2026 19:05:20
Did Shankland not sign before McInnes? The three were probably Devlin, McCrorie and Godfrey or Neil, not exactly an endorsement of his judgement.

14 Aug 2026 19:05:47
When are people going to understand that the manager isn't the real problem. Eve tried several over several years, with no real difference. We sign far too many players who collect a wage, barely run around, or make a tackle!! Several can barely pass a baw!! McInnes did well last season because he had a squad of players willing to fight for every ball, and often grind out results! What a mess our club is in yet again, and it's year after year.

14 Aug 2026 19:08:08
@EHL From what I got told he gave a list to the recruitment, whether Stig or AC know about it or not, obviously they cannot talk about them, just give hints to us about it.
As far as Purdy goes, it is sounding like he is going to be let go, and as far as scouting and due diligence, I would assume that has happened by now due to time left.

Who knows, maybe January is a more realistic for these players if DM stays.

14 Aug 2026 19:17:44
DM is not happy with the recruitment, whether that's the targets being identified or the targets getting them through the door. He's also annoyed with the players. He was at Ibrox until after midnight last night with his coaches. Did anyone else see him out with the suit and tie on during the warm up? Not seen that at Ibrox in my memory.

14 Aug 2026 19:22:52
McInnes says every signing he has final say on.

14 Aug 2026 19:24:45
These posts are always hilarious. McInnes is ready to walk after 4 games from his dream job and walk out on a multi million pound pay off if he got sacked. Sure.

14 Aug 2026 19:27:20
Unrest? Not that I'm aware of.

Disappointment and frustration, yip.

These are the moments where we, the spirit and character of everyone involved, is truly tested.

We've been here far too many times over the last few seasons, and each time we've failed to rise to the challenge.

This time, I sense something very different is happening.

14 Aug 2026 19:27:40
If McInnes recommended
Devlin McRorie and another.

No wonder they haven't bothered with the other 4.

14 Aug 2026 19:28:02
Reading between the lines, EHL

Is Stig a good fit for the club or not?

14 Aug 2026 19:36:57
Also, noted DM's body language through the game was that of a very frustrated man!

14 Aug 2026 19:39:52
Gms, he's a big part of it. His team selections are crazy.

14 Aug 2026 19:47:43
Going to take a break from here again. I'll come back when everything is a little more calm. I get the feeling 15 years of nonsense from our club has everyone very, very annoyed at what's going on. Here's to better days and players who play with everything they have every single game. 👍

14 Aug 2026 20:04:31
Good, hope it's true cause only place we're finishing this season is 4th with him and his dross signings should never have been Rangers manager.

14 Aug 2026 20:05:38
Ehl, by the way, you're wording this, you expect McInness to get us out the other side of this?

I really hope so. Long term manager there to sort out the mess once and for all.

14 Aug 2026 20:09:32
Purdy was personally involved in the Dahl fiasco and was discussing finances with his agents.

14 Aug 2026 20:19:56
What do u think is different this time, Ehl? Interested to hear what's going on, thanks for the insight.

14 Aug 2026 20:27:38
We can't keep getting rid of managers/head coaches, they must be given time to make the necessary changes, which I'm sure Derek McInnes, as we all know, will be working around the clock with his team to do. As we keep saying, he is one of us, so how hard would you work to make it right?

Also, I hope if there is a meeting tomorrow with everyone concerned that they're honest and upfront to try and solve the issues we are having, and it's not just a point the finger exercise.



I'm sure everybody at the club will have the same goal, and that's to make Rangers number one again.

14 Aug 2026 20:23:52
Elaborate what's the story

14 Aug 2026 20:51:58
I hope they avoid North Africans and South Americans and possibly keep tabs on Scandinavia for example, players who don't have to worry about getting their haw maws froze here, we messed about and missed one who ended up going to gloriest Hull riviera.

Nothing exciting coming now till Raskin sold, £16m from the share issue no all spent yet btw and that was supposed to be available in total plus any incoming transfer fees, somebody count it up I've a migraine.

14 Aug 2026 22:04:55
Ehl, I love your input on this subject and it gives me a lot of optimism and confidence that we can pull through this.

Wish u were involved at the club, mate, and could put this into the squad in your own way.



I'm backing the manager 💯, not happy with formations n tactics but maybe it'll come together when we get new players in.

We're absolutely better than what we're seeing.

14 Aug 2026 22:49:08
McInnes is not the correct man for the job. One trophy in how many years? Bottled the league last season, one win since end of January away from home. It had disaster written all over it.

15 Aug 2026 00:57:54
Storm, if we sack McInnes tomorrow, who would u want as manager, mate?

I was contemplating Rafa Benitez, but is he too old now?

Lot a hunger.

What's your opinion on Rafa?

15 Aug 2026 02:11:32
Stevie, it doesn't matter who we get, we are a basket case of a club from top to bottom. But that doesn't mean we should stick with a serial loser imo.

15 Aug 2026 03:27:14
Storm, this is true, but we need to start again, mate.

We will be back, mate, and when we are, expect 5+ years of us dominating, mate.

We will get there.

15 Aug 2026 06:55:08
DM looks like he hasn't slept for weeks in his interviews.
No excuses, he has a stronger squad than he had at Hearts.
The way he's going with tactics and selection, even before Chermiti and Rommens got injured.
Isn't good enough for Rangers, he needs to get the consecutive wins going or he is toast.


Currently he makes Martin look decent.
And Celtic are no doubt licking their lips at inflicting a hefty defeat on us when we meet for the 1st Old Firm.
One recent paper stated McInnes has had the worst start to a campaign than any Rangers manager to date, way to go lad.

14 Aug 2026 16:54:57
Is the Penrice deal done? Anyone heard. It's gone quiet. Hoping this the first of at least 5 incoming.

14 Aug 2026 18:14:21
Think most people are past the point of caring tbh.

14 Aug 2026 18:16:08
En route from Heathrow to Glasgow and will land in 30 mins.

14 Aug 2026 18:28:18
I'm with Beef. Totally without a care at the moment, but I'll still take up my seat on Sunday hoping for a turnaround, as we do.

14 Aug 2026 18:35:12
Arcade, I care mate, hopefully the deal is done and he's in the squad on Sunday.

14 Aug 2026 18:53:43
Someone who can come in and start games at left back would be fantastic and I'm sure Penrice fits that.

14 Aug 2026 19:15:24
I'm absolutely with you, SounessesMowzer, I'll always care, and James Penrice will sign and is a good left back. 🤔

14 Aug 2026 19:30:36
Will it make a difference, imo, very unlikely!
These players, who have recently signed, good or bad, must be wondering what is going on??? This isn't the club that was sold to any of them!!

14 Aug 2026 19:51:38
SWS, I'd like to think that there are many more of us.

14 Aug 2026 19:53:32
Cheers guys, all I've heard is conflicting reports, but the main correlation is that AEK are being a total nightmare to deal with. They've shifted the goalposts more than once, and the deal was on the brink of collapse.

We pushed, and apparently Penrice pushed, and last I heard it's done, but that was like 48 hours ago.

14 Aug 2026 20:18:01
I think there's many thousands like us, SounessesMowzer. 👍 🇬🇧 I'll never not care or turn my back on Glasgow Rangers, and it never has or never will cross my mind. ❤️

14 Aug 2026 16:53:42
Hearing bringing Tav back is a priority atm and we are going back in for sima and cerny. 👀

I've heard the board are also using Koppens' list atm as Purdy and Thelwell jr are getting the chop and are not trusted at all.

14 Aug 2026 17:35:34
Nice of Koppen to leave his post-it notes of players lying about, lol.

14 Aug 2026 17:40:17
Nonsense, red tops running with something because Halliday mentioned it.

14 Aug 2026 17:47:11
Koppen's list genuinely made me laugh.

14 Aug 2026 17:48:52
We had targets when Koppen was here. 👀 It's almost like a football club would be aware of those players recruitment teams have suggested. 🤯🤯 Imagine my shock.

Not one single bit of anything I say on here comes from any nonsense paper, true blue, so I'd appreciate if you didn't accuse conversations with a friend of being from the papers.

🤯 Go check everything I've ever posted. None of it is from the papers and never will be, thanks.

14 Aug 2026 17:52:32
EHL, why?

14 Aug 2026 18:21:42
Windy, probably because we all wanted Koppen chased as well. 🫪 I'm not itk, I share conversations I have with Rangers fans like myself. Most turn out to be nowhere near correct, but every now and then some people I speak to actually get things spot on.

Personally I don't know who's to blame for where we find ourselves atm. It can't be managers, we've had every kind just about, and none seem to be working out for us.

Recruitment for me not the greatest either, but until we actually allow a team a couple of years to gel and become a team instead of whatever we are watching week in, week out, we are just going to get more of the same nonsense football we are getting.



AC keeps signing off on players we don't really need either, and does seem to prioritise the positions we drastically need better players in.

All that being said, things clearly aren't rosy in the background of our club atm, but imo until we allow a manager a couple of seasons to get the team looking how he wants it, nothing will change.

Anyone just gutted at how our club is now?
A richer St Mirren or Aberdeen is all we seem to be now.

14 Aug 2026 18:30:46
Windy, because Koppen didn't have a 'list' that he's left laying around for the recruitment team to neglect until someone pulls it out the back of the sofa.

Koppen had a strategy and a system that he implemented as Director of Scouting and then as Technical Director, which is still in use by the recruitment team today.

14 Aug 2026 18:52:30
From what I believe the Moroccan boy was one who Koppen actually tried to sign before he left his role with the club, so if it's a "list" or a "strategy" toward signings it's pretty much the same thing really.

As I've stated though, I don't think any of this is the full issue. Are you aware of any unrest behind the scenes? Like, is McInnes ready to walk unless he gets the positions he wants filled asap.

14 Aug 2026 19:31:58
The Driouche deal was agreed in January and put on ice due to his injury - something I posted about previously without mentioning his name.

14 Aug 2026 19:34:15
And if he did have a list, what are the chances of it ending up in the hands of fans? Muscatin, it sounds as if you and your mates are chatting about exactly the same stuff as is on here.

Oh, and Tav left after Koppen, so what chance of him being on that list? I'm with EHL on this. 😂😂 In fact, had to go and change my pants.

14 Aug 2026 19:45:45
Who said Tav was on any list, Angus? Not me. I said I've been told he's a priority target for right back. Laugh all you like. 👍 Just remember that next time people feel the same way about things others post, and keep that energy with everyone posting what they have heard. 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍

14 Aug 2026 20:07:05
People laugh, but Tav would be my number 1 for right back right now, as I have not been impressed by McCrorie whatsoever. Sima and Cerny are also no brainers.

14 Aug 2026 20:10:38
None of that is true.

14 Aug 2026 20:10:40
No idea if they kept a "list" but quite a few of the signings have mentioned they'd been spoken to months or even years before. So, also well before McInnes involved.

14 Aug 2026 20:18:46
Lol Koppens up to date transfer target list - floating about the blueroom like some mythical scroll. 📜

14 Aug 2026 16:38:42
Callum Burnside has joined Airdrie on a season-long loan.

14 Aug 2026 16:55:10
Good luck to the lad.

14 Aug 2026 16:58:06
That's a great club for him.

14 Aug 2026 17:04:29
With how toxic Ibrox can become, could we play any youngsters that the ITK posters think may be ready to step-up and play rather than wasting more funds or loans from other clubs right now? Even looking at Sunday's game or is it too important not to lose?

14 Aug 2026 18:17:04
The young LB Scally is destined to have a v good career. Still only 16, but as a LB back up he would be fine. Think he has an injury just now, but he will be in around squads v soon.

14 Aug 2026 20:20:13
I'm not being funny - would it not be better for Rangers to ever try and develop these young players by actually playing them? Why not have a young LB brought up to the senior team and given a go over some foreign loan?

14 Aug 2026 22:45:36
Kissthebadge, I've said this plenty over the last few years since the number of subs went up. Would be better getting time off the bench and the odd cup game for us than being moved around the lower leagues one season another and would save us having a bloated squad.

14 Aug 2026 14:36:02
The PSV guy did pass a medical. the injury stuff is dross he has watched us live and thought i'm out of here if not that then the board don't want to pay the fee cause we are out the Europa league either way it stinks.

14 Aug 2026 15:13:35
He's knocked us back after last night and agreed out of decency to go with the injury claim.

Never will I ever believe that version that's being spouted.

14 Aug 2026 15:14:03
No, it's not, bud. He wasn't available to play for the next 3 or 4 games. We need players now, not in a month's time.

14 Aug 2026 15:18:12
I'd assume if the medical issue is "dross" the player would subsequently be very vocal about that!

14 Aug 2026 15:18:29
The PSV chairman's come out and said he has a small knock and was going to be out for a week, Rangers saying it's 6 weeks.

14 Aug 2026 15:18:31
100% would you want to sign for a team who finished 3rd in the mighty SPL last season and are now playing in the Micky Mouse Participation European league? Probably on course to finish top 4 this season, no danger! I'd run a mile as well.

14 Aug 2026 15:22:59
PSV confirmed on their end he has an injury.

McInnes rightly wants someone immediately available, it's clear the team is crying out for some creativity. If he signed and wasn't available for 6 weeks, Del could be out of a job by then if things were to get worse.

It's not worth the risk.

On the other hand, it's fair to argue "how long will it take to get an alternative in?"
Business does need to be accelerated ASAP but it's not all in our hands.

14 Aug 2026 15:29:36
Shankland has just played in 4 games, are you saying in any way shape or form he is fit to play? If so, we shouldn't have signed him.

14 Aug 2026 15:30:11
Wouldn't we have known that before he had the medical, though?

If we wanted players who weren't currently injured, why give him a medical in the first place? From reports, he didn't fail the medical; despite having a small injury, he passed it.

The different information is conflicting, and it's hard to trust the owners or the board if they aren't going to be honest with us.



There were stories yesterday that he'd failed a medical; then it was something to do with paperwork.

If the club had knowledge about this injury, I'd be very concerned that they went ahead with anything to advance it further.

I don't think it's a coincidence that it's all collapsed not even a day after our European exit. Is the club too proud to come out and say what is actually going on?

14 Aug 2026 15:34:18
You're being kind, Dado. I don't even think we'll make the Mickey Mouse cup.

14 Aug 2026 15:44:27
The player has an injury. That is not in question. Both clubs agree that fact.

The clubs disagree over the extent of the injury, and medical professionals and physios can differ on that.

No big deal that the buying club has more of an issue than the selling club.



Tough on the player, but he will get by.

Everything else is just noise.

Let's move on to the players we have and players who do come in.

14 Aug 2026 15:59:06
No player would "go along with" a narrative that makes him look unfit/injured if it weren't true.
Seems like PSV suggested a minor knock (out for a week) whilst the medical suggests up to 6 weeks.
Imagine the outcry if we spent c. £8m on a player who was immediately on the treatment table.
We move on (again).

14 Aug 2026 16:01:24
They must have known he had a knock prior to the medical. The whole transfer process was being dragged out and then all of a sudden they need someone who can play immediately. Something stinks. At a time when the club don't need anymore pressure, they add it on themselves.

14 Aug 2026 16:01:27
Jesus, Blue89, I was forgetting we still need to win a game over two legs. Please somebody put us out our misery and send us to Rehab.

14 Aug 2026 16:06:59
Pointless chewing money away under this current set up anyway! Regardless of injury or change of mind? Hate to say it, but another season is basically over already and as things stand our only hope for the future is to try and halt the 10 yet again!! Every season we are sold a story that we always make an arse of!!

14 Aug 2026 16:08:02
Bluebear, you'd be the first on here complaining if he wasn't match fit for our next game!

But aye. Its dross. 🙈

14 Aug 2026 16:19:04
See, to be honest, if we hadn't started so poorly and the atmosphere amongst the fans wasn't so toxic, we'd have signed him. But the 4 games without a win, fans turning on the club, manager and players, if they had completed the signing and said he's out for 4-6 weeks, we'd have lost our minds, but now instead we're losing our minds for pulling out and creating stories/conspiracies because it suits the atmosphere and temper of the fan base.

Just my opinion on it.

14 Aug 2026 16:21:57
The lad passed his medical but is currently carrying an injury that will keep him out for roughly 6 weeks. We knew about this injury as it was disclosed prior to negotiations being concluded.
My biggest gripe is we had him at that game last night with this information already known, but instead of sending the lad home, we took him to the match.


I truly believe we pulled the plug because of that result. The loss of Europa League money added to the fee for another striker.

14 Aug 2026 16:47:23
The boy was dubbed as one of the worst players PSV ever had by their fans. They hardly played him. The boy on the Rr said he was a super sub and struggles against a low block. 6-week injury ends up out for half a season here.

14 Aug 2026 16:48:06
Ayrshire, I think you are spot on. Had we not had such a dire start, I think we would have pushed the transfer through and integrated the boy during September, but with 3 'starters' already on the treatment table they could ill afford to spend 8mil and say he's not fit to start games. The recruitment team know they must get next 5 signings spot on or season is over.

For what it's worth, I actually thought the first 45 we looked better last night with the 3 at the back as the centre halves all took responsibility for their man.

The 2 wingers were committed players, and Raskin moved the ball well. Sadly we had no penetration in forward areas and paid the price, as we have over last 4 games. I'm holding out, hoping with 4 or 5 signings we can recover our season under McInnes.

14 Aug 2026 17:14:45
Ffs, if he's signing a 4 year contract what difference does 3 to four weeks make? Think most of our signings are injury prone anyway.

14 Aug 2026 17:23:15
We all complain when we sign a player and he's always injured. Then we complain when we don't sign a player because of an issue in his medical.

14 Aug 2026 17:31:29
Having read some of the comments. It would seem that we were told a different timeframe regarding the injury than what the medical and our rehab team are suggesting.

I guess unless we actually work in that area of the club, we'll never truly know.

14 Aug 2026 17:54:56
I think that it will be very interesting to see if he is quoted in PSV's team lines in the next few weeks?

14 Aug 2026 18:06:12
I find it hard to believe it was a surprise he was carrying a niggle. That seems to be common knowledge in Holland. So how we got to where we did on this one is laughable.

Makes us look like right tits. And never mind needing someone that can play right away, we needed these 3-5 more signings a month ago so we could start the season properly!

14 Aug 2026 18:33:34
He was carrying a knock that was looking like keeping him out for a week. It was assessed, and was judged it would take 5 or 6 weeks to recover from.

We went back and tried to negotiate a discount based on this, and PSV said no, so we pulled out.

As much as it's not ideal, it's a very sensible move.

14 Aug 2026 20:00:03
Goram no1, yea that's the story I heard early this morning mate.