Rangers Transfer Rumours

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 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 or 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 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 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 14:17:56
Been told this morning that if Rangers lose this weekend against St Mirren then McInnes could be gone. It wouldn't surprise me we are just a few games into his tenure and already made some strange decisions. We need a tougher manager and someone who is experienced at managing big clubs I have no idea who but things cannot go like this we are a joke and no one is scared of playing us now how can we have fallen away so badly send reaching the Europa league final.

Celtic have signed 3 players and everyone is better than any player we have signed

14 Aug 2026 14:43:45
You can't continue to blame managers every 6 months.

14 Aug 2026 14:48:42
Hahaha, if we get rid of McInnes, you think an experienced manager is coming into this rubbishshow. 😂 Get in the real world, man. Couldn't even convince Steven Gerrard, whose stock was at its lowest, to come back twice! We ended up with a rookie in Danny Rohl, and after he bailed, we are at McInnes.

It's only downhill from here. Club's a mess, club will stay a mess, cause everyone employed by it are clowns.

14 Aug 2026 14:53:35
Normally I'd agree, Yately, but come on, McInnes has done nothing right in regards to games, poor team selection, players out of position, formation failures, captain selection, vice captain selection to name a few, absolutely rank rotten, throw in too lopsided for games, too narrow, zero width, it's truly awful.

14 Aug 2026 15:03:06
I'm 99.99% sure DM is here for the long term and personally I'm delighted about it.

14 Aug 2026 15:08:23
Very much doubt it, but thanks for the first post.

14 Aug 2026 15:08:57
Ehl, would you be surprised if he sticks to 2 upfront? I don't know any teams that win leagues playing a 442.

14 Aug 2026 14:55:10
Who told you that? Nobody but the voices in your head.

14 Aug 2026 15:12:06
Same here Ehl, the rot is in recruitment imo.

14 Aug 2026 15:14:38
Ehl, me too.

I am however worried about this formation he's trying to do. It's not working for the players, and I don't see how it can change.

14 Aug 2026 15:15:21
Calling this as made up nonsense, sorry pal, but McInnes isn't being sacked. This mess isn't on him, it's on recruitment and the owners.

14 Aug 2026 15:20:15
I'm glad we'll have a manager long term, Ehl, but he really needs to improve. The players on the park last night should have won. We lost due to his tactics and direction (or lack of).

14 Aug 2026 15:20:30
Wow, now the manager gets 5 games. 😂😂😂 We going for a record here?

14 Aug 2026 15:22:53
In the name of the wee man, give the guy a chance. He's doing his best in a difficult situation, with a recruitment committee of incompetents next door to him that, hopefully, the owners will suss out at some point.

14 Aug 2026 15:27:22
We can only hope he's out the door soon. Del last night were really short at the back, so we really don't want to play a right footer at left back, 2nd half winning 1-0. Take a player out middle of the park and puts a right footer at LB.

14 Aug 2026 15:35:17
EHL, I hope you're right and I'd be happy if he was here for the long term. I get the impression that he's in no mood for f***ing around and he's already firing home a few home truths, both in the dressing room and at board level.

That's just my opinion, of course.

Interested to hear why you're delighted that he's here for the long term if you'd be happy to share?

14 Aug 2026 15:40:55
EHL, are you happy with the formation that he is playing and happy with the results?

They definitely aren't going the way we all want, so why would you be delighted about it.

There is, however, that 0.01% doubt in you though, so not fully committing.

14 Aug 2026 15:45:31
Personally not buying this "difficult situation."

He's the Rangers manager, with a budget some before him would've done 10x better with. Aye, some signings haven't hit the mark, and we're behind where I, as a fan, pictured we'd be, and I agree he deserves patience to an extent - but also criticism, as I believe we have continued to regress from last season.



If we are eliminated from both competitions over the next fortnight, I would like to hope serious questions would be asked of his (and the recruitment teams) positions.

14 Aug 2026 15:56:23
As a club, we need a little patience to achieve a level of stability and consistency that doesn't come overnight after the turmoil and change we've been through since Steven Gerrard left us mid-season.
Changes in the club structure, the takeover, and poor recruitment have played a huge part in the state we find the club in.


Squad rebuilds over the last four managers have wasted tens of millions of pounds. Better with 3/4/5 quality players coming in a season than 10/12 or more jersey fillers. That's what's being done across the city. They are building on a core and are supplementing it with 4/5 quality signings, particularly this year.

14 Aug 2026 16:03:58
You and me both, Ehl. It would be madness to consider removing yet another manager after a few weeks in the job. Give him time to get things right - what's the realistic alternative?

14 Aug 2026 16:10:56
I've no idea what formation he will use moving forward. I think he's just trying to make something work with what he has at the moment, which is utter rubbish.

14 Aug 2026 16:20:52
Lol Tim's are so funny - creating profiles on Rangers pages - obsessed doesn't begin to cut it.

14 Aug 2026 16:23:50
Think Shankland is proving to be the major issue. He clearly is not suited to the lone striker role, so we are tinkering with formations to play 2 up, which is leaving us short either in midfield or, like last night, in the full back positions.



Add in lack of creativity with the midfielders we have, and a dreadful defence without a natural leader, it is turning into a bit of a shambles.

14 Aug 2026 16:40:43
We have to stick with DM.
Give him the chance and time.

14 Aug 2026 16:53:40
We literally do not have any other choice but to stick with McInnes. We sack him and get someone else, it's just going to be the same thing over and over again. We need to buck the trend, let him get a full season and if things are that bad, then move on in May.

He will nowhere turn it around imo but we aren't winning anything this year and if the recruitment team is not improved upon he'll never win anything with us. Neither will any manager.

14 Aug 2026 17:03:10
Take it folk just want him kept for the simple reason he's a Rangers man? He's on course to have a worse start than Martin! But it's not his fault, it's the recruitment fault, so are use now saying it wasn't Martin's fault n should have been given time, is that what use are saying?

14 Aug 2026 17:08:41
Should never have got the job and it would almost be worth losing to St Mirren to get rid of him. The only problem would be attracting any kind of decent manager to manage that dreadful squad he has assembled with only a couple of weeks of the window to go and the money mostly spent. As for giving him time to bed in his system of play, I don't think he's played the same way twice in 4 games, he doesn't even know what system he wants to play so how can we sign players to suit. Recruitment is bad but he has had an input into it too and the squad is now worse than the dross Martin put together.

14 Aug 2026 17:22:15
That should say he will eventually turn it around*.

14 Aug 2026 17:35:56
Surely, we're not asking for another manager to be sacked already.

As painful as this is as a supporter. We cannot keep rinsing and repeating!

There is a deeper issue somewhere, I just don't know what it is.

How is giving anyone 4 games, giving anyone a chance?

I really hope the board don't succumb to petulant fan behaviour again.

Hopefully the root of the issue will be found so we can start to recover.

If you're only singing when we're winning, please don't come.

14 Aug 2026 17:43:49
Wsl, that's one of the most shocking takes I've seen on here.

"It would almost be worth losing to St. Mirren to get rid of him."

Unbelievable.

14 Aug 2026 13:42:05
Fourlads, Always enjoy your input mate.

What you been hearing regarding Thelwell & Purdy being sacked?

But that's not helping us just now with rebuilding the team that sounds like we will get a few in door on loan like Bear said. But that leaves us with a squad half built and a manager not happy.

What's your thoughts and any input on what you think the plan going forward is?

14 Aug 2026 14:38:54
The manager shouldn't be happy, he has made a James Blunt of it so far, we had a good enough squad to get by that tie, get results against United and Hibs. Missing out on EL will cause further issues with recruitment and finances.

14 Aug 2026 14:40:01
Dragged out of Ibrox by the arse and neck, mate, that's what they need.
Big toe treatment.

14 Aug 2026 14:54:07
Sacking Purdy and Thelwell Jr now is all fine and dandy, but the damage is already done by them.

14 Aug 2026 15:04:06
Genuine question, why is everyone so adamant that these two need to be sacked?

Is it purely because of their association with Martin, Thelwell & Stewart?

14 Aug 2026 14:54:11
Kick them out barefoot. Confiscate their car keys and tell them to find a horse in a local field and go back to England.

14 Aug 2026 15:17:21
Ehl, it's because in the last 13 months we've had 2 successful signings out of 20ish, mate.

They're not doing good enough.

See, even if they're doing good, which they're not. They're not closing the gap, which has to be the remit.

Ehl, can u be honest?

Who are u blaming for the mess, and what?

What's your personal opinion, mate?

14 Aug 2026 15:18:18
Ehl, not sure if you are defending them or if it's a question, but it's either down to them or Macinnes, so which is it, or a mix of both or more than that?

14 Aug 2026 15:21:17
I think, looking at their track record, it's diabolical.

14 Aug 2026 15:24:08
Ehl,

In my opinion the recruitment team has made a horlicks of the transfer window. I include the manager in that too. We knew what we needed this summer, a spine of the team and to replace the creative talent.

Whilst I agree we've had unluckiness with Chermiti and Godfrey, the players we do have don't look like they know what the plan is. I appreciate you like Derek, but clearly you must agree there is a systemic failure at our club.

14 Aug 2026 15:25:13
Check your hitch, your horse is leaving. Lads, go and catch up and keep going.

14 Aug 2026 15:28:15
Ehl, there transfer business been awful wasted around 40mill on absolute dross.

14 Aug 2026 15:04:57
But can't let it continue, get them ta f.

14 Aug 2026 15:41:38
Stig, my understanding is their positions have been under review due to their persistent failings to recruit the appropriate targets. Last summer was a disaster, and this summer is actually much worse. We couldn't afford to get it wrong this year, and we have. I have been told they are gone. 👍🏻

14 Aug 2026 15:49:05
Ehl, they are in charge of recruitment, we've absolutely no defence to speak of. Only just signed a right winger after the season had started, still need attacking options in the middle and off the left. That's before we speak about wasting money on Naderi Chukwauni etc.

14 Aug 2026 15:54:07
I'm not defending anyone here. Personally, I like Purdy and believe he's more than capable of delivering. Equally, I've never met or spoken to Thelwell.

What I am genuinely trying to understand is why so many people are adamant they should be sacked when very few of us have a clear view of what is actually happening behind the scenes.

Take Naderi, Olsen and Devlin as just three examples off the top of my head. Those weren't signings driven by them. They were players brought to the table by others and subsequently signed off by Stig, the manager and AC.

Likewise, players such as Shankland, McCrorie and Godfrey were identified and scouted by the recruitment team under Stig's direction. However, they also presented a number of alternative options with different profiles, and it was ultimately Stig, the manager and AC who chose to prioritise other deals.



That's why I genuinely struggle to understand why Purdy and Thelwell seem to attract so much criticism for every recruitment decision.

Stevie, being completely honest, I don't really blame any one individual at the club for the current situation. I've said for a long time that there are no shortcuts here. We inherited a mess, and the reality is that things were always likely to get worse before they got better.

I still believe we're on the right path. The process is painful, but I think the work being done now will ultimately be the making of this squad. By October, I expect we'll start to see a team that looks, feels and competes much more like Rangers.

14 Aug 2026 15:59:40
Fourlads, whoever kept them on needs to have their heads looked at. Fool me twice comes to mind.

14 Aug 2026 16:13:02
Ehl, who is in charge of the overall recruitment strategy?

That's the major issue in my mind. We knew that we'd need a whole new back line after the loans last season, so surely these should've been the players signed as soon as the window opened.

Going into a season with two RBs, 2 CB (one injury prone) and 1 LB injury prone is downright negligence when you know that's the case a year in advance.

14 Aug 2026 16:24:17
Should never ever have let Nils Koppen go - and, for that matter, Clement.

14 Aug 2026 16:33:48
Purdy is in overall charge, Blue. Robbie Thelwell reports to him. It's an utter shambles how these 2 are still in their positions after last season.

14 Aug 2026 16:38:34
Blue,

That sits with Stig, DM & AC.

Again, the recruitment team's job is to identify targets for all those roles - neither Purdy nor Thelwell will have any say in which players / positions are prioritised. That's driven by DM as Manager and AC from a financial perspective.

My understanding of the recruitment strategy this season was that we prioritised getting the 'lower value' deals in early, as our intention was to invest heavily in priority areas - however, in order to invest in these, we needed outgoings to generate the funds.


Again, this strategy doesn't sit with Purdy or Thelwell. That sits with Stig and AC.

14 Aug 2026 16:58:01
EHL, I admire your ability to stay calm when things inevitably go to pot. Is it your opinion that we will go in for a winger round about the 7m mark that we had earmarked for Driouch or do you think that now we have missed on Europa it will be a lesser value deal or a loan?

14 Aug 2026 17:05:55
Great answer Ehl, so many don't know or understand who's in charge. AC has made it clear he is.

14 Aug 2026 17:07:19
Robbie Thelwell also just joined the club in October 2025 so to blame him for last summer's transfer business is a bit inaccurate.

14 Aug 2026 17:09:38
I've said in a few posts now.
I reckon by a couple months we will see progress and things will calm down.

We need to give DM time and a settled squad, as I keep saying, so many moving parts just now.
Let the dust settle and then see where we stand.

The gaffer always recognised Mccinnes as a good successor. We have to give him the tools and time, then everyone and their granny can properly judge where we are at.

There's some good players in the squad. I really like the look of a good few, and once minutes and time to settle and we settle into formations and tactics, we will see the progress.

Come on, let's have some positivity in this dark hour.

14 Aug 2026 17:11:39
Goals conceded by shocking defending last season, before and after the split, cost us winning what earlier looked like a very unlikely title. The rebuild needed to be done from the back, considering Tav was going, the loanees were returning and we were already light. I really don't understand why we can find a place for Raskin but not Souttar when we have Godfrey and Rommens missing just now? One of the problems I see is how far and wide we are searching for players, and it feels a bit Supermarket Sweep to me. There is a lot of panic around, especially when an injury occurs, and promoting from within couldn't be any worse than assembling a posse of complete strangers. A season used to end with a few out and a few in, which gave us continuity. Every season now, we entrust our fate into the hands of a recruitment team that seem to work with stats-based info and trusted agents who only have their own finances at heart. At this stage, I'd be telling at least one from the three amigos that their services are no longer required and bring in someone who better understands the club, our history, and Scottish football to oversee that the decision making is in line with our expectations.

14 Aug 2026 17:15:12
Damage already done but what else can we do?

14 Aug 2026 13:27:21
Dutch Journos that broke the Driouech to Rangers story writing that PSV boss claims the club are shocked at Rangers pulling the plug on the deal and that Driouech is hugely disappointed that the deal has fallen through.

Sounds like Chris Jack is telling the truth even though the optics are terrible.

14 Aug 2026 14:22:09
Ayrshire, what did Jack say?

Is this because we don't want to spend the money now since failing to get through that game last night?

14 Aug 2026 14:24:51
Ayrshire, never mind.
Just went and read it now regarding the proposed injury that's been detected.

Let's see if we can use that 7m on an alternative winger then?

14 Aug 2026 14:29:33
He passed the medical. It's a shambles on the club, they clearly knew he was missing PSV games due to an injury. Why spend a week chasing him if we aren't going to sign him cause we want someone ready to play from Minute 1.

The club's a total shambles in every department. I am sick of this getting humiliated every single week supporting this club.

14 Aug 2026 14:32:00
Think it'll be more loans rather than bought players.

14 Aug 2026 15:26:22
Sell Raskin, give pot to manager, not that pair of plums next door to him.

14 Aug 2026 15:43:22
Stig, we aren't spending that 7million on anyone anymore.
Believe what you want to believe, but I truly think imo that if we had won last night then the PSV player would have been presented to the fans today.