Rangers Rumours

10 Dec 2023 20:42:05
Reading the club are trying to sign BB on a new contract, if true I can't help feeling disappointed as borna is 1 of many at the club who need to move on.

10 Dec 2023 21:43:51
Totally agree. He is one of many who's time us up. Good players for us first couple of seasons imo, been average ar best in recent seasons. I would like to see him and and others playing at wing backs in a 352 formation, as I feel he offers a lot more going forward that defending.

10 Dec 2023 22:02:46
Ok easy question who 8s first choice left back.

10 Dec 2023 22:03:11
Borna . so what's wrong with borna as a back up and sell yilmaz.

10 Dec 2023 22:04:35
Borna more likely to accept no2 spot than a young player trying to make his national team.

10 Dec 2023 22:06:02
Sorry Onewalters but as you say we need to move on we have tried to do this but PC. knows who can trust and BB has the jersey.

10 Dec 2023 23:05:49
I believe Barisic has the jersey because of Yilmaz is out of the European squad, we sell Yilmaz we get more than we paid in my opinion.

11 Dec 2023 01:01:39
If that's the case my star why is borna not rested in league games before Europe.

11 Dec 2023 01:02:23
Don't get me wrong I like yilmaz but think with way we play he's not what we need.

09 Dec 2023 07:37:48
I was told a wee story by a fellow bear last night and i'll share it on here to see if anyone else has heard anything on this 🤔It would be interesting to see if CoplandFront5 or John227 or anyone else on here for that matter has heard that ipswich town want to speak to big john lundstram and offer him a pre contract to join them at the end of the season 🤔The guy also told me there's a few good championship clubs very interested in him and seemingly his old club sheff utd 🤔 I'd personally want to keep big lunny and would hope he stays and signs a new contract with us 🙏 He's back playing well since clement came in 👌.

09 Dec 2023 09:05:33
Happy he goes and we invest his 30k a week into younger players tbh. ATB to him but one great season.

09 Dec 2023 09:26:19
Happy to wish him all the best. Can get better and more consistent players for 30k per week. Will forever be remembered for his goal against Leizpig but I would not offer a new contract. Overpaid for what he has given the last 3-4 years.

09 Dec 2023 09:34:38
Keep him he's a work horse and needed.

09 Dec 2023 09:47:50
Abu Lundstram doesn't get 30k.

09 Dec 2023 10:03:16
Hes been very good since PC came in i would deal him in only because i hate seeing players leave for nothing.

09 Dec 2023 10:09:32
I personally think he's off at the end of the season. I don't have any "insider knowledge", it's just a hunch.

09 Dec 2023 10:10:33
Thirty grand a week to pass it sideways backwards and then forward to the opposition let him go asap.

09 Dec 2023 10:41:58
Where is 30k per week coming from? I thought Lunstrum was on little over 20k per week and for that money i think he represents good value for money, especially since PC took over.

09 Dec 2023 10:48:15
Yet another player leaving for free. He's good enough to get money for so should be renewed. Our player trading model is fundamentally broken.

09 Dec 2023 11:23:42
Lundstram doesn't get 30k a week how many times 🤔.

09 Dec 2023 11:43:24
I don’t disagree with some of the comments but my only worry would be, could you imagine what our midfield would play like without him? 1 in 4 games Jack, Cifu missing more than he plays. 2 games ever 3 month in Lawrence? Raskin, remember him?

JL plays pretty much every week and generally gives his all.

09 Dec 2023 11:44:44
Money can't be spent elsewhere. Need better in MF. I think he's been decent but slows our play down.

09 Dec 2023 12:19:46
Bonuses etc…. He will get close to 30k so posters aren’t wrong we can only see what their flat rate is of players but some seem to forget that.

09 Dec 2023 12:20:31
Lundstram had been tremendous since Clement came in and released him from dropping into the back 4 to take passes from the two centre backs. He has obviously been encouraged to pass forward more and drive forward with the ball, Yeah, he spreads the ball square at times to feed our full backs but there is nothing wrong with that. His defensive work too has been vital . I don`t think Sheff Utd will be after him, after all he and Wilder didn`t get on at the end of his time there and to be honest I don`t see why he would go to any Championship club as its a massive step down . He may go for the money as these clubs are capable of paying more than the £22 grand a week he is rumoured to be on at Ibrox . Another who would be hard to replace . Raskin and Cifuentes as our holding midfield players ain`t winning us many big matches.

09 Dec 2023 12:24:16
Lundstram earns the same wage as Sterling.

09 Dec 2023 12:36:34
30k a week. Certainty.

09 Dec 2023 12:41:57
I'm torn on this

On one hand I wanted him gone before Clement thought he was so bad

On other hand since Clement came in arguably most consistent player behind only butland

Is it pc can get best out of him or are we seeing the typical player out of contract playing better to attract interest scenario.

09 Dec 2023 12:46:41
Big Lunny has been one of our more consistent performers since Clement came in. Always available, very rarely injured, never hides. I'd keep him.

09 Dec 2023 13:06:57
As many have said he’s a different player under clement, he’s does some amount of donkey work that people don’t see big John for me is vital under the current circumstances,

09 Dec 2023 13:14:22
He can leave. Another who has had more bad than good performances.

09 Dec 2023 13:37:06
Lundstrum is on a basic salary circa 22k, add in his signing on fee, appears bonus he is just short of 30k.

Kilted is signing on fee is spread over length of contract

I’m told lundstrum wants to stay, I keep saying we can’t clear out in January as we would be left no squad for knock out stage in Europe,

09 Dec 2023 13:45:52
Lundstrum isn't the problem, he needs a more creative ball player beside him, he does his job well, he a midfield destroyer type, we need a davis type in beside him. If we let him leave for free we will be spending money we shouldn't trying to sign a like for like replacement.

09 Dec 2023 14:09:54
Do we have the option to submit an updated squad for the knockout rounds in Europe, John?

09 Dec 2023 14:36:37
Lundstram should be kept. Borna Jack and Roofe shouldn’t. Balogun maybe as a backup depending how his fitness stays over the rest of the season. Not sure who else it out of contract.

09 Dec 2023 14:57:15
A would keep him if he's on a smaller wage he’s been great this season.

09 Dec 2023 14:58:45
Mph more drivel he’s been good most games this year you talk some tripe.

09 Dec 2023 15:11:41
Shocker from Lundstrum for Dundees goal. He can leave, the £1.5m per year can be spent wiser and better elsewhere.

09 Dec 2023 15:43:53
Lunny with his basic bonuses is on 30k a week.

09 Dec 2023 16:15:08
What reason does he have to stay at rangers?
with a weaker team ow than when he joined, would be in his best interest to move elsewhere, he was brought in for free, has seen his contract out.
What incentive does he have to stay at rangers, a club that sells or release there best assets, and then invests that money in mostly P*SH duds, that we then sell for less than we paid.
A club that instead of dealing with this issue, instead blames on whatever manager was brought in to replace the previous manager, average lifespan for any manager at our club is 11 - 12 months,
Since Gerrard was driven out.

09 Dec 2023 16:52:16
There are other players who need to go before Lundstrum.

09 Dec 2023 18:27:34
Thanks John. Never knew that, I always thought sign on fees were paid up front.

09 Dec 2023 18:54:05
Laudruphagi to play in Europe and have a chance a winning stuff Like a cup next week

09 Dec 2023 19:00:38
Seeker yes we r allowed to make three changes to European squad

Kilted in most cases the signing on fee is spread over the length of contract
Example one million over four year deal is 250k a year, 5 k a week.

09 Dec 2023 21:33:18
OK, cheers John 👍.

09 Dec 2023 21:36:37
Oh no, the jinx of all jinxes, Sir Walter everytime you do this the player loses form.

09 Dec 2023 21:46:29
1, lundstram doesn't get 30k a week.

2, he's been here 2.5 years.

3, he's been our best player since clement came in and arguably all season.

10 Dec 2023 00:08:33
John his previous interview definitely suggests he's happy at rangers but you never know until interested parties make themselves known.

10 Dec 2023 12:43:48
If he wants to stay at rangers thenI would definitely give him a new contract as he is playing well under Clement. When he downed tools at Sheffield United it was because he wanted to leave.
On his game he is a good player and we have other areas of the team that need strengthening due to previous poor signings, centre back being the main concern for me along with attack.

10 Dec 2023 13:11:56
John227 I`ve been saying that for months on here about signing on fees and why Lundstrams wages might look higher than the rest but if it doesn`t suit the narrative then people ignore the truth. Its the same with the moans about how low Butlands release clause is at £4 million, it never occurs to anybody that this is set at a level that he insisted on . If we had insisted on making it a lot higher, he may not have signed and would we rather that had happened . Definitely not.

10 Dec 2023 13:42:19
We should be looking at keeping Lundstram
As for Butland he going nowhere he doesn't want to leave why would he he's valued by the fans he's consistently playing.

10 Dec 2023 22:12:35
I also agree with mark44 you should be looking to move on fringe players and improving on weakest players that are in first team with signings then those weaker starters become the back ups that's how squad improves if we keep replacing starters like we did with sakala and colak that's how we end up with problem we did this season dessers and lammers you at least try keep sakala and colak and sign two let fringe men go and if new guys turn out better then you can sell sakala colak

Only problem is getting someone to take the likes of roofe or others we may want rid of.

11 Dec 2023 01:19:09
John is it only three changes to squad or is it three additions mix?

Still think it's madness you can change squad every knock out round but not group stages where it's more games.

You should be able to change the three plus any player that's not been used or played for another team

(The not been used thing to do with players booked or suspended) or maybe clubs should be allowed to register more players seems a bit crazy to have such a small number and not be able to use players that were already at your club

Then teams like psv can add player from Barcelona a day or two before they play us how is that fair from a coaching point of view for preparation of tactics.

08 Dec 2023 18:31:49
Seen online comment that BBC are reporting that Danillo and Lawrence out for rest of year with Danillo possibly needing surgery?
Hope this is grossly incorrect!

08 Dec 2023 18:44:36
It's correct. Clement said it in today's press conference.

08 Dec 2023 19:08:53
What’s happened to Danilo? He seems to be injury prone as well.

08 Dec 2023 19:16:25
It’s from the press conference do you even support rangers?

08 Dec 2023 20:17:11
Its like the old saying “ it never rains but it pours “ my question is do we have more players available or unavailable?

08 Dec 2023 20:49:51
Danilo does need surgery.

08 Dec 2023 22:12:54
Just my opinion but the way Danilo has been playing, recently, he won't be missed. Yes his mobility and effort is good but the chances he misses and his goals to games ratio don't make good reading. Hopefully we can get and keep Roofe fit until January at least.

09 Dec 2023 08:34:47
For me personally I think we push Sima up top until January and bring in either Matondo who will bring us pace and directness or we go to a back 3 and push Tav and whoever is going to be LB on. We seem to have the worst luck in bringing in players that struggle to stay fit. Roofe is fit again just now but again for how long.

09 Dec 2023 12:45:47
I don't think you can say Danilo injury prone a clash of heads is bad luck

The knee thing his first for us really

I'd be asking more questions of our medical team we seem to have a really poor record all we hear is will be out couple weeks next 5hing we know it's months as if they have no idea what they are doing.

10 Dec 2023 22:20:14
Also I'd stop reading the daily rebel always puts a negative slant on rangers stories.

08 Dec 2023 09:57:12
We've opened permanent talks for sima. Their initial price is too high. Will likely come down, they're happy to sell.

08 Dec 2023 10:45:23
I think Sima has been solid but for the money he’d cost I’m not sure he’s worth it.

08 Dec 2023 11:08:33
Will be 23, family settled here, Brighton willing to sell, not first team and 1 year left on his deal

Could see it.

08 Dec 2023 11:57:42
Not worth it? Remove him from the squad this season and we’re a mess! I’d like to see your thoughts then?

08 Dec 2023 12:07:30
Hopefully he's a Rangers player next season.

08 Dec 2023 12:48:05
Timing of it is strange surely we must be looking to sign him permanently but not pay anything until the summer . We need any transfer budget we do have for other signings in January . We have Sima until the summer anyway.

08 Dec 2023 12:57:20
Not worth it 🤔 totally disagree with you there davidb1996.Sima i'd love us to get on a permanent deal and i think with 1 year remaining on his contract, we could possibly get him for around the £4million-£5million mark 🙏 This guy for me capable of scoring 20 goals plus a season for us and that itself is worth its weight in gold 👌Great asset with that blistering pace and very hard working, not to mention being a very cool, composed finisher 👌.

08 Dec 2023 13:10:51
Think Sima will only get better and more consistent, yeah a bit of a ted McMinn at times but we would not get a sniff at him otherwise, always available which is something which a lot are not, so fit, fast, strong and hits the target, if the manager wants him it’s a No brainer for me.

08 Dec 2023 13:33:20
He would be worth it, and that is plainly obvious.

08 Dec 2023 13:41:26
Yes he’s been our best attacker this season but that’s not hard. For me he’s technically not good enough and is too wasteful when he has the ball at his feet. If we could get him for a couple million then yes, but I don’t see that happening.

08 Dec 2023 14:34:49
If Aberdeen want 4-6 million for Miovski then Brighton are perfectly able to ask for similar for Sima. or a bit more.

08 Dec 2023 14:35:37
Raisetheroofe, if we were getting Jude Bellingham for a fiver, some on here would find fault with him, mate.

08 Dec 2023 15:38:40
A fiver I'd say no but £4 I'd take him all day.

08 Dec 2023 15:42:57
Sign him up. Hopefully David Weir won’t be too hard to deal with. His pace will cause the bigger teams problems and he’s pretty much propping up the whole team at the moment.

08 Dec 2023 15:43:28
He was getting a wee bit of stick at start of season but I remember that outrageous back heel volley in one of the early games that almost came off, he's fast, composed, strong, good in the air and has 12 goals off the wing, he's worth 5 million nae bother, he also was able to stand up when everyone else was crumbl8ng so he's got the mentality, tracks back too, if Kent was 6.5m then Sima must be worth at least that and we can sell on after a few years.

08 Dec 2023 16:13:16
Davidb you don’t know a player when you see one obviously.

08 Dec 2023 16:21:39
Very true, hubby11, very tue, mate.

08 Dec 2023 16:37:19
Blows my mind that most on here didn’t want Tillman but now want Sima.

08 Dec 2023 16:49:56
Hubby but we’re not we’re getting someone who’s not technically the best and is shining because of the lack of quality around him. 5m could easily be better spent elsewhere imo. Look at Palma who we could’ve had for 3 or whatever it was in the summer. I’d take him every day of the week over Sima.

08 Dec 2023 17:49:10
What nonsense Davidb, he's scored in Europe and looks the part, who are you watching.

08 Dec 2023 18:00:06
4 to 5 million when he's got 1 yr left means he is valued at 16 - 20 million, was valued at 8 so would of though it would be more like 2 million.

08 Dec 2023 18:55:13
Davidb1996, granted tillman was extremely skillful but always seemed lazy. Sima came to us low on confidence and has grown into this team. He tracks back puts challenges in and gets up and does the business. It's great seeing skill moves but i prefer going direct no nonsense style.

08 Dec 2023 19:11:20
It never fails to amaze me that we consistently complain about the poor standard of player that we sign and the cheap acquisitions, yet when we are reportedly interested in a player that is better than any outfield player that we have signed for a number of years.

The general standard of player signed for a significant number of years is simply not good enough, Sima looks like a decent quality player that could more than hold his own in the EPL. If we are fortunate enough to secure his transfer we should be thankful and hope that this sets a precedent and a minimum standard for future transfers.

08 Dec 2023 19:18:30
I don't think tilman was lazy think he just looked really casual, but probably the most naturally gifted football that has played a t rangers in years.

08 Dec 2023 19:27:51
Livi I think Tillmans work rate was massively underrated but no need to bring back old convos.

I’ve said Sima has been solid for us but for the assumed £5m+ price tag I don’t think he’s worth that much and we could do better.

08 Dec 2023 20:03:09
Glad you’re not the manager, DavieB. What has Tillman got to do with anything? Not even a close comparison. I’d be delighted to get Sima in permanently and play him as CF. Happy to get Shankland too.

08 Dec 2023 20:22:01
If we can get him for 4-6 million we can negotiate a reasonable sell on fee.

08 Dec 2023 21:10:40
I like Sima he’s a hard worker with a decent finish and a good attitude. If he becomes permanent he should only get better.

08 Dec 2023 21:12:44
Davidb1966 we had Ryan Kent who was technically brilliant but his end product was a shambles. Sima's got an end product and producing numbers Kent could only hope for. Whether he’s technically good or not, he’s producing! We also had big boydy who, technically didn’t do much at all apart from score an insane amount of goals.

Best and most valuable players aren’t always the most technically gifted. If we can pick sima up for under 7m I think that would be a steal in this modern day transfer madness.

09 Dec 2023 03:57:47
Gers I don’t think he’s worth anywhere near 7m but that’s just my opinion. I’d be looking at about half of that or move on to someone else.

09 Dec 2023 12:48:40
I can see why people say he's not worth it as he's not the traditional winger type but he brings a clinical edge that sadly rest of our team is lacking at the moment.

Really depends on the fee and if we can recoup money on other flops like dessers.

09 Dec 2023 16:39:17
By the end of the season, Sima will be worth minimum 10 mill upto 15 mill if you realise just how good he is as a CF, wasted at LW or RW.
Lads and out and out CF with pace and power and composure in the box, only 22 a very sellable asset for brighton, more than likely will end up at a decent european club, i doubt rangers could afford any player in the 8 mill plus bracket, we'd rather squander that kind of money on duds like lammers and dessers.

10 Dec 2023 22:25:15
Laudrup hagi I agree. I get the arguments to him playing on left but that means our play predictable down right side more 9ften than not for me he's better on air than dessers better finisher than dessers quicker than dessers more physical than dessers I'd play him CF and look for a better left winger.

Can still chop and change sima position if needed which is only a plus.