Rangers Rumours

17 Feb 2025 12:33:51
Was talking to a fella in the place I am working today and his information is we have interest in at least 4 young players currently playing in the SPL just now. He wouldn't give any names but did say it doesn't include Cameron. He also said we have dropped interest and withdrawn the offer to the LB at Aberdeen MacKenzie I think his name is.
Heard from a separate source yesterday that we are very interested in the young lad Wilson that played in hearts front 3 yesterday. Also the young LB Penrice I think he is called. Was impressed by the lad Wilson but never saw enough of the LB to make a decision. Lennon Miller is still a target but I personally think we will be priced out with motherwell looking for a deal worth at least 5m, 3.5m fee and 1.5m add ons, with a 20% sell on. For me i'd take the hand off them at that price as i believe we could easily quadruple that price in a couple years with us. I also believe Bailey Rice would benefit massively having played with Miller at motherwell and heard they were close.
Heard another 2 or 3 names but not from any my trusted sources.

17 Feb 2025 14:43:06
I was speaking to a family member of Penrice at the weekend, he suggested we'd been monitoring him in the back ground for a while. Said although he no longer supports Rangers he grew up supporting us and would absolutely know what it's all about to play for us.

17 Feb 2025 14:43:50
I think Penrice looks a good player. Late bloomer, but seems to have good pace, crosses well and would definitely give us a solid option for Jefte (assuming we can move Yilmaz on) … I think other young Hearts player could do with another 18months of football, as I don't genuinely see him getting much game time.
Other than that I hope we are looking at a solid ball winning CH with strong aerial capabilities (tbh cannot think who that would be in the league right now) …
Signing young players from our league can be good as long as they PLAY and can develop. Barron has shown flashes but for me is a clear step down from Raskin and Diomande. And assume if either of these 2 go, we would go to market for a quality CM….

17 Feb 2025 14:45:59
I know Penrice looks like he's young but he's 27 this year.

17 Feb 2025 14:46:55
Good in a way. But we cannot simply fill our side with young scots. Be mid table.

17 Feb 2025 14:51:33
Wilson looks the part but would disappear at Rangers as we wouldn't play him often at 17. Plus our expectations of him would be very high.
Penrice also looked very good.
Miller - and I know I'm in the minority - I just don't fully see it.
Would love for rice to be given more game time though.

17 Feb 2025 15:27:56
27 is young for some I suppose.

17 Feb 2025 15:30:55
We are getting bullied and we don't have real pace, so find those types, we want teams to rubbish themselves playing Rangers home or away, so we need coaching staff that understand what we need big Phil doesn't.

17 Feb 2025 16:01:39
No one is paying 5m for Lennon Miller if he doesn't extend his deal . He has a 1 year left in the summer and is available on a Bosman (development fee only) in ten months.

17 Feb 2025 16:21:18
It's time to move on from the nonsense that Scottish players aren't good enough. We've had the usual suspects on here for years saying that, most notably saying that Lewis Ferguson is not Rangers class but he is seemingly now on the radar for Juventus! We need to be signing the best players available to us in our price range or developing our own young players. It's worked before, there is no reason whatsoever that it can't happen again. Alex Ferguson proved what could be done by trusting in young, local players - why should it be different now?

17 Feb 2025 16:24:38
De boer mwell want 4 million + sell on.

17 Feb 2025 17:03:04
I'd go for Wilson but loan him back to hearts for a season.

17 Feb 2025 17:06:45
I would sign both hearts left back penrice and their forward james wilson in a heartbeat 🙏I've always really liked penrice everytime i've seen him playing, even when he was at livingston 👌 What a left peg he has, with superb delivery 👌🇬🇧.

17 Feb 2025 17:53:05
Regarding hearts left back james penrice, if we were interested in signing him, i honestly doubt he'd give up being hearts first choice left back, to become Rangers second choice left back, even if we did sell either jefte or ridvan yilmaz 🤔 What's others thoughts on this and would james penrice be a better fit at left back for us over jefte or yilmaz 🤔.

17 Feb 2025 18:05:13
Dado, james penrice's aunty is from shotts and one of my mates knows her.

17 Feb 2025 18:19:20
We tried to sign wilso when he was 16, he was not interested, wants to play football


At 27 is penrice a better option than Fraser.

17 Feb 2025 18:25:36
It was more a chance encounter SWS, the person was really honest about his feelings for us and that there was no doubt he'd give us his all.

I think he'd be a good challenge to Jefte I'm just not sure he'd want to sit in more as a centre half like EHL was taking about previously.

If your good enough I don't honestly care what nationality you are, the one benefit from having some Scot's in the team they tend to understand that getting best off QP is completely unacceptable, other people in the squad tend not to really care.

17 Feb 2025 18:27:43
I'm pretty sure we still have a number of open offers on the table for OOC players who are currently playing in the SPL, and we are actively scouting about a dozen players in the league.

Penrice, Wilson and Miller have all been watched at some point.

17 Feb 2025 18:28:28
Would love to see more Scot's through the door, got to get away from the snobbery, buying abroad has not exactly set the heather on fire and remember with better players around them they will progress and have that inbuilt hunger which we are sadly lacking. As for the miller debate I think about £3 m would be a fair price, look at the money promised for Cortez, and he hadn't kick a ball. I think if we don't get him, it will be another mistake.

17 Feb 2025 18:38:13
I would reckon penrice would start before both yilmaz and Jefte.

17 Feb 2025 18:38:48
I know what you're saying John but for me james penrice is a good bit better than fraser understandably at the minute and Fraser might never be as good as penrice, we just don't know how fraser will develop further 🤔.

17 Feb 2025 19:54:51
Why would be go and buy Penrice from Hearts now when we could have got him for nothing on a pre contract last January? That makes no financial sense .
Why would Hearts sell us Wilson and take him back on loan, do you honestly think we can just sign who we want and do what we want to other clubs. They have proved in the past they don't just roll over and let the big club, Rangers, take their players and its arrogant to think they will. People harp on about Ferguson but we are the last club Aberdeen would have sold him to and to ever do so they would have made us pay a lot more than the Italians did.

17 Feb 2025 20:29:41
I would really like us to have a scottish core its always been the Rangers way and should always be the Rangers way.

17 Feb 2025 21:04:57
Sir walter hibs nicky cadden is better than penrice with a far better delivery imo.

17 Feb 2025 21:15:16
Robbie Fraser has interest from Sheffield United and FC Twente
Would explain our interest in Penrice.

17 Feb 2025 22:12:26
That's your opinion paul 86 and I like nicky cadden, but from those 2 left backs, i'd prefer james penrice TBH 🤔🇬🇧.

18 Feb 2025 01:41:04
David Watson, Lennon Miller, Lewis Neilson, James Wilson would be my young Scottish players.

18 Feb 2025 04:55:20
I'd like the boy Mulligan as well as Penrice, our defence needs shored up.

18 Feb 2025 05:08:40
Not for me Paul penrice better.

18 Feb 2025 05:34:39
Totally agree with you storm 👍james penrice a better left back than nicky cadden for me 🤔.

18 Feb 2025 07:05:05
We need a right back also🤔.

18 Feb 2025 07:09:12
Nobody's getting ahead of jefte, he's our best left back.

18 Feb 2025 09:14:32
Jefte is our fittest LB but can't defend. So he's not our best LB. Shows we need a LB and a RB for that matter and a big tough CH. We need a lot.
I'm so frustrated also. 4 m for Cortez. Hasn't kicked a ball. It's unbelievable.

18 Feb 2025 09:21:43
If we can make some decent money for Jefte and Yilmaz I'd be quite happy with Penrice and Fraser next season.

18 Feb 2025 10:11:10
Walter how many lbs do we need, jefte yilmas Fraser, reducing wage bill does not require 4 or 5 lbs.

18 Feb 2025 10:35:28
2nd time we need a RB also or does that not matter🤔.

18 Feb 2025 10:58:49
Fork, seemingly Kasanwirjo is tied up for next season mate, hopefully true 👍.

18 Feb 2025 11:02:05
Stormtrooper, Motherwell can want 4m plus a sell on all they like in the summer but whoever wants him can get him for a development fee on the 1st of January.
Maybe other teams have the money to pay that in those circumstances but we don't. Celtic didn't pay it when he had 18 months so why would they pay it when he has twelve and can sign a Bosman 4 months after the season starts?

18 Feb 2025 12:11:20
Young James Wilson is going to be a star. only 17 and lighting up the spl.

18 Feb 2025 13:02:57
John frasers contract is up in summer is it not?

If we want to keep him on he may not agree after tasting 1st team football.

Yilmaz likely to be sold, jefte will develop for another 1-2 years so we need a back up, penrice would be a great replacement for yilmaz. Fraser out on loan, if Fraser stays without going on loan then of course no need to sign anyone.

18 Feb 2025 13:36:05
Same with Wilson. his contract ends in Summer 2026 so leave him where he is.
Is Nikki Cadden not a left midfielder.

From I understand there's a young lad called Alexander Arnold who is OOC in the summer. worth a risk but he can't defend either according to some.

18 Feb 2025 13:36:19
Sorry Fork darned autocorrect.

18 Feb 2025 13:41:00
John, i don't believe yilmaz will be with Rangers next season and i don't think fraser is totally ready yet and might get sold 🤔 Who's to say jefte might not get sold, so there you have it my friend 🤔.

18 Feb 2025 13:47:11
I agree 100% with that fork he can also play a few other positions as well which always helps.

18 Feb 2025 14:18:41
There's a few notable players OOC at the end of this season, I have no info to suggest that any of these are players that we have offers out for but something to run the eye over.

Josh Mulligan
Lawrence Shankland
Danny Armstrong
Jack MacKenzie
Bobby Wales
Kai Fotheringham
Martin Boyle
Mohamad Sylla
Adewumi (Loan at Dundee expiring)

18 Feb 2025 14:20:40
Cheers Star was unsure bud👍 Angus I haven't a clue bud about your autocorrect? 👍.

18 Feb 2025 14:29:56
Davie 1980. Lighting up the spfl might be a bit of a stretch.

15 Feb 2025 12:39:08
Found out yesterday on a ranger's fb page that PC's old club Monaco is third on the world list for sales of its own players in the last 10 years. 1.09 billion euros. Maybe this is why koppens, and specifically clement was snagged and retained?

15 Feb 2025 13:02:59
Koppen wasn't there and clement was barely there.

15 Feb 2025 13:03:49
How would that explain why they are snagged at us?

15 Feb 2025 13:04:13
Think we just have to be patient and trust the process. I think majority of players brought in make us money in time. on that point tho I still think we need a balance of youth and experience to challenge for the title.

15 Feb 2025 13:06:09
Clement has a fantastic record of bringing through and selling young talent.

15 Feb 2025 13:46:48
Koppen has been brought in to try and mirror the PSV model. They were years in shadow of Ajax now completely dominate. Whether or not he can do that or not is a different question.

15 Feb 2025 15:26:31
We have been falling down the abyss for many years and many on here want instant fixes. the club needs to start to be run like a true multimillion business and only then will we see real progress on the pitch - time will tell unless the pitchfork brigade get their way and demand yet another change of coaching staff🤔.

15 Feb 2025 15:57:31
Stop trying to dress koppen up as if he's this miracle worker and trying to do things that haven't been done before!

We just need to first and foremost have the right manager, then get the right profile of player for domestic football then sell them after they do well for us and that won't be all of them because some will be at a later age.

There's no other scientific way but we need the right coach in charge and clement doesn't and never will be that for Scottish football just like he wasn't for French football.
We need a manager who knows how to win games of football in Scottish football and then we go from there.

15 Feb 2025 16:03:49
Posters were on here saying Clement was bound to fail at Monaco after having to sell his top talent. Conveniently forgetting he signed 3 players for $45 million.
Now some are bigging him up for helping sell these top talent.
Personally I would prefer a manager who is competitive whilst selling these talents, bringing on the next batch of talent and not blaming ever6 ba£ result on a rebuild.

15 Feb 2025 16:10:05
We will only see real progress on the park when we have a manager who is tactically astute and we start to spend wisely on players and stop wasting millions on players not suited to our game.

15 Feb 2025 16:18:35
On reflection my point isn't that strong before someone calls it out but you get what I mean. Dutch footballing success is built on successful player trading be that Ajax or PSV.

15 Feb 2025 17:02:52
Exactly Blue-Floyd. Rinse and repeat into the abyss, but the pitchfork brigade need that little hit and fix of hope and excitement a new face brings.

15 Feb 2025 17:34:21
Rick Wit - Who do YOU suggest as the correct coach for the club then? Also winning just in Scotland won't provide the cash that is required for change so doing well in Europe is a priority too so how do you find that balance? 🤔.

15 Feb 2025 17:47:52
100% MPH its getting ridiculous now.

15 Feb 2025 18:45:49
Blue Floyd domestic football is bread and butter we need that sorted 1st.

15 Feb 2025 19:42:11
A lot of what's wrong but no constructive solutions. Who do we bring into to replace? Only person I can think of is Muscat. Successful, knows Rangers, plays attacking football. Style would put our players in the window.

15 Feb 2025 19:57:06
Knutsen that's who we bring in.

15 Feb 2025 20:25:35
Psv don't completely dominate, our of the last 5 full Eredivisie seasons, Ajax have won 3, Psv and Feyenoord one a piece.

15 Feb 2025 20:31:20
Rick, I've heard this from you several times now. Koppen finds untapped potential. You seem to not like him, i wonder why?

15 Feb 2025 20:54:41
Storm - It is taken that we all want us to do better in Scotland, but there needs to be a balance too as winning the league hopefully takes us to Europe Top table, but no point being whipping boys when we get there as that can have a negative effect on team building and morale equally 👍.

15 Feb 2025 21:03:04
I think you'll find Paul Mitchell oversaw ALL transfer activity when PC was at Monaco. PC had nothing to do with transfers in the slightest, he had no say in who was sold or bought, his job was to play with the squad he was given.

15 Feb 2025 22:02:14
Can't help but feel PC is the scapegoat here! Could the results have been more consistent? Of course they could! Has PC had one hand tied behind his back? Clearly.

The fact of the matter is no matter how much the (what I hope is the minority) want, he is doing a good job when the hand that he has been dealt isn't great.

Has there been missteps? Of course there has. Will there be more? Almost certainly.

I remember when this club (my club and yours) were banished to the bottom of the Scottish game. What we all did was extraordinary. We backed the team 100% and followed them everywhere. Dumbarton - done it. Stirling - done it!

I would love nothing more than a Sir Walter Smith figure to come in and change things the way he did, but people like that are not breaking down the door to come into the club. I'm not even sure that calibre of person exits anymore.

The reality is we have been sold a pup, and certain managers have defied expectations! A European cup final - one penalty away - was outrageous. It probably fuelled unhelpful expectation, especially for a club that shouldn't be anywhere near that sort or event based on squad value and capability.

I'm a bluenose through and through. I believe we should be the best of the best, but cycling through managers (and the process they have been hired to execute) isn't the answer. If the club believes PC has the vision, and that vision aligns with the clubs idea of sustained success - them I'm all in.

Let's back the team! Let's back the manager. Let's trust the process.

Once a bear, ALWAYS A BEAR.

15 Feb 2025 22:41:02
So over those 10 years at Monaco who did it? Nobody we know that's for sure.

15 Feb 2025 23:52:33
Good post shooting. Some guys on here would rather have Ronny Pickering than PC just for change.

16 Feb 2025 08:16:59
Love your passion shooting. Only part I would say is that can't state it's a Fact he's doing a good job. That's your fair opinion but that's the thing that is most up for debate.

16 Feb 2025 09:05:33
Blue-Floyd we would be whipping joy at the top table just now tho just like last time mate. You need the cash from champs league to be able to build a stronger team for it.

16 Feb 2025 09:06:20
If that's him doing a good job I would hate to see what a bad job looks like for him.

16 Feb 2025 10:25:33
Ronny pickering classic he would get more out of the team than phil, do you know who i am yes we do.

16 Feb 2025 12:20:33
What people seem to forget when analysing the coach and dof roles when it comes to transfers is that the coach has to nurture and improve talent therefore plays a massive role in transfer out business. Massive.

And in terms of incomings most will have a large input. They will work together, scouts identify and compile a list, dof then whittles it down from what the coach has identified is needed in terms of profile. They will then choose the player list together ie 1st 2nd 3rd choice and so on

So to say coach/ managers have no say is idiotic.

16 Feb 2025 12:52:04
Strom, I agree knutsen is the kind of manager we need however I believe he's happy at Bodo as he gets a % of player sales as part of his contract which tbh is fair enough for the job he's done there.

16 Feb 2025 21:37:41
Shooting from the hip…. that was some team talk mate…get yourself in that dressing room and get the boys fired up.

17 Feb 2025 13:33:02
Who exactly on the Rangers board know anything about football coaching or management or football actually, get someone strong on that board to help and educate them . If it replaces at least one of them it's an added bonus . Christ only knows what these people talk to each other about . A couple of them I think possibly pies and cakes.

14 Feb 2025 10:51:20
Does anyone know if it's the Park's that are blocking forward movement for definite, and is King in a similar mindset, seen a few anti Jnr Park posts someone mentioned a veto, oh to be a fly on the wall in the boardroom. Would be nice to know the antagonists and protagonists.

14 Feb 2025 11:20:20
Not that I'm defending the Parks at all however I can understand their hesitation to allow new owners. Look how it ended last time. They're dinosaurs and don't get modern football, there's also a bit of ego and pride in the mix, I don't think you can say they don't care about the club, they've now put Stewart and Koppen in place to run the club and I'm willing to see where that goes as there's no one coming to save us unfortunately.

Koppen may be seen as being inexperienced, but he's learned from PSV who've become the dominant force in Dutch football after years of being dominated by Ajax and Stewart has years of experience of Manchester United through good and bad. It's not going to be fixed overnight.

14 Feb 2025 11:37:47
Fork, park, king not in the boardroom.

14 Feb 2025 11:47:33
From what I understand and hear it's not so much a case of the split being good Vs bad - it's more a split in terms of the direction of the club - or to be blunt about it, the direction that will allow Shareholders to recover their investment the quickest Vs what others think is a more sustainable pathway.

14 Feb 2025 11:48:26
Wasn't meaning that bud, was meaning is their shareholding preventing movement, and causing boardroom friction mate, just put it across all wrong🤔👍👍.

14 Feb 2025 11:54:50
It happened at Celtic, the only way their useless board allowed new money and control in was if they were allowed to keep their free seat tie and blazer, but no business or person of any standing will allow that and work with the imposters we have in place.

Rangers are a great opportunity for real business people but the current clowns would resist it as they would be kicked out and have to buy a season ticket which for a few of them is way too expensive.

14 Feb 2025 12:26:42
Overall we're trapped a bit I think. European regulations limit the amount to cash anyone can inject in to a club, so I'm not sure how realistic it is to think any new benefactor is going to come along and put a lot of money directly in to the clubs bank account to help us improve the team (though I think they might be able to do so to improve facilities / bricks and mortar) .

Plus, if anyone was going to do that, I'm sure they would want some degree of control over the club / a say at the head table. SO that would mean either replacing a current shareholder/ director (ie paying them for their seat at the table), or the club issuing new shares - which would reduce the level of control the current directors/ shareholders would have - which is unlikley to be popular with them.

14 Feb 2025 12:50:12
M Mills - imposters and clowns? Really?

How many millions do you have in the bank?

We might not agree with some decisions or even direction of travel but to stoop to name calling.

I'd love to hear your detailed business plan for getting us to self-sustainabilty AND challenging for the league next season.

14 Feb 2025 13:56:08
Athole I would love to hear our boards detailed business plan for that mate instead of asking a fan.

14 Feb 2025 14:24:55
A review of the football operations.
Who are we trying to kid. It's just all about having the right manager who can sign the right players and sell them at the right time and when they are here play them properly. You do those 4 things, you challenge for things and it's as simple as that.
Stop falling for the nonsense that they are trying to sell you by saying we are having a "review" and please stop trying to dress nils koppen up to something that he's not.

14 Feb 2025 14:39:38
Don't think the board will be planning on winning the league next season anyway storm, it could be possible, but as we know we're struggling for capital to invest, hopefully a couple of experienced ooc players with Cameron and Kasanwirjo, rest will probably be young players with potential.

14 Feb 2025 15:10:46
So what are you saying the review of the football operation isn't happening like Ricky?
This happens regularly at many other clubs.
Koppen is very good at finding untapped potential as well.

14 Feb 2025 15:28:52
Mystar, don't think we are planning on winning the league for a year or two yet. 2nd place, Europe, and outside chance of a cup win, is our ambition. Unless something seriously changes, we need to get used to that.

14 Feb 2025 15:53:01
Bar agreed mate.

14 Feb 2025 15:57:16
I never said the were Mystar. It was more about the plan to self sufficient I was interested in but don't expect them to the same way I don't think we would expect a fan too.

14 Feb 2025 17:24:44
I think we'll definitely be far better placed next season for a good challenge. I expect a lot of the Celtic squad will want to leave for a new challenge, maybe even Gucci belt himself might want a new challenge. I feel we're better now than we were at the start of the season Cup loss aside.

Hopefully Koppen is able to get a good mix of exciting talent and experience. The OOC market around the world will be explored. I'm sure one of the chief scouts specialised in South America. Any players snapped up for the summer will have also have spoken in depth to Clement.

14 Feb 2025 19:17:07
We should be planning to win the league every year. We are Rangers. Fgs some of pish on here is unbelievable. Have we fallen that far that our standards are so low.

14 Feb 2025 20:09:31
Usually it emanates from whatever guise or name you seem to choose.

14 Feb 2025 22:20:00
Aye Red Arrows let's throw more soft loans into the black hole of finances and not actually address any of the issues. The club is broken, they're now attempting to fix it. You're the one with no understanding spouting pish mate.

14 Feb 2025 22:25:31
To make it worse. Is it not someone from Chelsea FC that is heading this "review" lol it's really comedic the place we are in right now . I would cry if it weren't.

15 Feb 2025 09:46:35
Shagger this is true but if you cared to look into this he was involved in Chelsea from 2007-2013 what a terrible period in their history that was. Stop being baited by headlines come on lads we're better than that.

15 Feb 2025 12:01:52
Rabbi, his reaction is just another free hit at our great club mate.