Rangers banter 8

26 Jul 2026 13:31:08
Alright lads, I hope everyone is good.

I thought I'd get back on after losing it on here, and throwing my toys out the pram. This team of ours, eh?!

I'm going through to the game today, and I'm looking forward to a day out with a few of my mates. Hopefully it's a decent game, but friendlies mean the square root of hee haw in the grand scheme of things. Remember when we beat Real Madrid? 🤣

Another season! Am I confident? Right now, no, but hopefully we bring in a few quality starters, then i can start to look forward to the season ahead.

Right now, it's my belief that we are actually weaker on the field than we were last season when we finished 3rd. Gloss it up anyway you want, but that's not good. I believe we have a better manager, who is better set up to succeed in Scottish football, however, on the field, we are weaker. And by quite a bit!

McCrorie, regardless of how much of a Rangers man he is, is miles behind what Tav gave us - if he is our 1st choice RB, then we have an issue. Raskin is head and shoulders better than any other midfielder we currently have, and if he is sold, he must be replaced by better. M Moore is not coming back, and as much as I like Curtis, the boy is a level or two below what Moore is. And don't start me on our defence! Yip, there is still plenty of work to be done, but I'm confident we will strengthen, and by quite a bit.

Anyway, I don't want to bore you all, and I'm sure you all know, I'll have much more to say as the season goes on. I hope everyone is ok, but if not, you know there's a plethora of good people on here ready to listen and support. If anyone else is going today, I hope you all have a great day out. C'mon!

26 Jul 2026 15:16:39
Ss, it's not like you to speak your mind lol.

26 Jul 2026 15:21:17
Great to have you back Sunshine, like you I don't see us stronger currently. Time will see if the manager is the right man or not. I do worry we may not get the quality in though. Certainly, no matter the negative press coming from across the city, which is all a ploy and manipulation of the media, they are still about to buy a big player.

Still, apparently we have a marquee signing that will blow our minds in August.

26 Jul 2026 15:29:11
Good to see u back Sunshine. Find it hard to argue with that, but hope u all have a great day today.

26 Jul 2026 15:32:02
F***, he's back. 😂😂

26 Jul 2026 15:35:15
There was a load of us asking about you couple of weeks back. It's great to know you're good, back to telling it how it is. Welcome back, mate.

26 Jul 2026 15:45:42
Sunshine, welcome back and hope you have a good day.

26 Jul 2026 15:53:15
Let the fun begin. 😂😂

26 Jul 2026 16:09:07
Yip, totally agree ss. I'm a bit disheartened with it all, don't think I can take another crap season.

26 Jul 2026 16:53:05
Welcome back, mate, and you are 100% bang on the money. Without 3 or 4 significant signings, we're heading for second place (or below) again.

The only good news is guys like Chermiti and Chewy should be better and not need time to hit the ground running.

26 Jul 2026 17:07:13
Good to have you back and can't disagree with much apart from the manager part.

26 Jul 2026 17:30:00
Glad to see you back, pal.

26 Jul 2026 18:18:22
Good to see you back SS.
Been too long. 😃

26 Jul 2026 19:11:59
SS, great to have u back, I love your input, won't always agree would but.

26 Jul 2026 20:06:16
Aw naw not him again. 😉 😇 👍 Thought u were still over on the dark side. 👀 🤣 🤣

26 Jul 2026 11:40:04
It has been mentioned before but the biggest signing this season is McInnes. A Rangers man who will get whatever team he has battling and hard to beat.
I don't think we are currently stronger and not light either. Totally unbalanced but I'm sure this is being addressed. I'm an Ayrshireman like McCrorie, but I don't think he's good enough. Squad player for me.

I like young Curtis but I don't think he has the speed for the wing and may fade.
I also wouldn't be surprised to see say Raskin stay and a surprise move for Fernandes or Chermiti. Hope I'm wrong. Good day Bears.

26 Jul 2026 12:28:38
It's not the biggest signing in anyway whatsoever. If the defence doesn't get sorted out, and wingers, then he, as a manager, won't last the season.

26 Jul 2026 12:50:10
Don't think Curtis is a winger, tbh, more suited playing off the front man.
We need to bring in a CB and a pair of full backs. Rest of the squad I'm happy enough with, tbh, if we work on moving someone and going with one in one out after that.

26 Jul 2026 12:53:06
The biggest signing of any club is the manager. How good or bad he is can dictate the whole season, as we know to our cost. I didn't want McInnes, and I've seen nothing so far to change my mind. However, it is very early, and hopefully he, and some of his signings, will prove me wrong.

Just like it's often said, you need more than just talent to play for Rangers; it works the other way too, you need more than just battling qualities and fight. Don't think we have the balance right yet.

26 Jul 2026 13:06:31
Agree on both sides there, the manager is a massive signing, but also needs the proper players. When you look across the city, if they kept Nancy they would have lost the league easily, but got a manager in who knew how to win games, made the difference, and a few dodgy decisions lol.

But if we back the manager and get the players in, am sure he will be a success.

26 Jul 2026 13:21:09
He's not been given the proper tools to work with yet, which is a big let down, because think he could be really good for us, but u can't build a house with only bricks.

26 Jul 2026 13:24:26
Don't think Curtis is an out and out winger either, forward player who has a knack of getting in positions and finding the net tho.

26 Jul 2026 13:34:46
McCrorie is a decent player, but he's not a starter for me.

26 Jul 2026 13:42:17
Agree regarding Curtis to the extent that he should be one of the midfielders in rotation.

26 Jul 2026 13:43:33
I am sure McInnes will have been told we do not have the money to throw at the team we did last season, hence moving players on is a must again we can't let the Celtic are on meltdown lead into a sense of false security.


They will strengthen and we need to be able to compete with them,
McInnes will know our weakness from last season and I don't see where we have improved.

26 Jul 2026 13:44:54
My main disagreement is with the idea that McCrorie is only a squad player who lacks the required quality. A reliable rotational player must be able to perform adequately when called upon; otherwise, weak depth defeats its own purpose and risks dropping team standards during crucial matches.

This is why I always emphasise signing players of similar ability to the starters, as they will inevitably need to play.

If a backup isn't good enough to step in seamlessly, they aren't good enough for the squad.

However, I believe McCrorie and others actually do possess this required quality, and the criticism they face is simply a manifestation of fans longing for the unattainable, world-class depth the club could easily secure back in the 1990s.

But, if you think he is only a squad player, we shouldn't have been happy for him to sign at all.

26 Jul 2026 14:02:03
McCrorie is 100% a squad player, and I don't think we can rely on Curtis. Good young player, but for a full season, not sure.

26 Jul 2026 14:02:07
At the risk of sounding like a broken record, we spent around £30-40m last season.

Paying for this is only one part of the balancing act. These costs are spread throughout the duration of the players' contracts, so we have to cover £8-10m this season, and the next, and the next.



So, although our owners are wealthy, our low turnover means we need to be creative in how we do deals.

Examples being the Danilo loan, and the ongoing negotiations for Dahl.

26 Jul 2026 14:02:49
Angus, they are fans that aren't happy he signed, but not every signing can be 1st team starters unfortunately.

26 Jul 2026 14:03:49
Am more with Angus on this one, think McCrorie will be a good signing, improved massively during his time in England and need given a chance, give him time like others until formation is drilled into them.

26 Jul 2026 14:13:28
I'm with you, Colonel, I think McInnes is an excellent choice and I wish we had gone for him after Gio. This is Walter Smith mark 2 for me and I see many similarities, particularly his tactical approach with two strikers and building a team of leaders who know our league and some who are Rangers men who get it and will drive others on. I disagree with you on McCrorie because I think he is good enough. I think having proven leaders like Shankland, Devlin and McCrorie who would run through brick walls for the club and McInnes can only be a positive and will set standards.

I also think that we have to be patient because McInnes has inherited a squad full of players who are nowhere near good enough. We know that we need two wingers, a CB and a CM who are starters.

Walter Smith played 442 against 5 man midfields and low block defences and was never overrun in midfield playing with two CM's.

We have to ensure that we recruit the right CM's. McInnes also has a more direct approach to our play where keeping possession isn't a priority, again very similar to Walter's approach.

I'm looking forward to our more direct attacking play and I'm particularly keen to see Miovski and Shankland together in this system. I think with the proper service from quality wide players these two will score for fun as will Naderi and Chermiti. I would also like to see Chermiti play off the left for the time being. I think he is a better option out there than Curtis.

Derek also has a job on his hands to shift the duds out of our squad.

We are in great hands, but we need patience, in Derek we trust.

26 Jul 2026 14:15:13
Ongoing negotiations for Dahl. 👀

I like that Ehl.

26 Jul 2026 14:27:54
McInnes is our biggest signing? How do we figure this out, OP, we won't have a clue until part way through the season, I get he understands what it means to play for us and expectation, but his managerial career has been the complete opposite to his playing career.

He has only ever managed small clubs where winning week in week out isn't expected and playing in a certain manner didn't matter, but now he's here he won't get the same easement.

From day 1 he has to win, and after our last few disasters I think he will actually get more pressure from fans to hit the ground running as he is a "Rangers" man so knows what's expected straight away.

26 Jul 2026 14:38:53
Storm, it is an opinion as to whether he is or not a starter or a back up. I am not discussing or arguing that point. But surely if we want to be consistent over a season we need the replacement (squad?) player to be a similar quality.

So someone who pushes the player in possession. Otherwise, we are just paying a salary for a player who won't perform when he has to take the jersey, either rotation or injury, he needs to be good enough to not make us worse as a team.

26 Jul 2026 15:17:29
We're never going to have 2 of the same ability for each position. There will always be ones considered 1st choice who will start the majority of games. The other squad players provide backup or rotation when needed without damaging the team.

McCrorie falls into that category for me. A reliable 2nd choice who can cover a number of roles, but we should be looking for a better starter like Tav used to be.

26 Jul 2026 16:34:36
McInnes will get my backing till results say otherwise.
As yet, I think he is on a hiding to nothing as we are obviously weaker at this stage than last year. European results might just start to tip the balance against him, as 1 he hasn't exactly done well at that level & 2 we still don't have the quality we need, all 6 days before the league starts.

26 Jul 2026 17:10:41
He isn't good enough to be 1st team starter, that's my opinion, Angus, and if he is 1st team starter then we are up rubbish creek. We can't afford similar players to be sitting on the bench week in week out for that, and even clubs like Man City, Liverpool, Real, etc, don't always have that, so how can you expect Rangers to have that?

26 Jul 2026 11:31:42
Are we selling any players? Does anyone know if the club are signing anyone before Friday?

Any news on Raskin going? Or any player?

26 Jul 2026 13:29:34
Yes.
They'd like to.
Nope.
Souttar maybe?

26 Jul 2026 11:06:42
How many players do use want on a team sheet
We have players galore we clearly need to sell first before we buy
Cb/lb/wingers no matter if we have money to do so

Gk sorted/3rd choice should always be youth
Rb sorted unless Sterling sold goffrey can play there as well was brilliant for Everton there
Cb Souttar goes buy one an bring up a youth
Lb is a back up. not gone waste high earner sit on the bench again youth should be in with mention for that
Cm don't even need to go there
Wingers are needed but we have Antman/Gassama/ Curtis there surely one or two Will shine this year
All 4 forwards if supplied will score a barrel load this year

There no need to worry
If we get cerny/ solid cb
Leagues over

26 Jul 2026 12:17:39
Would disagree on the 3rd GK point. Think with the young goalkeepers we have that we need a 3rd GK that's older and possibly with a bit of coaching experience and then allow the 2 younger GKs to go on loan to build first team minutes.

26 Jul 2026 12:27:24
Would disagree. First choice RB is imperative, as is first choice CB. Thereafter, another CB as cover. Then a winger or two. Sterling can't be relied upon, and even when fit last year, couldn't be relied upon to play well.

Defensive options are the no.1 priority imo.

26 Jul 2026 12:55:39
Goram, we maybe could use an experienced 3rd choice keeper to let the boys go out on loan, but why would he need to have coaching experience? We have just appointed Greegsy to head up the keeper coaching team; why would we want somebody else to do it?

26 Jul 2026 13:41:17
If Rangers don't sign a RB, and a RW, then that side will be a problem all season long. It's bizarre that more isn't being done to strengthen that side. We just lost Tavernier, who was often our main attacker on the right. Who will attack down that side now?

26 Jul 2026 14:39:42
I said for years that the criticism of Tav defensively may have been warranted, but the hole he leaves in an attacking sense will be hard to fill. If we were going for a more solid right back then we would need to find a decent right sided attacker.

Neither McCrorie or Sterling get forward and deliver like Tav did so that right wing hole needs filled asap.

25 Jul 2026 23:54:06
@ Ayrshire

No, we're still light.

We still don't have the strength in depth that we need.

Especially if Souttar has been told to find a new club.
Sterling isn't someone we can rely on over a full season and, if the rumours are true, he'll hopefully be away before the window closes.

Bajrami looks like he's been told to move on.

Aasgaard is already being linked with a move.

Gassama – I've no idea what Derek McInnes thinks of him yet.

Is Curtis staying to get minutes with the first team, or is he heading out on loan as some have suggested?

What's happening with Cameron? Is he staying or going?

There are still too many ifs & buts and question marks over this squad.
Can players who know they're likely to leave really be relied upon to give 100% when the competitive games start?

We're still light in a number of areas, with several players potentially on their way out.
Until those situations are resolved and replaced where necessary, I don't think the squad is complete.

26 Jul 2026 01:04:23
Someone posted a list of the first team squad.

It is nowhere near good enough.

Still time before the window shuts, but it's getting serious now.

Just looked at Celtics first team squad.

We need a lot of work done right away. Even with the names we've been linked to, hate to say it, but they're way ahead. Again.

26 Jul 2026 01:32:13
They're way ahead? Why, what's better in their squad than ours. Start with the keeper and go through it if you don't mind. There's been a few posts now about how they're better, but when asked how they don't answer. 🤔 What have they done pre season that we haven't done?

26 Jul 2026 01:39:21
Celtic's first team squad is basically the same as last season! They've signed 1 player so far. Their 'squad' is piss poor! Decent starting 11 (if they're fit). But, looking at their full squad, it's the worst Celtic squad in decades, they're there for the taking if we can step up!

26 Jul 2026 01:43:46
The squad is far from complete, Stiggy, think that obvious to everyone.

I agree that if certain players have been told they can go, we can't rely on them as they'd be worried about injury etc.

More to the point about the squad not being complete, but more about have we even upgraded in terms of quality, because for me we certainly haven't at all.

26 Jul 2026 02:05:10
Jim, once again, how many league games have we played? How can you seriously say that about the squad? I may be wrong, every player we have signed are international players?

26 Jul 2026 02:26:18
Nope, wrong again, 12th man, they ain't all international players and since when does playing international football equal quality?

If you think this squad is stronger, that's your opinion, but from where I see it, we haven't upgraded at all. In fact, I'd say so far it's a downgrade.

26 Jul 2026 06:56:28
Looking at us vs them currently, our defence needs strengthened asap - big McCrorie gives me the fear if we need to depend on him for full season - creativity from mid is a must, as well as a true goal scoring wide man.

Priority is to feed the forwards with quality service on regular basis - scoring for us should not be an issue if we get right creativity in, but it's keeping them out at other end that concerns me even at this early stage. 🤔

26 Jul 2026 07:11:31
Blue-Floyd3, I absolutely agree our strikers will score goals with the correct service, mate. 👍 We all know we badly need a right winger who can create for our strikers and get somewhere near the numbers Cerny hit for us in his season long loan deal, ie. I think he scored 18 goals and something like 13 assists, which were terrific numbers for a winger.

👌 🇬🇧 I also am of the opinion, like a lot of us, that Aasgaard has the talent to be so important for us this season and absolutely can hit double figures in goals and assists. 🤔 But we just don't know if we'll sell Aasgaard with definite interest in him. 🤔

26 Jul 2026 07:25:39
BbJ, I agree. Defence isn't better, marginally worse. GK could be improvement, time will tell. McCrorie has played for Scotland, but didn't make World Cup squad. Ralston is a head of him in that. 🤦‍♂️ No creativity in the team, still. Looks like we will be relying on Curtis out wide.

If this is where our board wanted to be, with a few days to go till 1st game, then they haven't a clue.
Remember, we finished 3rd last season. We should have been buying quality, but looks like it's quantity again.

International players don't always = good players.

26 Jul 2026 07:50:18
How is it that Bajrami looks like he is going? Been included in most of pre season games. Not saying that means he is staying, but not sure how it makes it look like he is going either. 😕

26 Jul 2026 08:32:12
On the back of one of our worst ever seasons, coming 3rd, we've signed 3 defensive mids, reduced our defence from 9 to 5, and lost one of our creative players in Moore, and not replaced him. How u can think that is stronger? The only part that's strong is up front and cm.

26 Jul 2026 08:33:04
imo, going through our additions to the squad.

Pandur is an upgrade on Butland.

Godfrey, too early to say, but he was a £25m player not that long ago.

Devlin an upgrade on Barron.

Shankland was a no brainer. He will get goals.

Dragojevic... watch this space.

Neil again too early to judge but looks more than capable.



McCrorie more physical and mobile than Tav,
which makes us defensively stronger.

The squad is shaping up nicely. 3 or 4 real quality additions, guys that are first team starters, *Dahl & Cerny would be 2 imo, and we'll be challenging.

26 Jul 2026 09:12:28
Think we're all forgetting about one of the most important signings we've made that in my opinion makes us stronger than we were last season. The Manager!

26 Jul 2026 09:13:14
It's a huge concern, Storm, especially with league being a week away and Euro games the week after. It would be embarrassing for us to go out of the EL so early due to bad recruitment again.

Feel we have prioritized the wrong positions to fill early. Of course, adding Shankland is fine as he isn't replacing any striker, but like for like elsewhere, I feel it's either the same or less quality than what we had last year and we finished 3rd.



Seen comments about this being the worst Celtic team in decades, and for me it was worse last season, yet they still won a double while we are over here twiddling our thumbs yet again.

26 Jul 2026 09:32:36
Foolmonty, who said Pandur is an upgrade? A team who get promoted and sell their number 1 keeper obviously don't fancy him as good enough for the Prem, so who knows what we are getting there.

Godfrey, who cares how much he once cost. The problem is it's another who isn't an improvement on Djiga and his recent career has been nothing short of woeful, just another hope he finds his best form eventually.

Barron and Devlin are the exact same player, and Barron couldn't really get a game for us too much, so not an upgrade, as both are below the quality needed.



Neil, who knows, same with Drago.

Shankland isn't replacing any member of the strikeforce, so is an improvement I guess, but is too immobile for me.

McCrorie might be more physical and, even though I said Tav should have left years ago, we can't deny his goals and assists are not going to be replaced easily. Tav was our 2nd top scorer last season and contributed 20 G/A's.

26 Jul 2026 09:41:06
BbJ, correct these people may well be right worse Celtic team in years, but as you say they still won the double so what does that make us? We had people on here trying to tell us our squad was better than theirs and that we were clueless for thinking otherwise. 🤦‍♂️

26 Jul 2026 09:41:33
Hull City had to sell Pandur BbJ. 🤔 They had to get money in quickly to appease the governing body, my friend. 🤔

26 Jul 2026 09:51:45
Bigbluejim, they needed to sell someone straight away or docked points, check out what the Hull fans were saying about him.

26 Jul 2026 10:07:15
They didn't have to sell Pandur, they could have sold anyone! I'm well aware of their predicament, but they chose to sell him.

Star, I couldn't give a monkeys what fans say about him, as look how divided we are as fans about players.


Some folk on here were saying Barron is our best midfielder, so take fans opinions with a pinch of salt.

Until Pandur has played for us, then I withhold judgement as if he is an upgrade.

26 Jul 2026 10:27:01
Bigbluejim, Hull didn't have much of a choice but sell him. How many players have they got that they would receive his fee? They needed it instantly.

26 Jul 2026 10:34:38
I would say that our squad is far from light and we're probably still carrying more first team players than we would like.

It's definitely unbalanced, in many ways, but that's something that was never going to be addressed in 1 window.

I think the current squad is in good shape to start the league campaign. However, Europe is a concern.

26 Jul 2026 11:04:26
I'll be real honest. I think Djiga improved massively under Rohl & did have a shocking end to the season, but think I'd have him over 28 year old Godfrey, who we hope returns to form from 5/6 years ago now. We're in the exact same place as last season as we lack numbers in defence.

I'd say Pandur is an improvement on Butland, as Butland has been awful towards the end of the past 2 seasons & had games this season where he didn't save a single shot. Hull wanted Premier League experience as their number 1 keeper.

McCrorie is an improvement simply cause Tav is past it in terms of the physical side, he still got goals & assists last season, Sterling is always injured & imo isn't as good as some think, just pace, & that's why he's always injured.



Midfield is like for like so far & imo what we need is a goal scoring mid & a creative mid. Neil might be one, but looks like he'll play 6 instead of 8. People can say Devlin is better than Barron, but to me they do the same & both lack in the same department. Barron did have good set piece delivery last season.

Overall we are in the same place or a little worse than last season. I think there is a bigger problem that some do see, & that's there is too much change all at once again. We'll be weak at the start again, but hopefully a better start than Martin, because it was mainly him who messed it up.

26 Jul 2026 11:05:24
Ok bbj believe what you want. 🤔

26 Jul 2026 12:18:35
Hull had to sell, but according to Pandur himself, he was told they would be signing someone for the Premier League, so he wanted to leave. Still think he'll be an upgrade tho.

26 Jul 2026 12:32:04
Hull didn't need to sell the keeper, they could have sold another player if they were willing to lose them, but they weren't. In what world was the GK the only player they could sell? 😂 Anything to try and get a positive out of it.

26 Jul 2026 12:57:27
If you read the Celtic Rumours site, you will see that they are even more unhappy than us and certainly don't see themselves as ahead in the squad building stakes.

26 Jul 2026 13:31:14
Big Blue Jim, how can you say you hold judgement when it's a player being better but you can judge now on players being worse? Surely you hold judgement either way if that's the case?

26 Jul 2026 13:39:38
5 weeks until window shuts, never going to have a full rebuild done, especially in a World Cup summer. Just need to do enough to pick up points in league until we get more in and more out.

26 Jul 2026 14:27:17
Devlin is a seasoned internationalist, BBJ, and has bags more first team experience in the SPL, for me, that's an upgrade. As for Pandur, Hull had to sell one of their few assets.

Butland, meanwhile, was a scare every 2nd game, distribution poor, clean sheets. Pandur's career is on the up while Butland's career is on a downward trajectory. So it's an upgrade, imo.

26 Jul 2026 14:38:11
Coops, what are you on about, believe what I want? I knew Hull's case as it was all over the place, but again they could have sold anyone but chose their keeper, maybe because they thought they'd get top dollar, but sure they have a few players they could have sold.

Wishy, do you still have your knickers twisted from my comment yesterday? It's simple, Neil, Drago, Pandur I haven't seen play, so I don't know if they're an upgrade. The rest I have, so I can give an opinion about, pretty simple.



EHL, not sure how it's in good shape really. 1 bad injury early to any defender leaves us scrambling as no cover, 0 wingers that McInnes fancies by the looks of it, but hey we have enough Cms to fill in the wide positions I guess. Also if it's not going to be addressed in 1 window, why have so many players able to leave in 1 window?

Storm the copium at times here hits some weird levels.

26 Jul 2026 14:39:43
Hull did not want to sell Pandur. Initially, it was supposed to be Kyle Joseph to Middlesbrough for £5m, but that deal hit a snag. West Ham wanted Pandur, but Hull opted to do a cash plus swap with us for Butland. That was the only interest at that time in their players, and with a tight deadline to make up the PSR, Hull had to sell quickly.

In fact, if you read reports, the Pandur deal was done just hours before the PSR deadline. So, no, Hull could not have just sold anyone.

26 Jul 2026 14:39:45
I would love hearing these other players Hull could fee for his fee, bigbluejim.

26 Jul 2026 14:40:09
Squad valued under 80m.

26 Jul 2026 15:27:07
B2B, I direct you to Kaisers comment. They had already informed him they planned on bringing in another keeper, even addressed this publicly, so they chose to sell him.

Star whatever, go look at their squad and see who you think would sell for £7m. Not once have I said he's terrible, but can't be called an upgrade just yet.

Also, just so you know, TransferMarket values ain't comparable to what player are actually valued at.

Foolmonty, the same Devlin that played a grand total of 0 minutes at the WC and has a grand total of 5 caps. What a seasoned international we have brought in. Wow.

26 Jul 2026 15:35:05
According to Pandur himself, he was told the club wanted a new No.1 for Prem. The deadline may have pushed it through quicker, but they still wanted to replace him.

26 Jul 2026 16:11:10
If we're comparing, they have signed 2 lads who I actually think will do well for them, esp Hogh. Other than that, I'd say they are weaker, esp losing Maieda, so unless they make several signings over this next week, I'd argue we're better off for starting this season than they are.

25 Jul 2026 23:06:24
72 loyal can't be arsed with going to find the thread. The Americans have backed us as I've said on other post we need to realise this is a business for them the money has to be paid back.
How many windows in the past have we had this many players potentially 5 mil+ potential sales with possible three high teens to twenty million.


If anything it's our impatience as fans demanding every manager is sacked when a result is not to our liking.
But you can't say Cavanah hasn't put his hand in his pocket what
The window isn't closed business will still be done and McInnes will be backed. My worry is that this will be a 2 to 3 year project though.

26 Jul 2026 01:05:58
It will be a multi year project, because what we have right now will not win the league.

26 Jul 2026 01:50:05
Well, let's face it, has he really put his hand in his pocket and bankrolled us.. no.

Has he spent a fortune this window. no.

If rumoured bids are expected and players leave for those fees, will be in a decent amount of profit.. yes.

With how close we are to our actual season starting, and more importantly our Euro qualifiers, we need money spending on some quality additions.

Fans are allowed to expect abit more given the amount they spend year in year out and season tickets selling out even though they raised prices.

26 Jul 2026 07:51:19
Is it just Cavanagh's money?

26 Jul 2026 08:33:42
Agree, Jim. Honestly just expected a bit more from our board. After finishing 3rd, we really needed to add some real quality, but looks like quantity again as Storms already said. Hoping the quality might come, but I'm not too hopeful. How much have we spent? Not really that much, to be honest. Was just expecting a bit more.

26 Jul 2026 08:41:41
They backed us to make us financially secure, but have had a mare pretty much ever since then.

26 Jul 2026 10:36:25
The Americans have backed us as much as they actually can. Last year our Squad Cost ratio was 68%, so there's not really much more they can do.

26 Jul 2026 13:04:05
Are there financial restrictions in Scotland? If not, and it's just UEFA, we ain't winning that anyway, or maybe even qualifying the way it's set up. So, why are we bothering? If we go over it, there is likely to be a fine, so if it means winning the league it's worth paying it.

The English teams fiddle it all the time and never get banned from anything. Look at Chelsea, who have no Champions League money and are spending hundreds of millions just to get back into it in 2027/28. They get fined, they just pay it and move on.

26 Jul 2026 13:52:36
Aside from the UEFA regs, squad cost ratio is an industry benchmark used to gauge the financial sustainability of a club - given our financial struggles for well over a decade, I'm personally happy to have owners that aren't risking the long term health of our club for short term glory.

That aside, the proposal to deliberately breach the UEFA regs has to be one of the most bonkers I've read on here.



We are currently operating at around £40-50m behind Celtic in turnover, so the plan is to risk expulsion from the European tournaments that directly make up 25% of our turnover and indirectly around 40-50% of our turnover & also act as the main carrot to attract higher calibre players to the club?

Wow.

25 Jul 2026 22:51:55
Current Confirmed Transfer In/Outs

IN:
TM - Derek McInnes (Hearts - Perm) £500K — staff, excl. from wage total
GK - Ivor Pandur (Hull - Perm) £6M — ~£13k/wk est
RB - Ross McCrorie (Bristol - Perm) £1M — ~£11k/wk est
CM - Dan Neil (Sunderland - Free) — ~£20k/wk est
CM - Cammy Devlin (Hearts - Free) — ~£10k/wk est
CM - Vanja Dragojević (Partizan - Perm) £4M (£2.1M upfront, 4yr deal) — ~£12k/wk est
FW - Lawrence Shankland (Hearts - Free) — ~£25k/wk
CB - Ben Godfrey (Atalanta - Loan W/£3M option) >£500K? — ~£20k/wk est (Rangers share)

Est Deal Total (spent): £12M
Est Wage Added: ~£111k/wk (~£5.8M/yr)

OUT:
HC - Danny Röhl (RB Salzburg - Perm) £2M — staff, excl. from wage total
GK - Jack Butland (Hull - Perm) £3M — £25k/wk [sale]
CB - Ben Davies (Bolton - Perm) Free — £27k/wk [sale] (already surplus/on loan)
RB - James Tavernier (Out of Contract) Free — £30k/wk [expiry]
CB - Leon King (Out of Contract) Free — ~£8k/wk [expiry]
GK - Kieran Wright (Out of Contract) Free — ~£4k/wk est [expiry]
FW - Danilo (Botafogo - Loan to Jun 2027, conditional obligation to buy) — ~£20k/wk est [loan-out]
CM - Bailey Rice (Kilmarnock - Loan) — academy, negligible
FW - Kyle Glasgow (Alloa - Loan) — academy, negligible

Est Deal Total (received): £5M (Danilo fee to follow if the buy obligation triggers)
Est Wage Removed: ~£172k/wk (~£8.9M/yr)
of which real savings (sales): ~£52k/wk
contract expiries: ~£42k/wk
loans out (Danilo): ~£20k/wk
loan returns (below): ~£58k/wk

Returned to Parent Club (loan wages Rangers subsidised, off the 26/27 bill):
RW - Andreas Skov Olsen — ~£20k/wk est [loan-return]
CB - Derek Cornelius — ~£10k/wk [loan-return] (reported portion)
RB - Max Aarons — ~£10k/wk est [loan-return]
CB - Nasser Djiga — ~£8k/wk est [loan-return]
LW - Mikey Moore — ~£6k/wk est [loan-return]
LB - Jayden Meghoma — ~£4k/wk est [loan-return]

NET SUMMARY
Fees: £12M spent, £5M received — net spend ~£7M
Wages: ~£111k/wk added, ~£172k/wk removed
Net wage change: ~£61k/wk reduction (~£3.2M/yr), ~11% off a ~£28M bill
Seven senior signings in: Pandur, McCrorie, Neil, Devlin, Dragojević,
Shankland, Godfrey (loan).

All estimates, let me know if I've missed Glasgow scoring a goal.

26 Jul 2026 00:37:54
I've got a 3 window view since the Americans took over too, just for 72.

I'll post that tomorrow though.

26 Jul 2026 01:07:57
Ak, thanks for the rundown. Enjoy reading your posts.

26 Jul 2026 01:12:07
Thank you, 12th.

26 Jul 2026 03:50:51
Danilo 5m. 🤔

26 Jul 2026 07:53:26
Not what's written. He says we have received 5m in fees, and then in brackets says the Danilo fee (whatever that will be) will follow and be added to that total.

26 Jul 2026 07:55:50
Thanks AK7. Yer Maws Maw, think u reading that wrong. Danilo fee to be added later to the £5m.

26 Jul 2026 11:55:44
Great post, AK7.