15 Jan 2026 10:29:51
Anyone heard anything about us talking to Xavier Mbuyamba in a pre-contract deal i know he is a free agent in the summer and we have looked at him before. I think this would be a great deal good solid CB.
15 Jan 2026 10:48:25
Aaron's and Djiga are horrific defenders. I would prefer it if club terminated both of those loans right now. But in order to do that the club would need to bring in another CB, and another RB, in this window. I don't think that will be viewed as a priority.
Rangers have one of the best defenses in the SPFL. 17 goals conceded which is the same as both Hearts and Motherwell I believe. Not to mention, most of the goals and assists are coming from Tavernier and Fernandez. The defense have done most of the heavy lifting this season.
15 Jan 2026 10:57:39
reports of him saying he's in discussions with other clubs at the moment, but nothing more definitive that I've seen linking us to him explicitly. This is one I'd like to see happening. Can only hope.
15 Jan 2026 10:58:47
Ibrox we have met him re a move.
15 Jan 2026 11:03:32
The rumour is he was over here in the UK other day and club held exploratory talks to get a better understanding of his heart condition and any barriers it could cause.
Not sure if it's one we will pursue.
15 Jan 2026 11:25:31
Hearing the club are not actively perusing him now.
15 Jan 2026 11:42:09
We 100% spoke to him and his representatives.
As things currently stand, the club have not made him an offer and I'm not aware of an offer being planned.
Suspect we have moved on.
15 Jan 2026 11:46:41
Aaron's is a better defender than what we have but doesn't fit the team, Dijga is what a 13m player?
You're the same guy who said we overspent on Chermiti, you don't know whether a player is good enough or not you make instant judgements and make sure to put them under pressure so you end up being right
13m > 8m and more than 12m spent on engles, but the fans know best, the old 'you don't get time at Rangers' that's claimed to be historic but has only existed as long as modern clubs have been sacking managers instead of giving them time, don't forget its a club standard of why people think this way, not an inability to think for yourself
Look at Celtic are you going to tell me they also randomly have a 'you don't get time at celtic' mentality that only existed after 2009
Both teams gave players time to settle and managers time to implement a style until recently
Its the classic say it over and over again until its true it has no basis in history
Are you guys going to give Thelwell credit if we win the league and accept you can't spot a player as well as the professionals?
15 Jan 2026 12:12:16
Thelwell won't get any credit from me mate, He's the guy who vouched RM. Full credit has to go to the current manager if he win 56.
15 Jan 2026 12:38:55
My Point Made, Both Aarons and particularly Djiga have been rotten in a Rangers shirt and weren't exactly shining at their parent clubs, hence why we got them. To say that a right back doesn't fit a team when he is being asked to play right back is strange and Djiga has been error strewn his whole time here. You mention Chermiti, I would still say for that kind of money he hasn't been good enough, he is showing some better signs now but two goals in an OF game doesn't make you a good Rangers striker.
Thelwell won't get any credit because his appointment of R. M and his signing of too many players who took too long to settle put us miles behind in a season that a good start would have had us in front. His overall strategy was flawed and left to him we would have struggled to make a Europe place never mind win the league.
15 Jan 2026 12:39:51
My point made, us spending our second highest ever transfer fee on a untested player with 2 goals in 2 years is a risk, chermeti seems to be coming good now but end of the day he's a striker, meant to be a 9 and then judged on goals scored, I'd say get off your high horse.
If chermeti comes a good signing then yes we'll done Thelwell for signing him but he also failed at most other signings so pipe down eh.
15 Jan 2026 12:41:45
My point made what are you rambling on about lol credit Thelwell who hired Martin? Who nearly decimated our season by holding on to him for how long? Who spent millions on loans that are no where near the required level? Who left us with a 18 year old loanee as our only left back? He might have made a couple decent signings but with the money he spent rightly so doesn't mean he deserves credit for it after the disaster he left us in.
The only credit he gets from me is wanting Danny Rohl in to fix the mess he created.
15 Jan 2026 12:57:31
Maybe point made is Kevin Thelwell 🤣.
15 Jan 2026 13:06:03
You guys will eventually realise the transfer strategy has changed, 8m as AC would say is coupon money, he won't be seen as an expensive player next season he'll be seen as the value we sign players at now.
15 Jan 2026 13:06:14
My point made. The owners actually came out and apologised for getting it wrong. So is your point and judgement better than the owners who sacked those responsible and are now actively signing players to try and fix their mistakes?
15 Jan 2026 13:45:54
I think it could be, storm🤣.
15 Jan 2026 14:34:31
My point, I thought the board had sacked you lol!
Chermiti is playing better but still not putting the ball in the back of the net and I haven't seen anything that justifies paying what we have. What is it 3 goals or something this season?
Aarons and Djiga have been dreadful. Our improved cleansheets, improved consistency and results have co-incided with Djiga not in the starting lineup.
In summary there isn't 1 player that I could say that you bought ;-) and I'd be celebrating/thanking you.
15 Jan 2026 14:59:20
Wouldn't be the 1st time an employee or ex employee came on. Storm 😂😂.
My point perhaps you'll realise that those sort of fees are unsustainable in Scotland to be the norm regardless if its coupon money to some. Esp with European football far from guaranteed.
15 Jan 2026 15:29:04
My Point, I agree with the "you don't get time" it's the same with every team and even country at this point. The average tenure for managers is 16 months or something crazy like that. Rangers were never a sacking club till we returned to the Premiership.
Thelwell overpaid for a lot of the players: Asagaard from league 1 was 4.5 mil, 10 mil total for Chermiti and the loan fees we don't know about for a few examples. Also have deals being/tried to cancelled or not being pursued but can't give Thelwell all the blame for those if the rumours about Martin wanting them cancelled are true and missing out of targets cause Martin dragged his feet and not agreeing with certain target and instead wanting his ones (Aarons mainly). Picking Martin made us lose Dessers and Igamane, I believe Igamane would still be here if not for Martin. We'd of been in a far better position with Koppen as DoF and using the money being spent now.
15 Jan 2026 16:32:32
the owners didn't mean that we got the signings wrong though but that we didn't have a balanced squad. so are we selling the players we bought in the summer and replacing them or are we filling those gaps by buying players for those positions: LB, LW, LM.
Djiga who is so terrible he was part of a defence over 8 games since Rohl arrived who let in just 3 goals. did he make errors then probably but name me a player who doesn't. the fact is they didn't lead to goals. in fact we have let in 3 goals in the 5 games he hasn't played so you could argue defensively we are worse.
But our improved defensive form has not been because Djiga was out but because we are more solid as a team, not just relying on 4 defenders.
It was said at the time Chermiti signed that we bought him as he would cost an awful lot more in a bit of time. Fans expected a ready made starter for the money even when they were told that. he is showing and overall game now where he has improved and will still improve. and spare me the rubbish about a striker being judged on their goals. I have only 2 words to counter that :Cyriel Dessers.
so whilst I don't agree with my point made on lots he says let's not try to paint over some of the facts.