16 Jan 2024 20:15:19
We have knocked back a bid from top 4 championship club for Cantwell circa £6m. Negotiations with Yilmaz to Galatasaray are progressing as we are looking for £500k up front loan fee and around £5m in summer with full wages paid.
1.) 16 Jan 2024
16 Jan 2024 21:12:13
Why would a championship club pay £6m for Cantwell when we would gladly sell for half that? I’m going to call this as made up nonsense. And £5m for Yilmaz is fantasy. We are rangers. We sell for a loss and announce it as ‘undisclosed. ’ It’s what we do.
2.) 16 Jan 2024
16 Jan 2024 21:24:11
I actually think £6m for Cantwell would be good.
3.) 16 Jan 2024
16 Jan 2024 21:54:11
John said we had a bid knocked back for cantwell didn't say how much think he mentioned 3 other players.
4.) 16 Jan 2024
16 Jan 2024 22:03:20
Gooner - aye very good. Instead of rubbishing another poster, tell us, in your expert, informed opinion, why would rangers accept £3m for Cantwell? And why wouldn't we get £5m for Yilmaz?
Good positive post.
5.) 16 Jan 2024
16 Jan 2024 22:03:48
I can't comment on the Cantrell rumour but I am hearing different from Istanbul on Yilmaz.
6.) 16 Jan 2024
16 Jan 2024 22:06:43
Rangers gooner were not going to sell. cantwell for 3 mill. that's for sure.
7.) 16 Jan 2024
16 Jan 2024 22:10:40
Glasgowrangersgooner! How do you know we would gladly do anything!? Totally uncalled for!
8.) 16 Jan 2024
16 Jan 2024 22:12:50
I think £6m is a fair price on cantwell I’d take £5m minimum. I’d expect no more than £7m so £6m is about right.
And I’d sell not a doubt about that.
Gladly sell him n bring Hagi back £6m up and probably a better player in team battling with Lawrence.
Yilmaz likely to be € euros.
€5m in summer minus the €500k loan fee would be fair aswell imo and of course they pay the wages they’re going to have the player and they have the money.
9.) 16 Jan 2024
16 Jan 2024 22:14:53
That is great money for Cantwell. take it.
10.) 16 Jan 2024
16 Jan 2024 22:19:47
Cantwell is worth £6m in English leagues money pots.
11.) 16 Jan 2024
16 Jan 2024 22:21:30
I'd keep Cantwell, if he plays well in euro league, value goes up.
12.) 16 Jan 2024
16 Jan 2024 22:21:40
If we have knocked back £6m for Cantwell (aka pretty boy), then someone needs the sack!
We got him on a free! So no-one in England saw his potential at the time?
Absolute fantasy!
13.) 16 Jan 2024
16 Jan 2024 22:22:20
Hagi would only be battling Lawrence for his spot on the treatment table!
14.) 16 Jan 2024
16 Jan 2024 22:37:26
No idea what you're on gooner. But pretty poor chat.
More generally, I think the question as to whether we'd sell Cantwell is an interesting one. He's probably one of our more sellable assets, and I'm inclined to think we'd want at least £10m given his contract duration And profile. But then again, I'm not sure he's worth that to us or any EFL team. He can flatter to decieve A bit at times, but given the additions I think we need elsewhere I'd keep him till the end of the season at least.
15.) 16 Jan 2024
16 Jan 2024 22:42:34
Unless Cantwell has something in his contract giving him a % of any fee, I'd bite their hands off for 6 mill.
16.) 16 Jan 2024
16 Jan 2024 22:43:28
If we genuinely have had a 6m bid for Cantwell we should be seriously considering it. That along with 4m say for Yilmaz would be good cash for Clement to buy x2/ 3 players of his own, which he thoroughly deserves.
17.) 16 Jan 2024
16 Jan 2024 22:48:14
Bringing hagi back would solve nothing.
18.) 16 Jan 2024
16 Jan 2024 22:50:27
There is a lot of stupid hate directed towards our players at the moment saying stuff like would be luck to get 3 million for canrtwell but still expect us to go out and spen crazy money on replacements 6 million is not enough for Cantwell he frustrates sometimes yes but he’s under contract and we got 6 for aribo
Keep talking down fees for our starters be careful what you wish for
Are these people really rangers fans.
19.) 16 Jan 2024
16 Jan 2024 22:53:44
Hagi wasnt good enough, why would we bring him back, he's currently not good enough for a pretty poor team in spain, hagi is not the answer.
20.) 17 Jan 2024
16 Jan 2024 23:04:34
When Cantwell wasn't in the team, he was thought more of. He's a bit of a rough diamond but we've got to keep our better players and build around them.
21.) 17 Jan 2024
16 Jan 2024 23:06:40
What ever you think of Cantwell he’s better that hagi and fitter than both him and Lawrence I wouldn’t sell at the moment 6m or no 6m we have hardly any depth atm so unless he can be replaced before he leaves then it’s a definite no for me! And by the way everyone on here was loving him last season he’ll come good again and we might get double figure millions ??♂️.
22.) 17 Jan 2024
16 Jan 2024 23:35:10
Have to agree Copland I don’t think hagi is anywhere good enough and if it wasn’t for his famous dad I’m not sure his career would be at the level it currently is - like him, can be good, tries hard but just not seeing it - hope I’m wrong if he does come back ??????.
23.) 17 Jan 2024
16 Jan 2024 23:57:42
Stevie we are trying to sign a better standard of player hopefully, Hagi not the answer and can't see him in future plans, your opinion of course, if 6 million was bid for Cantwell I’d sell.
24.) 17 Jan 2024
17 Jan 2024 01:20:19
I think Hagi would be better off staying in spain just now, as he to be fair though have we ever given Ianis a consistent run as a CAM, not really, and that is his main position, we played him mainly on the RW and occasionally as a LW and CAM, he does not have the pace to play on the wing, but he can create from the CAM position and the least we can do when he returns is give him a go in that position, no doubt he will score some good goals and contribute double figures in assists.
has scored some nice goals for romania and in the copa del rey, lad had a nasty injury, many players never recover from.
Remeber how good Durrant, Rozental, Mols were before there bad injuries, but never hit the same from again, hopefully Hagi does recover fully and can be utiltised properly by us next season.
The loan was part of his recovery, he is progressing well.
takes time to come back from and injury like that and remeber they carved his leg up as well during the surgery, literally opened one side of his thigh for the surgery, there is psychological damage to recover from as well as the physical recovery, Beale was right not to bring him back too early, another bad injury on the same leg would have potentially ended his career at 24, he still has 2 years left on his contract once he returns in the summer, i think if he has fully recovered and hit peak fitness, PC can get the best out of him and actually play him as a CAM.
25.) 17 Jan 2024
17 Jan 2024 01:56:47
If we can get 7-8 mill for Cantwell, that is good business for us, we paid just over 1 mill for Todd, and while we have seen some good performances mainly under beale when he was scoring some good goals,
he has not hit that from again, perhaps a move to the Championship might be best for him, could be more suitable for his family as well with new baby born recently.
Unfortunately he is not the 20mill player he was with Norwich in the EPL.
Regards Yilmaz if we can get say 6 mill up front with add ons that get us nearer the 10 mill mark or a loan to buy with a simliar deal and it's a move he would be happy with then we have to realistically
consider that option as well.
Providing we have a decent quality LB option on loan, like Jarasek, we can work on a permanent LB deal in the summer, perhaps with one of the south american lads Koppen is keeping tabs on.
Both deals would give PC a decent start up transfer chest to bring some good quality up and coming young players like, Manhoef and Dujanovic in, say we pay 3 mill for each, and get Jurasek on laon with Silva, already in i would be happy with those 4 players for the winter window.
once Afcons done Sima is back and eventually Danilo will be fit again to give us more fire power up front.
Goal scoring wingers is what we need more than another CF right now.
26.) 17 Jan 2024
17 Jan 2024 02:08:20
I like cantwell not been his best lately but either was John Lundstram a few month back now look how well he is playing.
27.) 17 Jan 2024
17 Jan 2024 06:48:11
what makes me curious though is how can we sell a player for say 6M and then think we can bring it 1 or 2 players who will make us better, there aren't many players out there valued at 1-2M who are better than what we have.
28.) 17 Jan 2024
17 Jan 2024 07:08:26
Cantwell will be gone in the summer. He's in the team to provide goals and assists to the team which he simply isn't doing.
29.) 17 Jan 2024
17 Jan 2024 07:38:42
Would take the £ all day for cantwell he thinks he’s better then what he is .
Pity about Dowell thought he would do a turn .
30.) 17 Jan 2024
17 Jan 2024 08:14:28
Lads are don’t think yous are understanding my point here.
We need to prioritise certain positions, for me we need a striker, a centre mid, a centre half and possibly a winger (silva and Matondo can play right wing and left, sima, wright, mccausland, so not sure a winger is a must.
Striker
Centre mid
Centre half.
Move on Davies, ridvan, cantwell.
We can buy these positions.
Or loan them wbu her et gaffer decides.
We have Hagi who is our player. The Spanish would happily cut the deal short I believe z
He will do until the summer when he can then be moved on.
Hagi Lawrence silva even Danilo can all play in the 10 when fit, I don’t believe signing a new 10 is top priority.
So u bring back Hagi and sign those 3 positions I’ve mentioned and in the summer u move more on, likely Hagi will be one of them.
I believe Hagi is better than cantwell and will do a job until summer if it means spending the money in a striker mf and ch. then isn’t it worth having Hagi back instead of signing a 10 when we have say 3/ 4 in the squad inc Hagi?
31.) 17 Jan 2024
17 Jan 2024 09:11:12
Pointless selling Yilmaz for 4m stevie not a chance can we replace him for that fee.
32.) 17 Jan 2024
17 Jan 2024 09:11:45
Can't see Hagi playing for Rangers again mate.
33.) 17 Jan 2024
17 Jan 2024 09:25:26
There is no way in this world we have turned down £6m for Cantwell. Personally I would snap your hand off if offered that. Hagi is a far better Number 10 than Cantwell will ever be.
34.) 17 Jan 2024
17 Jan 2024 09:28:02
A few hard reads again the day.
Blaming Cantwell for lack of goals/ assists when we have the strikers we have currently is just unfair. You can lay the ball on a plate for the likes of Dessers, Danilo and Sima and they still miss lots of chances.
People want to sell Cantwell and bring in better players for less money? not sure if you know this but better players cost more money.
Talk of Hagi again on here. lord give me strength, Hagi must have cast a spell on a few fans as he had a couple decent performances way way back. Nice lad but definitely not a Rangers standard.
Hagi better than Cantwell? give up the drink lad.
Ridvan is a weird one as i'd rather have him than Borna playing and people are now wanting to sell Ridvan for a loss when he is now finding his feet at the club. Thank god yous aren't involved in any actual decisions at the club.
the main and sole target for us this window must be a striker that can actually score goals. and not 1 goal out of 20 attempts .
35.) 17 Jan 2024
17 Jan 2024 09:28:46
He was deemed by mostly all of us the most talented player we've signed for ages with a football brain steps ahead of him teammates, now it's a purge to get todd cantwell out the door, not for me unless it's a massive bid that we can't turn down ? Cantwell is a talented footballer of that there's no doubt and i actually saw good link up play with him and silva last night, to encourage me that that could well be a good partnership ?I know this season so far cantwell hasn't reached the heights of the last few months of last season but the talent is there guys and undoubtedly he'll produce it again ?Form is temporary, class is permanent ? Our supporters are far too quick when they get a target they just want them shunted out the door, that's not how football works ?I think clement can/ will get the best out of cantwell again, so try and get off the guy's back and get behind him and i'm sure his form will return ? Some on here with certain players it's all sugar or s***e with nothing in-between, like i said that's not how football works ?.
36.) 17 Jan 2024
17 Jan 2024 09:30:42
Cantwell was the best thing since sliced bread now he's a hopeless doughball that we need to get shot of straight away ?Fickle or what ?.
37.) 17 Jan 2024
17 Jan 2024 09:30:54
We could easily improve our squad with 6mil for cantwell. Could get a striker and a winger for 6mil and play silva where cantwell plays. masive upgrade.
38.) 17 Jan 2024
17 Jan 2024 09:40:46
Stevie we would need to pay to bring hagi back as there is no recall option and he isn’t good enough so I don’t think that will happen.
39.) 17 Jan 2024
17 Jan 2024 10:06:28
Some of the comments on here are awful, consistently knocking down our players. Plus the lack of knowledge in football is worrying. You don’t sell players mid season that are 1st team players unless offer is ridiculous. £6m, whether offered or not, is not ridiculous offer. The damage that does to the squad, the lack of time to replace and then the risk of signing a player from another league and trying to bed them into the Scottish game. Cantwell goes nowhere unless someone offers something north of £8-10m and rangers have a ready replacement.
40.) 17 Jan 2024
17 Jan 2024 10:16:48
I Think when sima comes back PC will bench cantwell sirwalter. silva will play instead of cantwell. You quite rightly said that cantwell is out of form and he has ben all season, its half way through the season, any idea when he will get in form?
41.) 17 Jan 2024
17 Jan 2024 10:22:07
We’ve already let one player go from the Euro squad, we are only allowed to change 3, and NEED to add a left back to it. So that's at minimum one of the changes done if you (for arguments sake) replace Lammers with Ridvan. We aren't going to be in a hurry to sell anyone else that's currently registered to play europa league. To be honest anyone in that squad is likely being kept til the summer to maximise value. We only need to look at Bassey to see what a couple of good games and a decent run does to a player’s value. If someone comes and offers 10m for Cantwell sure, you take it. But 6m doesn't give us the means to pad the squad out with reliable additions at the minute.
42.) 17 Jan 2024
17 Jan 2024 10:24:57
I personally don't think cantwell creates enough chances for the team, he can be so talented but he's flattered to deceive in 80% of the games so far and that's me probably being kind, i'd have a fully fit Lawrence before cantwell any day of the week he's far more direct but the fitness is the conundrum, no denying cantwell has talent we just need to get him to do it on a regular basis, he's far too deep for me, also stupid fouls and theatrics really gets on my throat, him an big dessers are really bad for not playing the whistle if they don't get a foul. they can just stop and throw up the arms, that too needs addressing, big Goldson has been guilty of this in the past too.
43.) 17 Jan 2024
17 Jan 2024 10:44:33
Any of the top 4 ATM in championship don't have 6m to pay for Cantwell and Yilmaz should be kept until the summer. His value won't diminish imo he's a better option than BB.
44.) 17 Jan 2024
17 Jan 2024 10:45:43
Sorry folks but no one is seriously telling me that they think 6mil is cheap for cantwell. C'mon that's incredible money for him. 10mil you're having a laugh mate. let's get real here. Mate PC would bite your hand off for 6mil. He'd win us the league if he could spend that sort of cash this window. Its one thing saying some of the stick our players get from our owns fans is awful but i'll tell you what mate, some of the loyalty shown from our fans that defend bang average players who fail to perform constantly and are on massive money is cringey. This guy hasn't turned up all season, hasn't laid a glove on Celtic and you's want more than 6mil. C'mon mate. let's be real here.
45.) 17 Jan 2024
17 Jan 2024 10:53:16
I’m not here championing Hagi, I’m saying is he not a better option than cantwell if u consider throwing £6m in the pot just for swapping them?
That’s all I’m saying.
Surely that’s better for the team squad and club?
Someone said we need to pay to bring him back?
I believe it was €1m for season so £6m -€500k is still about £5.6m in the pocket if we sell cantwell. No brainier for me.
The Spanish aren’t really want to keep him so I think we could even negotiate a better deal in our favour.
46.) 17 Jan 2024
17 Jan 2024 11:34:11
Take £3m for Cantwell? put your mummy on we need word with her .
47.) 17 Jan 2024
17 Jan 2024 12:09:00
Coops did you copy and paste that post of yours because it’s the same word for word other than the name of the player what you said about kent time after time.
Cantwell may come good but he is not doing it at the moment and the same reason why Norwich let him go.
48.) 17 Jan 2024
17 Jan 2024 12:11:06
We pay Cantwell 40k a week to provide goals and assists. He's meant to be a game changer on that wage.
49.) 17 Jan 2024
17 Jan 2024 12:35:22
Kurt you’re saying £6m and we’d bite your hand off. Show me how he’s not worth that or more? Countless bang average players in championship and prem are going for a lot more. Some of the sales going around are stupid money. And those players you talk about are SPL standard, and top of the bag standard for this league. bang average league. You’re the type of fan wanting 25 top players that we can’t keep happy and loyal. Cantwell is one of the best in this league, been welll off his best this year I’d agree but in this league and most of Europa league games he’s a good standard of player.
50.) 17 Jan 2024
17 Jan 2024 13:08:54
Pretty sure we ain`t paying Cantwell £40k a week, in fact I would be surprised if we are paying anybody that type of money. I really like him as a player but again I would be surprised if we wouldn`t accept £6million for him, maybe its just because we would struggle to replace him this window. As for Yilmaz, if we are not desperate to get rid of him, and it looks like we`re not, why would we accept a loan deal, with no money until the summer, this window . Clubs like Verona and particularly Galatasaray have money so if the want him, pay the money and buy him or get lost.
51.) 17 Jan 2024
17 Jan 2024 13:21:53
Do The Bouncy, saying Hagi is miles better than Cantwell is bizarre. You’ve clearly not seen Hagi playing in Spain. On the bench most weeks. The boy is struggling, massively. Apparently confidence is extremely low. Missing 18 months of football has played a big part in his development. He’ll be one that leaves in the summer. Hopefully someone will be willing to pay the £3m we bought him for.
52.) 17 Jan 2024
17 Jan 2024 13:24:19
Think one of the euro spots may go to big balogun, or someone drops out? but who?
53.) 17 Jan 2024
17 Jan 2024 14:23:27
Fork, likely euro spot will go to a goalkeeper, possibly Jon McLaughlin.
54.) 17 Jan 2024
17 Jan 2024 14:27:12
Stevie we don’t always get the full 6 million upfront also player gets % agent gets % it’s not as easy as you think. I 100% do not want to pay for a player that is still ours just my w.
55.) 17 Jan 2024
17 Jan 2024 14:50:22
Sollof, type of fan? what lol? 25 top players, I'd settle for 11 top players just nOw mate?. You just have to watch cantwell play to know that he is not worth 6mil.
56.) 17 Jan 2024
17 Jan 2024 15:43:21
Three to drop out of the Euro squad, Lammers, obviously, Danilo because he won`t be fit to play again this season and Davies. That will allow Balogun and Silva as replacements and one free spot either for another new signing or someone like Yilmaz if he`s still here. Here`s hoping Roofe can get fit enough to at least do a Betis and come off the bench and make an impact.
57.) 17 Jan 2024
17 Jan 2024 16:54:15
There are a number of other players that we should be looking to move on before Cantwell. Thankfully a number of them will be gone when their contacts end this summer however getting rid of others, most notable the injury prone mediocre players like Souttar will be significantly more difficult!
Hopefully we will now see a better quality of player signed with the new management team in place and Oark well and truly gone.
58.) 17 Jan 2024
17 Jan 2024 17:46:07
That Bristol city left side boy did really well v WHU apparently, would they accept another McCrorie and a couple of £m?
59.) 17 Jan 2024
17 Jan 2024 18:26:12
In my opinion hagi is better than anyone we have in his position. Our attacking players a rotten right now.
60.) 17 Jan 2024
17 Jan 2024 22:44:44
Highland bear ??????well said Cantwell still better than most of our midfield yet people want him gone madness
Mystar remind me how much was barisic again? You can find the players if you know what your doing and have a bit of luck too don’t need money all the time.
61.) 18 Jan 2024
17 Jan 2024 23:37:15
Believe barasic was £1.8m British pounds.
62.) 18 Jan 2024
17 Jan 2024 23:38:42
Hagi is the best no10 we have on our books and he’s in Spain.
Terrible management by Beale. Sign lammers for nearly £4m and loan Hagi out for £1m.
£3m plus lammers wages down the drain.