09 Jun 2025 00:10:19
Going from many ITK, the below players have either agreed deals in principal to leave or are close to agreeing deals to leave this window
From what's being said offers for Dessers are in and being accepted, the issue I feel again as was last season was his personal term and high salary for many clubs
Yilmaz - 12k - 4 mil
Dessers - 25k - 5 mil
Propper - 10k - 1.5 mil
Dowell - 18k - 1 mil
Cifuentes - 17k 1.5mil
Davies 27k - 2 mil
MaCausland - 5k - 0.5 mil
With Lawrence, Hagi, Balogun, Cerny, Fernandez and Kasanwijro all now having already left this makes 13 players away or close to leaving from last seasons squad
Also freeing £200k a week from the wage bill
Hoping for the below now in terms of transfers in to supplement the squad for the new season
2 CBs, 1 RB, 1 LB, 2CMs, 1RW, 1LW, 1CF
Also still believe Butland, Raskin (goes into his final 2 years contract), King and Matondo will also be away post the end of this window
This would be 17 players away from last seasons squad
Just also want to weigh in on the Tav debate, let's give the guy his testimonial and give him a free transfer away this window, he's been a great servant but for me, he cannot defend the way a Rangers defender should be defending and he has seen off way way too many managers, the culture part we are talking about holistically now through the club, for me does not align to player led revolts in the dressing room, not sure that would be avoided again with Tav leading that dressing room.
09 Jun 2025 01:03:23
Wouldn't sell dessers till we have a replacement a have criticised dessers at times his chances he should have taken and add his goals in all competitions you surley cany say he's no a starter before the rest madness he would be a decent back up to a striker . whoever it will be but dessers stays for me just now till we get that striker. Madness.
09 Jun 2025 02:38:41
Paying dessers 25 grand a week is insanity.
09 Jun 2025 05:39:43
Lithium I disagree it's not insanity. I reckon he's in that wage bracket 20-30k as that's practically hee haw in football today. That being said we as a club can't afford that currently. Sydney ger the whole tavenier can't defend joke gets blown seriously out of proportion imo. Is he done at right back? For sure but in the games I seen of him at centre half I was more than impressed and have a feeling he could do a Balogun like job for another year as I feel you'll struggle to get him a move anywhere till the contracts up. I don't believe we will see as many as 17 move on as we can't replace that, I mean how many times last season where we down to the bare bones for games there was games last season where your lucky if we had 3 decent options off the bench never mind 5 I want a large amount of the current squad moved on but I'd find it hard for us to replace a lot of them in one window.
09 Jun 2025 07:50:43
On the Tav debate, he has been very well paid during his tenure with us, and TBH the return from his captaincy has been wholly inadequate. I agree he's been an ever present in the squad, and that to some extent, not all, caused the demise of at least 4 Managers.
This is a chance for a fresh start, and there are RB's out there far better than Tav, and for less of a wage, forget the sentiment folks, we are a business.
09 Jun 2025 07:52:34
Sam I agree re Dessers. top scorer who we offered that salary. Actually now looking ahead to the forward we get who never misses a chance and scores in excess of 80 goals next season (supposedly Dessers needed 4 chances to score each goal ?)
Tav was left as we want our FBs to attack primarily and he is the best at that. If RM defends with a RB and makes him sit then Tav is able to defend. Just that other managers didn't want to play that way.
re 17 players away Martin has form for this as at all his clubs there have been huge numbers changed each time he arrives. so I would expect huge outgoings at least.
09 Jun 2025 07:57:14
It's not the outgoing that concerns me Angus it's the in coming.
09 Jun 2025 08:08:27
Don't think 17 is unrealistic at all. 6 out already, expect the 5 returning loanees to go so that already 11 before RM even looks at his team.
09 Jun 2025 08:23:57
& remember the clear out at b team level as well, on top of the above!
09 Jun 2025 08:25:39
Irvger, completely agree reg Tav. It's getting him to leave is the problem.
09 Jun 2025 08:28:06
Irvger the theory that it is the player who is longest here who is the only issue and sees off managers is absolutely bonkers. It is as if we would have won things without him and that wouldn't have been the case.
It would also place a different perspective on our greatest ever player John Greig who between 64/ 65 and 73/ 74 never won a league title and only won 4 domestic trophies so one more trophy but no leagues. we did win the European trophy as well granted. we also had 5 managers during that time so would you use the same theory there then.
not comparing the players although both were excellent FBs for the club but just comparing the thought process of fans. One with a similar record who is considered the greatest Ranger ever and Tav seen as being the cause of all our ills.
09 Jun 2025 08:47:51
We've been actively trying to move on most of these players over the last few windows - what's changed now that makes them saleable?
09 Jun 2025 09:05:09
I'd assume our demands EHL. Plus other players moving on in partially interested clubs.
09 Jun 2025 09:50:31
Who will buy matondo on his wages, criminal waste of money.
09 Jun 2025 10:12:46
EHL the expectation would be that we pay off their wages and sell at rubbish prices only so that we can moan a couple of months later about how the board don't have a clue. that is what we did last time anyway ?.
09 Jun 2025 10:25:50
Just for context, for what we pay Danilo in terms of salary, we pay less for Dio, Igamane and Jefte.
We have a small. number of players who are on ridiculous wages that are significantly impacting our ability to strengthen the squad and are virtually impossible to move on.
Again, this isn't the fault of the players - they have been given the contracts. It just makes overhauling the squad incredibly difficult.