19 Jun 2025 15:03:03
Ive been told now that we will only sign a maximum of 3 players with last years players being given a chance to make there Rangers carer a thing to be proud of instead of what its been already.
I was told this is because with all our kit deals and sponsor deals running for a good few years still there's not much big investment can happen from the new board until they can get all there own sponsors and kit maker.
And that its a multi year project and as scottish football isn't that fruitful in terms of funds it could take 2 or 3 seasons before we see the real vision of our new board.
Could anyone like ehl let us know if this is infact anywhere near true?
i'm actually hoping this is just nowhere near the case.
19 Jun 2025 15:18:23
Who ever told you must be having a laugh mustcat, or you talking about before our European game? Cameron is in need a cb and rw drastically.
19 Jun 2025 15:22:45
Been told this from where?
19 Jun 2025 15:23:33
The club are so tight lipped these days i can't see any info like that getting out. Also will all depends who comes in for our players.
19 Jun 2025 15:23:47
The only way we will find out will be on deadline day when the squad for 2025/ 26 is complete
I think guys like EHL and John have all said, barring a few open spots in the squad right now, it's going to be one in, one out til the end of the window
As EHL has said, if anyone goes, we already have a replacement lined up, remember we still have about 30 players on the books
There's going to be lots going out, Russel Martin has got to navigate early games, so he is being smart in what he is saying
He may need some players who may be on there way out to help him out in the short term
Personally if someone like Cifuentes or Ben Davies comes back and slots into a different system really well, then I would love to see that, but not sure that's going to happen.
19 Jun 2025 15:25:25
When you consider that we beat the other lot last year and our great need is to sort out how we deal with other teams in the SPL it's not all doom and gloom. Sort out the domestic form and we have much better chance of taking some silverware and potentially even the league. Things can change here much quicker than many suspect, especially with the new backroom team bringing real professionalism into the way we do things.
However, I really am a bit worried with Europe this year. I do hope I'm wrong, but it's looking pretty challenging from the get go. Especially with us going from a standing start. If we can get past Panathanaikos then things will look up markedly on the European front, but that is certainly not a gimme.
WATP, Let's go!
19 Jun 2025 15:26:16
Hopefuly that's just the defence that we are signing 3 for lol.
19 Jun 2025 15:29:07
Hopefully not or your negativity is going to break all records.
19 Jun 2025 15:29:48
I would doubt this is the case. we have already lost 6 players and while some are returning they were deemed not good enough and needed off the wage bill. I do think it will largely depend on how much we raise from transfers out and won't be as big a rebuild as we hope. We also don't have the players to suit the managers system so think we need more than that who can play how he likes.
19 Jun 2025 15:38:25
Well we can kiss goodbye to a league for several years if it's only 3 signings. We've lost cerny hagi and kasa also nalogun that's 4 we must replace. Davies dowell cifu won't improve our team. Massive mistake if true.
19 Jun 2025 15:39:22
I'd be crushed if we only bring in 3 players, but if that's the case that's what we go with, maybe a new manager and new style may suit the players we have a whole lot better, just need to wait and see, with great anticipation I may add.
19 Jun 2025 15:40:20
There is going to be more than 3 you have said stop listening to fake news.
19 Jun 2025 15:50:00
Mustcat-IN2 …. out 3 lol.
19 Jun 2025 16:00:51
My star this would be above and beyond cameron who is more a hagi replacement than anything else.
2 cbs and a winger who can play both sides.
It doesn't matter who told me that's my business and stuff like that question is part of the new annoying part of this page.
Going by what's been said about 1 in 1 out if people actually wernt just on here to dig at others and took a moment to think about it another 3 in doesn't sound far fetched at all.
Our problem last season was defence
2 commanding cbs and were already looking stronger than last season.
Cameron should add goals from the middle of the park.
If martin can get the best out of what we have then realisticly we don't really need a whole load of players in.
19 Jun 2025 16:02:32
So we've brought in a manager who plays wingers (when we don't have any wingers just now) and we're only singing 3 players? We need at least 2 wingers!
19 Jun 2025 16:03:14
I would imagine this is if zero players leave as we have a nearly full squad. Chances of no players leaving would be next to nothing so chances of only 3 coming in would also be negligible.
While other fans get upset at the idea of this it shows good long term strategic planning for me. Much rather we do this than get in massive wage deficits which means going forward we have zero flexibility in transfers. This was literally the strategy of the last board which brought us little success.
Are fans really wanting us to continue doing what we have been doing, because I don't understand that at all.
19 Jun 2025 16:04:13
Kaiser a good manager uses the players he has and makes a system to to suit the players and from what's been said about martin that's very much what he might do.
19 Jun 2025 16:08:09
That sounds like the type of news u should be ignoring.
19 Jun 2025 16:18:06
So were only going to have Cortes and one other winger mustcat you believe away mate.
19 Jun 2025 16:18:52
Muscat, Makes sense the new board want to get the club finances stabilised and the player trading model operating with significant profits coming in, we have wasted a lot of money over the past 3/ 4 seasons and let way too many players walk on free's or for well below their value, 4 manager 4 squad rebuilds, squads value has been decreasing since for years, we had a sduad valued around 170 million when Gerrard won the league during the unbeaten season, the squads current value is around 70 million, Celtic on the other hand werewell below our squads value and are now twice the value of our current squad, hence the reason why we have been playing catchup since Gerrard moved on.
Can't see us having much of a budget unless a few of the quality younger players and some of the older ones that have value along with the unwanted loaned out players are moved on.
seem like a lot of fans had the wild notion that because it was the 49ers taking over we would suddenly have a huge transfer budget to bring in world class players, but those days ended with Murray and the 70 million transfer kittys a season when we were matching some of the top clubs in the world for transfer budgets, we all know how that turned out when we were demoted to the lowest league possible in scotland after the player wage scandal was revealed.
19 Jun 2025 16:20:08
Something to consider with regards to the kit deals etc.
The current manufacturers/ sponsors were all awarded the contracts as they offered the best commercial value.
I'm not sure how our ownership model changes this?
Also, as part of Uefa cost control rules, you can only include income that meets fair market value requirements - so if the implication is that we could self sponsor, then this wouldn't impact funding for the playing squad.
On the transfer front - can't really add anything to Sydney's post.
19 Jun 2025 16:27:45
Our problem was a keeper flapping and CB's that couldn't stick their nut on a cross, also full backs who could not stop crosses so aye sort the defence . Btw is it Coady really or Harry Soutar that is wanted from Leicester, they have a few, maybe Coady has been a guess by those that don't know much and type with a toffee hammer in a frantic fashion, there are no sources or leaks to possible sources. Smart people have tried, dumplings just guess and kid on re sources.
19 Jun 2025 16:43:41
Deboer matondo is a winger cortes is a winger we have young players who are also wingers so please explain how we have no wingers.
19 Jun 2025 16:44:08
Not for 1 second do I beleive these daft stories that come out. As if big thelwell is kicking about telling people his tranny business man. Come on.
19 Jun 2025 16:45:40
I'd say that isn't out of the question muscatin, although personally I'd like to see a few more bodies come in. With the four that you mentioned leaving plus Lawrence and then potentially davies cifu dowell I'd like 4 or 5 in and to see Rice and Curtis etc start to get more minutes.
19 Jun 2025 16:52:18
If that is the case Martin will be out the door for Xmas no manager on earth can possibly improve that current squad they are simply not good enough and with our fan base the yanks will be getting it tight as well twelve had to many false dawns and the fans are sick and tired off being taken for mugs.
19 Jun 2025 17:03:15
Muscat what young players are wingers? were are not going into next season with Cortes, Matondo and one other, he plays 2 wingers.
19 Jun 2025 17:04:15
Musctcat, I've been visiting this page for about 14 years and I can guarantee people asking who you got your information from isn't anything new!
I don't have a source or anybody feeding me nonsense but I'd suspect by the end of the window we'll have about 8-10 new players in the squad.
19 Jun 2025 17:07:29
I was told once by a Nigerian prince he'd give me $1 million if I sent him 1k.
19 Jun 2025 17:24:55
Spot on muscat, defence would also be my priority. Would not only shore things up, it would also massively help the rest of the team.
19 Jun 2025 18:04:44
Muscat no half decent winger he means i think. Matondo is rotten.
19 Jun 2025 18:21:44
Muscat if you think we will win trophies with Matondo and Cortes then you've been injecting deludamol.
I should have said then 'decent' wingers who actually PLAY!
19 Jun 2025 18:44:45
So everything isn't Rosey sydney?
19 Jun 2025 18:52:49
Where do i mention winning trophies with them? Why start being a complete disrespectful wee boy about it? Grow up. get a grip. and please done comment on any of my posts again.
19 Jun 2025 18:55:47
Im going to join the others in not posting what I've heard on here again. there are far too many disrespectful neds who jump down people's throats every other post completely unneeded and uncalled for and honestly something that's killing this page.
19 Jun 2025 19:01:46
If we are only adding 2 or 3 to that squad we might as well hand the title to the other mob . We have lost our best defender in Balogun and our most creative player in Cerny and we think a new manager can bring back in failures like Davies, Dowell and Matondo and have a successful season. Ibrox will be half empty by Christmas, Martin will be gone and Ferguson will be back in charge.
19 Jun 2025 19:25:33
I don't believe this way all and how come the person that told you this never told you who new manager was?
There is next to nothing getting out from ibrox with the new owners.
19 Jun 2025 19:29:35
Muscat it's not new, people asking about sources has happened for years.
19 Jun 2025 19:41:03
Matondo, McCausland - neither good enough and what makes anyone think rm can get a tune out of players pc couldn't or bf or mb or gio? They all lost there jobs because too many players they trusted simply aren't good enough and I'd bet. my last if we go with the majority of players at the club then RM will ve out if a job by December.
19 Jun 2025 20:09:45
Muscat - look at the stats for both players.
Matondo needs to be sold to get him off the wage bill.
Cortes was it 10 appearances season 2024/ 25?
We need to sign a RW to replace Cerny, and.
20 Jun 2025 00:47:33
Truth is nobody knows July 1st they could open the check book for all we know or buy nobody lol.
20 Jun 2025 01:18:10
@EHL I've no reason to doubt what you are saying and to be honest it's not a route I want the club to go down, as ultimately it's not sustainable. However, if those are indeed the rules then how come many clubs in other leagues can effectively self-sponsor to boost revenues? Ie a few clubs in EFL? It's because it's not that difficult to make self-sponsorship appear to come from 3rd party, although admittedly much easier when state owned, but still, possible.
But as I say, not a route I would like is to go down, merely pointing out that the rules are not as black and white as they appear, open to challenge yes but always grey ?.
20 Jun 2025 02:44:53
@struthsboat
Thanks for the dig mate, It's good to see your continual jabbing
Like many on an open fans forum I'm merely passing on good info from one ex player who is very close to our club at various levels, someone I can now call a mate and someone who doesn't mind me sharing certain things we chat through
I've never once mentioned i'm a journalist or someone ITK so not sure why your having these little digs
Is this not a site for like minded fans to share and debate their thoughts and information or are we going to shut down everyone who wants to contribute?
20 Jun 2025 07:10:09
Albertz.
The Uefa cost cutting rules are actually that black and white.
Just to point out they don't prevent self sponsorship, or even restrict it - they just adjust it when it comes to their calculations.
Which is a good thing.