Rangers FC Rumours

27 Jul 2026 20:56:49
Seeing a new name Jahnoah Markelo from Coventry on loan apparently

27 Jul 2026 21:22:54
Not impressed with his C.V.

27 Jul 2026 21:31:17
Dan Purdy needs to move on if that's the case. No idea what that Stig boy's doing either tbh.

27 Jul 2026 21:50:10
What's his position and skill set?

27 Jul 2026 21:51:39
Reidpt, I was on holiday, I'm back now though.
So will step it up a bit. 😅

27 Jul 2026 22:04:29
Get it sorted, Stig. Right winger and some creativity through the middle.

27 Jul 2026 22:11:45
I agree, sack the footballing operations team - there's plenty more qualified folk on here who are experts in Google and YouTube.

Also, good luck to Koppen when he starts his new role at West Ham.

Someone else that was slated whilst at the club and then coveted after he left.

27 Jul 2026 22:25:40
You don't realise how good something is 'til it's gone, EHL.

27 Jul 2026 21:53:22
Reid the majority of these targets have nothing to do with stig. Maybe someone in the know can confirm but I've heard he's been brushed a side a bit since the departure of Rohl IE a change in targets and transfer strategy. I could be hearing 💩 but maybe someone could confirm.

27 Jul 2026 23:00:19
Villa, you've clearly not been here long enough, or one may suspect you're one of the mob from the east, just a sneaky suspicion.

27 Jul 2026 23:12:36
EHL, I agree with your comment.

28 Jul 2026 00:31:29
We, as fans, are so fickle.

Not every player we are linked with is genuine or real.
Not every player we fail to sign is because we don't "bid enough".

Diawara was practically as good as done but at the last minute changed his mind. Nothing the club could have done. Fee was agreed, personal terms were agreed, but the player chose Italy over Scotland for his development.

Players we look to sign aren't fans of the club, so they look at it different to us.


They're weighing everything up: financially, lifestyle & culture, career progression & opportunities, climate. Some of us need to bear this in mind when seeing links and speculation.

I'd much rather sign a player who wants to be here and prove a point instead of someone we have to convince to come to Scotland.

28 Jul 2026 02:09:50
Sam and True Blue, well said. Ps not on piss tonight, just looking to hear up to date news from several itk guys on here, just keep giving us what you hear, namaste brothers.

28 Jul 2026 05:52:12
Why would they offer Stig a deal after Rohl left, to then brush him aside? Doesn't make sense.

28 Jul 2026 05:52:50
Wslgers, we have a history of folk with an impressive c v doing pish for us is the problem though, latest 1 being Skov Olsen.

28 Jul 2026 07:20:42
We have fans who can deem a player not good enough without watching them! They're absolutely unique!

28 Jul 2026 08:40:00
Iron, that's exactly what I was getting at the other day when I sarcastically mentioned how many of the posters on here have time to watch the Eredivisie, Norwegian leagues, Swedish leagues, Championship, Swiss leagues, MLS etc. Guys must never get off the couch and never sleep, or maybe, just maybe, they Google goals and assists, see that it's not at a ratio of 1 goal involvement per game or 2, and then declare the player rubbish, YouTube search and don't find much and double down on the claim.



What folk don't know but could easily find out with a bit of digging is that prior to Jahnoah Markelo moving to Coventry from Zurich it is believed that we had interest in the player, but Coventry made a move for him and signed the boy. So it's a player our club have knowledge of. They've not just panicked and grabbed a boy from an English club.

28 Jul 2026 09:41:43
I didn't slate Koppen. I appreciated him and hoped he'd stay. Sadly he's gone.

28 Jul 2026 10:53:32
As I said the other day, Iron, it's not the 50s. Fans can form opinions on players without having to watch them week in, week out.
I never watched Maradona. Can I not make an assessment on him based on stats, clips, and opinions of other people?

28 Jul 2026 10:57:23
Also Iron, if we were linked with a striker who had played a 100 games and had 0 goals and I've never watched him, am I not allowed to form an opinion that he's not very good?
Your logic is flawed.
You can form opinions without watching players, whether that opinion turns out to be true, that's another thing.


I'm a fan though, I am allowed to comment on the players my club's targeting, don't see why that bothers you so much.

28 Jul 2026 11:11:54
Cryptic Bear, to my knowledge Koppen was agreed to resign before Rohl left.

28 Jul 2026 11:12:06
Stig not Koppen, sorry.

28 Jul 2026 12:25:34
The problem with Koppen is, we moved him away from what he was good at, i.e. recruitment, and gave him extra responsibilities. He had plusses, Igamane, Cerny, but he had big minuses too. Propper and Silva come to mind.

28 Jul 2026 12:54:21
Silva was agreed and signed before Koppen even started wsl.

27 Jul 2026 20:25:36
McInnes has picked Dan Neil as his club captain

27 Jul 2026 21:19:02
I thought Dan would get it.

It's a good choice at the moment, anyway, hopefully captains the club to many successful seasons.

27 Jul 2026 21:20:04
Really?

27 Jul 2026 21:26:21
I am very surprised about it as I thought he would have gone with Shankland for now.

27 Jul 2026 21:29:08
Possibly the weakest of all our signings?

27 Jul 2026 21:29:38
Surprises me, tbh, not stood out in the two friendlies as one of the more vocal players or a standout in anyway ability wise so far. Can only assume he's impressed behind the scenes and in closed doors games.

27 Jul 2026 21:36:55
Give him a chance, Kaiser.

27 Jul 2026 21:39:17
Until it's confirmed by the club, I honestly can't believe that Shankland is the clear and obvious answer imo.

27 Jul 2026 21:42:06
Let's not make mad assumptions about players in friendlies, and let's be honest, we didn't play well in any of the 2 we saw. No goals from open play, and hardly any chances. So, to rule a guy out for playing a few mins in a friendly is just crazy.

27 Jul 2026 21:42:18
I thought he would have gone for Shanks, tbh, so Neil is a bit of a surprise.

27 Jul 2026 21:43:13
I don't think Shankland is going to play as many games as Neil, plus Neil is a cm.

27 Jul 2026 21:46:31
Jfc Kaiser, we've no even started the season yet. 🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️

27 Jul 2026 21:47:12
I'm sure someone on here last week said something to this affect. 👇

"Our captain is here, and he's one of our own." ✍️🇬🇧

27 Jul 2026 21:53:05
Well, let's back the gaffer mf, our new club captain, to the hilt.

I hope he plays him a 6 and not an 8. I've seen him as a 6 and he's a brilliant we player. Beale said he's seen him as an 8 and is equally good, I've not seen him there.

He's a bit like Alex Rae for me.

I'd prefer more creative players either side in the 8s or him and another in mf with a 8/10 further forward.

We don't really have much as a mf to attack link other than Aasgaard, I'm not a fan of Dio.

Maybe Chucky will surprise us.

27 Jul 2026 22:05:30
It won't be Dan Neil.

27 Jul 2026 22:13:31
Like our last captain, selected based on his ability to hit the first man from corners.

27 Jul 2026 22:16:17
Gazza, that was in reference to Lewis Ferguson's being in Scotland, mate.

Some of the ITK lads still felt we'd get him in August, mate. Then it came from everywhere, ots off.

I believe it was a strong possibility at one point, but the new Bologna manager and his showing at the World Cup kind of killed it, manager wants him and they wanted more money.



If he doesn't sign a new deal then next summer he'll have 2 years left plus Bologna have option to extend so that's effectively 3 years, we could get him in 2 years if he doesn't sign a new deal.

That would be a great deal and likely 8-10m.

They may even sell next summer to get maximum value.

He will be a Rangers player and he will be captain.

27 Jul 2026 22:18:45
Stevie, Neil's best as a box to box player, mate, but he adapted very well playing the 6 role, where he played his last couple of seasons at Sunderland, was box to box all his days though, he clearly wasn't his best in the friendlies, still tried to burst the lines a few times yesterday, mans only in the door, Mciness will see his leadership qualities.

27 Jul 2026 22:27:01
So who do you reckon our new Rangers captain will be WhatsTheStory. 🤔 🇬🇧

27 Jul 2026 22:33:03
If we don't sign Lewis this window then it'll be Shankland.

27 Jul 2026 23:00:09
Gaza, whoever said that last week is a blether, McInnes said himself he hadn't given any thought until this week.

27 Jul 2026 23:09:43
Sorry, meant in terms of captain material at this moment. Needs to establish himself in the team 1st. Others more likely to start, more often or more experienced than him.

27 Jul 2026 23:12:18
Stevie, I don't think Lewis Ferguson will ever be an 8/10 million pound player mate, we'll certainly not in my eyes, the club would be crazy to pay half of that for him, my opinion.

27 Jul 2026 23:18:23
Shankland will do the job a captain does, without being captain. I'd prefer it was a centre half or midfielder.

27 Jul 2026 23:21:13
Kasier, Niel is a very experienced player for his age, not far from 300 games, if he's Mciness captain, he must have seen his leadership qualities, he'll see it daily, mate, but am waiting until he names our captain, it's great we have a handful to choose from now though.

28 Jul 2026 02:50:13
Ooor choice for captain of the club for me.

Shanks all day as club captain Neil or Godfrey could wear it when he's not starting.

Disappointed in the choice if I'm honest.

28 Jul 2026 06:06:41
It's only my opinion, but I think Ben Godfrey will be our new Rangers captain, with Lawrence Shankland our new vice captain. 🤔 🇬🇧

28 Jul 2026 07:50:55
Ehl, he only hits the first man on the outswinging corners. Lol.

28 Jul 2026 08:06:18
No matter what we won't keep every fan happy as is evident in here.

28 Jul 2026 08:43:04
Shanks as vice captain, yes, but prefer my captain not to be a striker.

27 Jul 2026 19:44:06
Cerny deal close 5 million

27 Jul 2026 19:56:33
Fingers crossed you're telling the truth, pal. 😂

27 Jul 2026 20:03:01
Seen it online, mate, fingers crossed. 🤞

27 Jul 2026 20:08:14
He will be off somewhere either way if they sign Salah. He can't stay, as it's against squad regulations, as posted earlier.

27 Jul 2026 20:26:38
There are rumours they aren't signing Salah now, but could be bs, but so could Cerny signing for us.

27 Jul 2026 20:28:38
Personally don't see it being close as nothing gets out of Turkey. I hope we go for him when we sell Raskin tho.

27 Jul 2026 20:30:11
Interesting, as media today say asking price is 11m.

27 Jul 2026 20:31:26
Cerny ain't coming back. Sadly.

27 Jul 2026 20:40:50
72Loyal, the reason you should never take on whatever comes from the media.

27 Jul 2026 20:59:40
Maybe we could highjack the Salah deal then. 😁

27 Jul 2026 21:42:52
Worth a shot, Me2, people on here would still complain about him signing. 😂

27 Jul 2026 21:47:51
I don't see Salah going to them.

27 Jul 2026 21:51:18
The money the Saudi will offer him the most, but I would not count out Fenerbahce. I don't think they could afford his wages, I think their highest player is on about 140k. I imagine he will want 300k.

27 Jul 2026 19:02:17
Looks like makhanya to Rangers

27 Jul 2026 19:09:34
Maybe that's who was getting shown around Ibrox the other day, John.

27 Jul 2026 19:29:29
Mb King, definitely not.
My info was it was Diawarra, Rangers and McIness believed we were signing him, he has still not been confirmed by Milan, is my understanding.

Issue re the South Africa lad may need to wait re visa, doubt he would have it before Friday.

27 Jul 2026 19:38:52
I haven't read or heard anywhere that Diawarra has signed with AC either.

That's just all gone quiet.

Maybe we can bring them both in.

27 Jul 2026 19:40:14
Who's Makanya?

27 Jul 2026 19:41:44
Bring them both in and get right of Souttar.

27 Jul 2026 19:42:19
So as it looks like the centre half we're signing is Makhanya, that would now rule out Widell,
Milne, Porteous etc. 🤔 Now for a class right winger. 🙏

27 Jul 2026 19:42:52
South African CB.

27 Jul 2026 19:44:26
South African LCB that plays for Philadelphia Gdog.

27 Jul 2026 19:47:38
Gazza Radio Clyde now saying we will only go for Makhanya ha if Diawarra goes to Milan.

Makhanya, a South Africa centre half playing in US. 22, appeared in World Cup. Gdog.

27 Jul 2026 19:50:02
Cheers mate.

27 Jul 2026 19:58:03
Having not seen Diawara or Makhanya, I can't make a proper assessment, but I just don't fancy the lad from MLS at that age, and not played a lot of games. Not for me.

Diawara would be good.

27 Jul 2026 20:01:30
Apparently Diawarra undergoing a medical for Milan.

27 Jul 2026 20:02:47
I think there comes a time where the club has to move on to other targets if they haven't received an answer within an expected timescale, we can't wait forever and be left with no one.

Not sure what the hold up is with Diawarra or if he has told us no.

27 Jul 2026 20:04:00
Romano saying that AC Milan has agreed EUR2.5m deal for Diawarra and he's due to fly in for his medical this week. Does anyone know if Makhanya is any good? I've never seen him play.

27 Jul 2026 20:06:11
I'm sure I've seen a photo online of Diawara holding an AC Milan strip. Could be fake to be fair.

27 Jul 2026 20:07:35
I seriously hope not. Not good enough!

27 Jul 2026 20:17:09
Makhanya seems a strange one to me, I made a slight mistake in previous reply, in that he's actually a right sided centre back, which would leave us with 4 naturally right sided players and only Nsiala as a naturally left sided CB.

27 Jul 2026 20:28:12
Good centre halves can play any side.

27 Jul 2026 20:40:19
In recent years, other than Helander, have we had a left-footed CB that's any good? We always played two right footers.

27 Jul 2026 20:45:53
Wishy, what about Bassey.

27 Jul 2026 20:47:36
We thought Manny was a strange one as well. Goram needs to give him a chance.

27 Jul 2026 20:52:32
I actually like Nsiala.

I'd look to loan him out to League 1 in England or Championship here for 6 months and see how he does at centre back. If he's still looking suspect I'd loan him out for next 6 months at left back and see how he does.



I see a player in Nsiala, I do.

He needs time and mins and allowed to make mistakes, he won't get that here and neither will Makanyha.

27 Jul 2026 21:16:18
I'll get behind anyone and everyone we sign, just merely pointing out that we could use a left sided CB.

27 Jul 2026 21:34:24
We need a left footed cb, Goram. Yes, can play either side, but you're always stronger on the side with the foot you kick with. Few and far between players being as good on either side.

27 Jul 2026 21:56:57
Beale, for some reason we all accept a right footed centre back on the left of 2 but don't accept a left footer on the right.

I've always found that strange.

Remember Vincent Candela was one of the best left backs in the world at Roma and was right footed.


Only Robert Carlos, Arthur Numan and Lizarazu were better than him at that time in Europe for me.
Ashley Cole maybe, but was he just coming through at that time?

27 Jul 2026 21:59:49
Haven't seen any of them, Stevie, but then say one will be good? I don't get that tbh.

27 Jul 2026 22:08:26
Has anyone, honestly, seen (Shankland/Devlin apart) any of our recent signings apart from YouTube before they signed for us??

27 Jul 2026 22:12:03
It's a strange on as Diawara will get know where near ac first team for years if he even makes it.

28 Jul 2026 02:04:03
The young South African guy would make sense as it appears Godfrey, Fernandez are going to be first choice, can't see us signing top class experienced CB to sit on bench.
Also, Godfrey as captain is likely to play most games.

The fact he is a loan signing is irrelevant, as he is seen as probably a permanent signing, as most likely to meet targets set as part of loan.
Not sure Niel will play every game if we sign a quality playmaker in the middle.

28 Jul 2026 01:52:55
Et prix the diawara lad has played in the Frenchie top league he's experienced against top players.

Hes wanted by ac Milan.

This other lad just doesn't appeal to me mate that's all.

No other reason than that.

We don't have a good record of players from mLS either

28 Jul 2026 08:11:56
Most players these days are fairly proficient with either foot, are they not?

27 Jul 2026 18:50:33
Daily Record running a story we're pressing forward with the Cozier-Duberry deal but he isn't one expected in before Friday apparently

27 Jul 2026 19:18:25
I can't say I know a lot about our current interest, but we pushed hard to get him when he left Arsenal. The deciding factor for the player at that point was Brighton being closer to home.

Not surprised we're interested again, but would be if Bloom was willing to let him come here when there is solid interest elsewhere.

27 Jul 2026 19:23:39
Did someone not write a post about it last week. Wonder who that was. 😉 haha

My understanding from my friend is it's still 75% yes but still far off the mark.

27 Jul 2026 19:33:56
In all fairness WATP, he's been linked long before you posted him on here.

27 Jul 2026 19:48:27
Fair enough Wishy, but I am someone who is normally happy to stick my name on the line and very rarely wrong. However, fair feedback, mate.

27 Jul 2026 19:57:16
It's not a criticism, mate, I appreciate your posts, you have got a lot right, so keep them coming.

28 Jul 2026 08:13:03
Yah keep up the good work, WATP.

27 Jul 2026 18:22:49
Just been given the name Ricardo horta by a mate that he has heard could possibly be signing for us, right winger from braga anyone heard anything on him?

27 Jul 2026 19:04:42
If only, mate. I can't see this happening, but would love it.

27 Jul 2026 19:07:33
Would be an unreal signing.

27 Jul 2026 19:11:26
Think he's 31 and worth EUR9m. Would be a great signing on paper.

27 Jul 2026 19:11:59
Very good player, can dribble, pass & score a cracker or 2 (scored one against Celtic) & was always a pain against us. Would be a great signing, but at 31 would be short term.

27 Jul 2026 19:31:07
Allegedly on a fake Twitter account. Great player.

27 Jul 2026 19:57:50
David Murray throwing about the readies type signing he would be.

27 Jul 2026 20:01:42
I would love us to be able to sign Ricardo Horta, but just can't see it TBH. ☹️ He's a terrific winger with outstanding numbers. 👌 Even though he's in his early 30's, I would absolutely love us to sign him. Would be a statement signing, imo. 👌

27 Jul 2026 20:30:06
Would be the king of signing our Stevie thinks Dahl will be SWS.

27 Jul 2026 18:13:16
Twitter rumour Raskin may get an extension and stay

Surely not? Anyone have any updates?

27 Jul 2026 19:05:02
Goes against what McInness said yesterday.

27 Jul 2026 19:07:26
Out mf is so very congested just now. Bows the time to sell, but if he's willing to sign an extension on a wage rise and a £30m buyout this time, then that could be a good move for the club.



We'd then need to sell Dio and Barron still, but I'd add Chuckwuani to that list if Raskin is to stay. We can't carry this size of mf squad. 6 and Cameron makes 7 is a max.

27 Jul 2026 19:21:18
Raskin loves it here, but both he and the club understand that now is the time to move on. Belief/hope is that a potential deal will gain traction next week.

27 Jul 2026 19:41:33
McInness said nothing about Raskin leaving!

27 Jul 2026 19:55:42
Would be amazing if Raskin stayed, have a chance to shine even more than he has already.

27 Jul 2026 19:59:07
Said he was a flight risk and that he's got some interest. He might not have said "Nico Raskin is leaving", but read between the lines, it's obvious he expects him to leave!

27 Jul 2026 21:29:05
Give him a £30m release clause and you tie him down for life.

Cause not 1 club is paying that for him & I'd go as far as saying, in his whole career.

27 Jul 2026 21:58:46
Ano it's not to get that fee maye it's so we don't get robbed for 15-20m mate.

Spanish clubs have 500m-1bn buy outs it's never going to happen either mate.

I think if he stayed and we are successful, ie, win the league and show well in Europe, we could get £25n next summer.