If Copenhagen are genuinely looking at Danilo, it makes sense from their end. Koppens runs recruitment there, so you’d assume any move is based on seeing value in a player who has been better than what we’ve watched at Ibrox for long spells.
And that’s the frustrating bit for Rangers fans. Danilo arrived with a reputation, and the idea was simple enough: a striker who knows the Dutch game and could score goals, not a project that needed three windows to bed in. Instead we’ve ended up talking about fitness, rhythm and whether we’ve even seen the real version of him.
Danilo: reputation versus what Rangers got
The fan view here is pretty clear: Danilo’s poor form at Rangers has been tied to two serious injuries, and there’s a feeling he hasn’t properly got back to where he was before them. That’s not a moral judgement on the lad, it’s just the reality of how football careers can go when you lose chunks of time and momentum.
It also raises a fair question. If a player isn’t quite suited to what Rangers are asking him to do, or if the league’s physical demands don’t match where he is physically right now, does a different environment help? A move to Copenhagen, with their own style and expectations, might actually suit him better. Sometimes that happens. It doesn’t automatically mean he’s a bad player, just maybe not the right fit at the wrong time.
The money side is hard to ignore
This is where it stings. The numbers mentioned are simple: Rangers paid 6.3 million euros, Danilo has two years left, and if you only get 2 million back you’re staring at a 4.3 million euro hit.
That’s not just “one of those things”. For a club that needs to be smart in the market, losses like that tighten everything. It affects what you can do next, how much patience you’ve got with the next signing, and how quickly the squad can be turned over.
Igamane and the old Rangers story: using players wrong
The other big point is Igamane, and it’s a familiar Rangers frustration: a player being used out of position, then the club acting surprised when it doesn’t quite click. The argument is that if Danny Röhl had been in the door earlier, Igamane would have been used as an out-and-out striker rather than shunted wide, and that might have changed everything.
Even leaving the “what if” aside, the underlying issue is real. Rangers need clarity. If you buy a striker, play him like a striker. If the system demands wide forwards, then recruit wide forwards. Anything else is just burning value, and we’ve all seen how quickly that turns into another window where we’re scrambling rather than building.
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