The interesting bit in the latest Rangers Review talk isn’t really about any single name. It’s the broader theme: Rangers now being reactive rather than proactive in the market, with an attacker only arriving if an attacker leaves first.
Fans can argue about whether that’s the right way to run a window, but it’s at least a recognisable strategy. It’s also one we’ve seen plenty of times in Scottish football. You can want ambition and still accept that the wage bill, the squad size and the reality of moving players on can force your hand.
Outgoings before incomings feels like the new plan
The claim is that players who are currently getting minutes won’t be sold and loans won’t be cut short, and that the focus is now firmly on getting bodies out the door. That, on its own, suggests the club sees the existing group as “the group” for the immediate run, unless something changes quickly.
It also points to the sort of window where the last week becomes the key week. That’s always a nervous place to be as a support, because you’re waiting on dominoes. One club shifts a player, your club reacts, and suddenly you’ve got someone in with a couple of days left to bed in. We’ve lived that movie before.
The “can’t pass it up” line is the one to watch
The mention of Andrew Cavanagh still being willing to do business if a deal is too good to ignore is the sort of thing that can mean anything. In practice, it usually comes down to opportunistic moves: the right player becoming available, the right price, the right wages, and maybe a selling club needing to act.
That’s not a promise of spending. It’s more like leaving the door open, which is fair enough. Rangers need to be smarter than just busy.
Names mentioned, but the bigger question is squad balance
Matondo, Dowell, Rothwell and Nsiala being mentioned as likely exits fits the idea that this is a tidy-up window as much as anything. Whether those moves happen or not, the point is clear: Rangers are trying to create space, not just add more options and hope it sorts itself out.
There’s also a longer-term thread in the comments about Diomande maybe moving on in the summer, and a bid expected for Raskin after the World Cup, with Chukwuani framed as a future replacement in that “starting 8” role. Again, if that’s how the club sees it, it tells you they’re planning ahead rather than just patching gaps.
And on the attacking side, the expectation that Skov Olsen adds goals and chance creation, and that competition between Gassama and Moore on the left could lift both, is exactly what you want in theory. The truth is, competition only works if the whole team’s structure supports it and everyone knows their job.
For me, the takeaway is simple: if Rangers are genuinely going reactive, then the outgoings become the story. The rest follows after that.
A sensible fan warning on “sources”
Even when a report is coming from a trusted outlet, the “sources inside the club” line should always be treated carefully. Windows move fast, plans change, and what’s true on Monday can be irrelevant by Friday. It’s worth keeping the wider theme in mind (outgoings first, late movement), without treating every named detail as nailed on.
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