There’s been a lot of hand-wringing any time a wage number gets mentioned around Rangers, but the truth is simple: if we want elite-level players for this league and for Europe, we can’t keep shopping like a mid-table side.
The whole point of fresh investment and serious financial backing is to give the club room to move. Not to throw money away, not to turn into a daft “splash the cash” operation, but to stop pretending the right player is always the cheapest one. If you want quality, you pay quality. That’s football.
Wages are part of the deal now
The fan point here is straightforward: figures get thrown about, and sometimes they’re not even like-for-like. A number in euros is not the same as pounds, and it matters when folk start panicking at a headline wage.
But even beyond currency, we already know Rangers have had players on strong money for years. That’s not a “new Rangers” idea. What changes with investment is whether the club can do it with purpose, and whether it can do it without cutting corners elsewhere.
If you’re serious about improving the starting XI, adding genuine competition, and raising the level in European qualifiers, then a wage packet that looks hefty in isolation starts to make more sense in context.
Recruitment has to match the ambition
Where I’m with this argument is that wages shouldn’t be the thing that blocks progress. Not when you’re chasing trophies, chasing Champions League football, and trying to build a player-trading model that actually functions properly.
That model doesn’t work if you constantly underpay the level of player you’re trying to recruit. You either don’t get them at all, or you get a compromise signing and then wonder why Europe feels like a slog every season. Paying the right wage can be the difference between a “project” and a player who is ready to deliver now.
Eyes on Rangers, not the rest
I also get the mindset of not obsessing over what Celtic are doing day-to-day. Rangers’ best periods come when we’re focused on ourselves, building properly, and setting standards that others have to react to.
That doesn’t mean arrogance. It means clarity. Investment should lead to better recruitment decisions, better retention of our top assets, and a squad that looks like it believes it can win every week. If we’re serious about being back on top, acting like it in the market is part of the job.
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