Selling Rangers Players Takes More Than Headlines

There’s a bit of revisionism that always crops up when Rangers players are linked with moves, especially when decent money is mentioned. Folk laugh, rival fans pile in, and suddenly it becomes “proof” a player isn’t worth it. Truth is, the market doesn’t care about online ridicule.

We’ve seen it before with Alfredo Morelos. There was talk of a £7m bid from China not long after he arrived, and plenty treated it like a joke. Fast forward and it was obvious he’d grown into a player with real value. Whether a deal was ever right for Rangers at the time is another debate, but the point stands: a player’s worth can change quickly when performances and demand line up.

Tabloid links don’t sell players

This is where a lot of supporters get a bit mixed up. A story appearing in the Sun or a random website isn’t a “strategy” for moving someone on. Clubs don’t go shopping because a headline told them to.

If a player is genuinely for sale, or if there’s genuine interest, it’s usually far more boring than that: agents making calls, intermediaries floating names, clubs checking affordability, and scouts already having a file on the lad. That’s how moves actually happen, especially for players outside the very top leagues.

Rival arrogance and the weird double standards

You can also feel the arrogance from across the city when it comes to our players. They’ll tell you someone is “easily replaceable” in one breath, then spend months scrambling for the same profile themselves in the next. It’s not even analysis half the time, it’s just the usual noise.

And Rangers fans need to be careful not to swallow that. Our players are either good enough to contribute here, or valuable enough that someone else might pay for them. Both things can be true at once.

Potential is great, but it needs shaped

On the squad itself, the more interesting bit is the raw talent. Gassama, Chermiti and Fernandez sound like the type of prospects you can see something in, even if they’re not the finished article. That’s normal. Most young players need time, coaching, and the right minutes to turn potential into actual output.

Not everyone will make it, though. That’s the harsh reality, and it’s why it’s fair to have doubts about certain players. If Antman isn’t convincing, it’s not disloyal to say you’d rather move on and use the space for someone who better fits what Rangers need.

Because at Ibrox, potential is only the starting point. The real question is always the same: can you do it when it matters?

Written by Rostosto: 29 January 2026