The future of one of the most costly players on Philippe Clement’s Rangers team is still up in the air.
Patrick Stewart, the CEO, said last week that no one would be leaving Ibrox before the January transfer window ended.
He said Everton can forget about trying to get Hamza Igamane away from Rangers. Stewart made the point that it would be “irresponsible” to allow a player go when the Scottish Cup and the Europa League are still up for grabs, even though he made no mention of Cyriel Dessers specifically.
Does this imply that Dessers will stay in Glasgow over the summer?
To be sure, that seems more plausible now than it did two weeks ago. While ambitious MLS team Atlanta United has Middlesbrough’s Emmanuel Latte Lath as their top striker target, Ligue 1 team St Etienne is giving preference to younger players in the last third. Dessers turned 30 in December.
Rangers and Empoli have not yet spoken about a possible return to Serie A, and Cagliari’s budget only allows for loans.
Cagliari is unable to sign Rangers striker Cyriel Dessers to a long-term contract.
During his one and only season at Cremonese in 2022–2023, Dessers scored six Serie A goals on his way to relegation. The Nigerian international, who was born in Belgium, is currently being courted by Cagliari to return to Italy.
However, as Tuttomercatoweb explains, Cagliari is just looking into loan agreements because they are now unable to pay for permanent additions.
Regardless of what Stewart indicated, Rangers could have been inclined to take advantage of Dessers. It feels like smart business to have the opportunity to recover a large portion of their £4.5 million investment in a striker who is now 30 years old and has slipped below Igamane and Danilo in Clement’s hierarchy.
However, a loan that is most likely devoid of an option or obligation-to-buy condition makes it hard to see how Rangers would actually profit.
Over the weekend, Cagliari director Nereo Bonato told reporters, “The market started with the exchange of goalkeepers with Napoli,” after bringing in Elia Caprile from Napli, a former Leeds United teenager.
The front department is now the focus of our attention, and we are assessing the best profiles while keeping in mind that certain components may exit to make room for the required roles.
Rangers are tied to Iqraam Rayners and Lawrence Shankland.
Dessers played the last twenty-five minutes as Rangers defeated St Johnstone 3-1 at Ibrox on Sunday after failing to come off the bench during those painful away draws against Hibernian and Dundee.
Regarding possible replacements, it has been claimed that Rangers had paid £2.4 million for Iqraam Rayners, a prolific striker from South Africa who plays for Mamelodi Sundowns in his own country.
Lawrence Shankland has also been linked to Rangers. When his contract with Hearts ends in the summer, the current Scottish Premiership Golden Boot winner is expected to go.
Motherwell striker Tony Watt stated last week, “I don’t think he would get a game over Igamane, but I don’t think many people would get a game over Igamane!” in reference to the choices open to a rival Premiership team.
“I believe he is capable of playing for the Rangers.” He should provide you 20 goals a season, in my opinion. He has demonstrated that he will score if you put him in the box. Last season, Hearts depended on him, and they suffered when he wasn’t scoring.
“I believe he would make a good addition, but it will depend on his role.”
How a driven USA player managed to transfer £5.7 million to Rangers while eluding Ibrox
For many Rangers supporters, Malik Tillman is the quintessential one that got away.
If things had gone differently, the 22-year-old offensive midfielder for PSV Eindhoven would have ended up permanently at Rangers after spending a season on loan at Ibrox between 22 and 23.
Former Bayern directors commended Ross Wilson for helping to negotiate an innovative agreement that safeguarded Rangers’ interests over the growth of the young American.
And now that Malik Tillman is talking about the possibility of a “dream” return to Bayern Munich, Rangers could be getting even another reward.
Malik Tillman has already cost Rangers £2.2 million.
Malik Tillman had a successful, although not particularly memorable, season while on loan at Rangers, helping the team earn a Champions League berth for the first time in twelve years.
The offensive midfielder has a £5 million buy option with Rangers, which the team would exercise at the end of the current campaign.
But as part of a pre-arranged buyback provision, Bayern would then “hit a number straight back,” as revealed by Michael Beale, the Rangers manager at the time.
Rangers are said to have made about £1 million from the whole deal.
Then, with a £12 million buyout option, Bayern would loan Malik Tillman to PSV, where he assisted in eliminating Rangers from the Champions League qualifying round.
Rangers made a cool £1.2 million from the agreement, or 10% of the transfer cost, when PSV triggered this in the summer.
Rangers would receive another payout for Bayern’s “dream.”
Rangers may soon get an additional payment in addition to the £2.2 million they have already received for their assistance in developing Malik Tillman.
This is due to Bayern’s inclusion of an astounding £35 million repurchase fee in the agreement that brought Tillman to the Netherlands.
According to the Rangers Review, the Ibrox team will be entitled to a further 10% of any transaction, or £3.5 million, should Bayern decide to proceed with the move. This would bring the total sum recovered to £5.7 million.
The admission that it is Tillman’s “dream to return to Bayern Munich one day” is part of it.
The US international maintains that he is content at PSV Eindhoven and will not depart during this transfer window, even if Rangers may have to wait for any Tillman paycheck.
“They told me that they were confident in my skills on the ball when I was at Bayern Munich, but that it needed to be more aggressive,” Tillman said.
That I needed to win more duels and second balls, battle for every ball more frequently, and recover more lost balls.
I was informed that I would not yet be able to play for their first team. However, I want to visit Bayern again in the future. Even so, I am aware that they already have excellent players.
My mother and many of the individuals who have followed me for years reside in Bavaria, where I grew up. The provisions of my PSV contract are well known.
However, I have no plans to leave PSV during this transfer window. I fit in at the club.
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