I really wish Gers had a policy - quite common at many other clubs - where a player has to either sign a new contact/extension with over one year before contract expiry date, or be put up for sale while he still has good sell-on value.
Clearly the club has to offer attractive terms if it wants a player to sign an extension but if it is obvious to the board that a player wants away then he should be made available for sale with min. one year left on his contact to ensure we get a decent fee.
This situation with Kent is a bit depressing. Talked about as a £15m+ player and now looking likely that he'll walk away in June for nothing. Naturally we would not have expected to get £15m had he left in the summer but reckon somewhere around £10m would have been achievable.
That was always talked about as our new model but we still err on the side of hanging on to them for too long. We got lucky with Goldson's late extension but Kent's going to walk away....and probably Morelos too
(For the record I would have taken the £16.5m for Morelos offered by Lille, and said so on here at the time. That could have bought 2 or 3 decent replacements and probably still a few £££ left over)
Contracts with one year left.....
posted on 7/10/22
Remember they got excited because Tillman scored a header?
They put up a "can you jump as high as Tillman" stand
posted on 7/10/22
Kent’s been too busy shooting promo vids for his band…
https://youtu.be/VKOkGq3I48w
https://mobile.twitter.com/RangersFC/status/1578083940434313219?cxt=HHwWhoCw9fK-veYrAAAA
posted on 7/10/22
Blue Heaven
Issue for me is not the unsellable players, nor guys in mid-late 30's , but guys like Kent who would have got us maybe £8-10m in the summer, have clearly no wish to extend, and will walk for nothing in June.
posted on 7/10/22
Hence the reason why players running down their contracts are no longer listed as assets in the accounts.
When that came in I couldn’t think of a more stupid way to “massage” the numbers and pretty much all clubs are guilty of it. Mental accounting practice.
posted on 7/10/22
comment by the blue professor (U1948)
posted 1 hour, 7 minutes ago
Blue Heaven
Issue for me is not the unsellable players, nor guys in mid-late 30's , but guys like Kent who would have got us maybe £8-10m in the summer, have clearly no wish to extend, and will walk for nothing in June.
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Did anybody bid £8-10 million for Kent in the summer? I'm sure the club weighs everything up e.g. trying to qualify for the CL. We'll see what happens.
posted on 7/10/22
Squads need to be freshened up....we have failed to do that for at least 3 transfer windows now.
Personally, I'd have let Goldson leave in the summer if that's what he wanted to do, thin the only reason he stayed was because he didn't get a better offer.
I wouldn't have given Davis a new deal, wouldn't have given Arfield a new deal, and would have made the decision to let McGregor go too.
The impotence would then have been there to get new players in for these positions......instead we have hung onto to too many guys we shouldn't have, many of them now showing their age, and we are over relying on them performing for us at the highest of levels.
You need to freshen up when the time is right.
The bulk of the key players in this squad have been with us for 4+ years, and some of them have been wanting away for the last 2 seasons at least......the hunger, drive, enthusiasm and effort levels have dropped off with many of these guys as a result of that.
posted on 7/10/22
I would have also sought to come to some sort of arrangement with the perma-injured guys like Helander and Roofe....and Souttar
Enough is enough with these guys. They are never going to be fit enough long enough to be first team regulars.
They are just a distraction.
posted on 7/10/22
We brought in 7 new players for this season, 6 of them internationalists. Some of them might yet come good. Again, we'll see!
posted on 7/10/22
comment by My POV (U10636)
posted 1 hour, 47 minutes ago
Kent’s been too busy shooting promo vids for his band…
https://youtu.be/VKOkGq3I48w
https://mobile.twitter.com/RangersFC/status/1578083940434313219?cxt=HHwWhoCw9fK-veYrAAAA
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the cat , it sat on the mat - what do you think about that ?
that is complete pash
posted on 7/10/22
Blue Heaven
You are right - we brought in seven new players....although Souttar injured, Yilmaz not yet seen, Tillman great at the start but faded badly recently, Davies only now getting a game, Matondo unconvincing so far, and only Colak and Lawrence could be claimed as successful acquisitions at this stage. Being honest....2 success stories out of 7 is not a great return. We took in £29m in fees, and spent £16m
Not writing anyone off yet but there will be a bit of work to do in the January window I suspect