49ers begin discussions over Rangers transfer business as star bound for Sunderland exit and defender on radar
A Sunderland player and defender are two new players linked to Rangers.
Danny Rohl has confirmed the Rangers hierarchy have began summer transfer window discussions - as two stars emerge on the radar.
Midfielder Dan Neil is set to leave Sunderland at the end of his contract next month, following a loan spell at Ipswich Town, and the Scotsman claim the Light Blues ‘are ready to rekindle their interest in Sunderland midfielder Dan Neil’ after winter admiration. Transfer journalist Ben Jacobs meanwhile insists Rangers are ‘in talks to buy Akpe Victory from Zalaegerszegi.’
The 19-year-old centre-back has impressed clubs in Germany, Spain and France, and could cost ‘in excess of €5m.’ Rangers finish their Premiership season away to Falkirk knowing they’ll finish third and Rohl says club decision makers have turned attention to recruitment. It’ll be a second summer under the ownership of 49ers Enterprises and chairman Andrew Cavenagh after their takeover last summer, with the outbound Sunderland man and Zalaegerszegi star seemingly possible targets.
Have Rangers started summer transfer talks?
In a thread of the press conference on Rangers’ social media, Rohl was quoted as saying: “I have good communication with the board about signings and the new season. There will be some changes with players on loan leaving, but that's normal. Having leaders going into the next season is essential. We have a lot of goals and ambitions for next season.”
He said on recruitment during the press conference: “I can repeat my answer from January, when you asked me the same about how many players, I said, if you count now, this is six, seven, some question marks. There will be again, of course, some changes, but we have to. We are not happy with the final result, with position third, and it means that we have to change something to bring the club forward altogether as a unit, and this is what I feel at the moment. We are one unit, one direction and we go forward.
“ I think in general we saw in the last three or four months as well, and now also with the new situations, that we will lose some players, some leaders in this case, that we need as well, more of them, that we create a good culture, good standards on and off the pitch.
What type of players will Rangers sign this summer?
“I think it helps when players play in similar environments. I think this is always helpful. It's helpful when players maybe were captains from former teams, it helps as well because they understand. I think this is what we were looking for. I think this is a full picture.
“It's a good sentence, what I read the last couple of days, I think this is also important. We want to create leaders, not just followers, and I think this is a part of what we have to do. This is what I try to be, the best leader. In football, we have a lot of emotional decisions, but we need decisions with good emotions, and this is what I try every day.”
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