Rangers star has January transfer exit option as he could join Ibrox favourite at English Championship side
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An English Championship side could look to pair a current Rangers player with an Ibrox hero in the January transfer window.
Kieran Dowell joined the Ibrox side on a permanent transfer from Norwich City in 2023 but has endured a frustrating spell at Scottish Premiership level. He spent part of last season out on loan at Birmingham City and helped Chris Davies’ side back to the second tier in England via League One glory, and could now join them in that division.
It won’t be at Birmingham City though, but Hull City, who transfer journalist Alan Nixon claims have registered loan interest in him. That could see the midfielder form an engine room partnership with John Lundstram, who became a favourite of the Ibrox support before leaving in 2024, having played a key role in their run to the 2022 Europa League final.
Who could Kieran Dowell leave Rangers for?
It’s claimed on Nixon’s Patreon: “Hull City want to do a loan deal for Rangers midfielder Kieran Dowell in the transfer window. Dowell is available after a hard time in Scotland and he may welcome a crack at the Championship.
“There is optimism that they can sort out terms with the Glasgow giants. Hull have to be careful with their loan dealings as they already have four and can only use five in a match.”
Dowell has previous second tier experience at Norwich and Wigan Athletic. It looked as if the former Birmingham City man’s time at Rangers was done following his loan back to England but he emerged as part of the leadership group under Russell Martin in the early part of this season, also playing as a right midfielder. Performances have been criticised at times though and he is yet to feature under new head coach Danny Rohl, having played six times this term, and 38 times overall at Rangers.
What did Russell Martin say about Kieran Dowell
Speaking about Dowell’s Rangers role, Martin said prior to his sacking: “It's quite a quiet dressing room. There are a lot of people from different backgrounds and there are a lot of young guys. But they have spent a lot of time together here and it is getting noisier. There is more noise, smiles and laughs coming out from the games and they are also digging in together.
"When they have to run and work hard together, they are holding each other accountable in training. You could hear that today on the training pitch and that was so different to where we were two and a half weeks ago in terms of the noise.
“But the guys who have come in have been great as we knew the characters we were bringing in. The aggression and the way they compete is fantastic and we have to keep asking and driving for that. The senior group of Tav (James Tavernier), Jack (Butland), Kieran Dowell and John Souttar are good guys and they have welcomed them and make sure they feel part of it. Even if they are not really noisy they have done it in their own way, which is important."