Kris Boyd has named the two players Rangers failed to sell when their market values were at their highest points.
The former Ibrox striker was asked to discuss Mohamed Diomande’s £4.3m arrival to Rangers and if the club now need to nail the player trading model of buying low and selling big.
Boyd mentioned the fact that Calvin Bassey and Nathan Patterson were sold on for big fees to Ajax and Everton respectively but says under Philippe Clement and the current recruitment regime, that has to happen more often.
And he pointed to Ryan Kent and Alfredo Morelos‘ disappointing departures on free transfers in the summer last year as prime examples of what Rangers can’t be doing from now in.
Boyd insists Rangers must now start protecting their player assets as best they can and take a lead out of Celtic’s book from across the city.
Kris Boyd on Rangers player trading
Boyd was speaking on Sky Sports ahead of Rangers’ away clash with St Mirren and said: “If you want to go back on the recruitment side of it, we’ve all been very vocal about when you look across the city, Celtic always seem to get it right in terms of when to sell a player and get the money back in.
“The two that spring to mind right away are Ryan Kent and Alfredo Morelos when their prices were very high, the club didn’t capitalise and they both walked out the door for nothing.
“Philippe Clement touched on that earlier in the week as well. There’s another four or five players who are free to go this summer and that can’t be the case – the club needs to protect itself.
“By doing that, when clubs come in for players who are doing very well then you have to just let them go sometimes. At the end of the day, there are bigger leagues out there who can pay players a lot more money. Sometimes you just need to bite the bullet and away they go.
“Like Celtic have done, Rangers need to get to a stage where they are getting players in, give them a platform to flourish domestically and in Europe and when the price is right, sell them and get the club money in.”
