As the entire infrastructure of Rangers comes in for scrutiny, the club’s transfer business is amongst those areas most ravaged by the Ibrox scatter gun.
The Gers management and players might’ve managed to hold off interrogations in the wake of the Ibrox side’s structural uncertainty.
But as the search for as many as four new executives continues, Rangers’ lack of on-pitch cohesion and commitment is casting glances towards Philippe Clement and his players.
And in Mohamed Diomande there’s one expensively acquired Ibrox star for whom the honeymoon period is well and truly over.
Mohamed Diomande under Rangers microscope
When Rangers signed Mohamed Diomande in January, the young Ivorian midfielder was to be the poster boy of a youthful transfer revolution whistling through the club.
Coming through at the Right to Dream Academy in Ghana, Diomande had spent the last four years in Denmark learning his trade with FC Nordsjælland.
The Gers initially signed a £4.3m loan-to-buy deal in a move that was heralded as a major coup for Rangers, who held off interest from across Europe.
With Diomande also having worn a Rangers jersey throughout his journey in West Africa, it was a match which initially seemed made in blue heaven.
After Rangers fought their way back into last season’s title race, only to blow it in the final furlong, Diomande’s initially bright flame has started to wane.
In pre-season, Philippe Clement heralded Diomande as the team’s top performer in a pre-season defeat to Ajax.
But as Rangers stumble, the price tag attached to Mohamed Diomande has started to prove heavy with Rangers fans expecting more from the club’s marquee signing of the last six months.
Ibrox midfielder must evolve into Rangers leader
The entire Rangers squad are under the microscope for their performance in the 1-0 defeat to Kilmarnock in the Scottish Premiership.
With Celtic and Aberdeen dropping points previously, Rangers supporters expected their team to approach this game with the right attitude and application.
What they got in return was an uninventive, insipid display with few if any getting pass marks on a drastic Premiership afternoon.
With that tired old line about players needing time wearing thin on Rangers fans who’ve heard it almost every single week for the last two years, that defeat must serve as a wake-up call.
There is a startling lack of disconnect between the Rangers fans and the team and the likes of Mohamed Diomande have been unable to strike the connection necessary to inspire the Ibrox legions.
As one of Rangers’ most expensive players in the mother of all rebuilds, eyes are casting towards Dio who is approaching sink or swim territory with the Rangers support.
There is clear technical ability there, and Diomande is a midfielder everyone can see has great potential.
But with time a resource that is in scant supply at Rangers, unless the 22-year-old’s individual performances improve, expect the scrutiny to intensify.
