BK Hacken striker Benie Traore should jump at the opportunity to join Rangers if the Scottish Premiership champions are willing to make a ‘historic offer’.
Tobias Sana played fewer than 20 Eredivisie games for Ajax between 2012 and 2015. But even if Benie Traore’s team-mate could turn back the clock, he would still choose to embark upon a spell at the Amsterdam giants which, while not quite going to plan, still taught Sana a few valuable lessons before he returned to Scandanavia and won the Swedish top-flight title with Malmo.
And who knows? If Sana had turned down Ajax a decade ago, would such an opportunity have presented itself again?
Traore, ten years on, now faces a dilemma of his own.
According to The Sun’s Alan Nixon, Rangers have seen an opening bid of £2.8 million turned down for Traore. The Glasgow giants could return to the table, however, as they grow increasingly frustrated in pursuit of Cyriel Dessers.
And according to Sana – speaking to the Goteborgs Posten – Traore should ‘take the chance’.
Rangers bid for Hacken striker Benie Traore
After all, what is the worst that could happen? Teemu Pukki, another young striker who made his name in Scandinavia, struggled down the road at Celtic before becoming one of the most prolific marksmen in England at Norwich City later down the line.
Traore, meanwhile, has plenty of time on his side at the age of just 20.
The best case scenario, meanwhile, is that the Ivory Coast u23 international forms an immediate understanding with the likes of Todd Cantwell and Sam Lammers at Ibrox, building upon a record of 15 goals in 19 games in his new Scottish home.
BK Hacken are reportedly looking for around £4 million. A fee that would see Traore replace Feyenoord’s Patrick Walemark – who plays alongside another Rangers target Danilo – as Hacken’s most expensive-ever departure.
“There is a reasonable idea with us that there will be a sale in the summer. But it also depends entirely on what we arrive at,” sporting director Martin Ericsson tells GP.
“I will not comment on any amount. But it is clear that it would be historic amounts for us.”
