The Rangers recruitment team has been strengthened ahead of what is set to be a busy summer both on and off the pitch.
With the appointment of Kevin Thewell as sporting director, Nils Koppen and Patrick Stewart have an experienced operator who can now deal with the details of transfers.
The former Wolves and Everton transfer boss will have his own contacts and names that he has been keeping an eye on, however, there will still be players who Koppen has been watching to strengthen a Rangers squad in need of repair.
One position that needs to be addressed is on the wing and Barry Fry confirmed that Rangers have watched Kwame Poku this season after previous links.
Available on a Bosman, Rangers would only have to pay a development fee similar to the £350,000 that was paid to Charlton for Joe Aribo, but Kwame won’t come cheap.
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Kwame Poku offered big contract as Rangers keep tabs
Never a club to shy away from the media, Peterborough owner Darragh MacAnthony claimed on his own “The Hard Truth” podcast that the League 1 outfit have done all they can to keep the flying winger:
“We offered Kwame what I would imagine was the biggest contract outside the Premier League,” MacAnthony said.
“We were messed about a bit by him and his agent at the time who led us up a merry path saying they would talk, but it kept getting pushed back.
“It’s all good though as he now has a new agent who is very good. I understand where he was coming from and Kwame has done four years with us which is longer than some of the other starlets we’ve had.”
What sort of money will Peterborough have offered Poku?
It is a bit of a stretch to suggest that a League 1 side that isn’t Birmingham City are capable of playing Premier League wages.
For example, Patrick Bamford is on a reported £70,000 per week at Leeds Utd, and there will be others at clubs who have been relegated from the top flight on similar salaries too.
Barry Fry has said that he thinks Kwame, who cleaned up at Peterborough’s player of the year awards, will move to a Championship club instead of Rangers, but there is still a lot of money at those clubs.
On a Bosman, Rangers could compete, however, with rumours that Birmingham are offering Kwame £30,000 per week, it is unlikely that Ibrox will be his next destination.
That is the sort of wage that should only be reserved for key players and guaranteed starters, not someone with no top league or European experience – however promising they might be.
