Confusion surrounds the origin of claims in a Turkish report which suggests Super Lig giants Fenerbahce are not interested in selling at Rangers current offer for Bright Osayi-Samuel.
Urfa Degisim claim that the Turkish giants “did not look forward to selling Osayi-Samuel with its offer” but suggested “an agreement could be reached on the rental formula”.
Whilst the translation is unidiomatic, the outlet appears to believe that Fenerbahce have knocked back Rangers’ approach at the current price but would be open to a loan-to-buy deal.
However, the confusion comes when the report claims that this has been made clear in Scottish reports despite the origins of the links coming from Turkey.
Reports surrounding apparent Rangers interest in Bright Osayi-Samuel intensified this week after a leading Turkish journalist claimed the Gers had made an offer for the player.
Yagiz Sabuncuoglu has claimed that the Gers have made an official approach for the player and Fenerbahce coach Emre Belözoğlu will now decide the player’s future.
These comments were then picked up by the Scottish press who ran with the story purely based on the claims of Sabuncuoglu.
To the best of our knowledge, there is no report coming out of this country which claims Fener have knocked back the reported bid and are seeking a loan solution.
The 23-year-old ex-QPR forward was linked to Rangers in January [Scottish Sun] but would sign a pre-contract deal with Fener the same month before the move was made permanent not long after.
But things haven’t gone to plan for the explosive forward in the Super Lig and he has scored only once in 18 matches for the club.
Fotospor have also previously credited the Gers with an interest and claimed Osayi-Samuel wants a return to the UK with Fenerbahce looking for around £3m (€3.5m) for the player.
Osayi-Samuel was managed by ex-Gers manager Mark Warburton at QPR, with the former Ibrox gaffer admitting he didn’t want the player to leave Loftus Road.
“I think I made my thoughts clear in that I thought Bright would have benefited enormously from another full season at QPR – to get that consistency of performance and to keep on learning,” said Warburton [West London Sport].
“He’s a very young player with tremendous attributes in terms of pace and ability.
“But it’s a steep learning curve and, when you take these moves – and he and his representatives are well aware of this – the pressure grows significantly. The spotlight on you intensifies significantly and you have to deliver.
“I always worry about young players because that learning and development is so important.
“Sometimes you can miss one or two lessons, which comes back to bite you further down the line.
“I hope very much it’s a good move for him and that we see him back in the UK at some stage at a really high level.
“But it’s a very, very tough learning curve – have no doubts about that.”
Rangers fans will be eager to get to the bottom of the claims as they continue to look forward to new signings ahead of the next campaign.
Osayi-Samuel is one name who would certainly fit the bill with one confirmed new signing already beginning to steal the hearts of the Ibrox legions.
