Rangers still need to strengthen in this transfer window with one area in particular needing attention by Philippe Clement.
The Gers boss has added Fabio Silva, and Mohamed Diomande looks like he could be next for a reported £4.5m, but the squad depth on the wing needs to be improved.
Million Manhoef has been mentioned as a £2.5m option but Rangers need to back Philippe Clement for both the short and long-term with one European prospect potentially on the move.
Rangers could back Philippe Clement with Koppen signed winger
Nils Koppen has arrived from PSV Eindhoven as director of football recruitment and it makes sense for him to look at players that he is aware of.
One of them could be Isaac Babadi.
The PSV teenager has 18 appearances in and around the first-team and is tipped to progress in the game.
Out of contract at the end of this season, the sort of fee needed to sign Babadi wouldn’t be anywhere near his true valuation.
Ajax, Feyenoord, Anderlecht and Eintracht Frankfurt are all said to be interested but Philippe Clement and Rangers should be looking to join this list.
What could give us an edge is that it is Koppen who scouted and signed Isaac Babadi for the PSV academy.
He has the inside track on what he is like as a player and as a person.
Not only that, but he will know that Rangers and Clement need quality in wide areas, even more so with Abdallah Sima’s long-term injury.
According to @FootballOranje_ on X, PSV have tried to extend Babadi’s contract but it looks like the Netherlands youth cap could be on the move.
Babadi isn’t just a winger though and is capable of playing in a central location as well showing that he has the awareness and versatility that Clement looks for when setting up his team.
This is the type of profile, like Mohamed Diomande, that Koppen will be looking to bring to Rangers, if he does, you heard his name here first.
