Rangers striker Cyriel Dessers continues to overcome his doubters at Ibrox with two goals in two games this week.
The Nigerian hitman popped up in the final minute to equalise against Dynamo Kiev in Poland, before returning to Scotland to open the scoring v Motherwell.
But despite adding to his goal tally from last season, there remains big doubts around Cyriel Dessers with several in the Rangers support still unconvinced.
Whilst the 29-year-old is finding the net there are still a number of big chances missed and as Philippe Clement calls for Champions League efficiency this week, all eyes are on the ex-Cremonese hitman.
But just as things start to turn for Cyriel Dessers at Ibrox, there’s been a suggestion the striker could return to Italy this month.
Dessers wanted in Serie A
Cyriel Dessers is reportedly a target for Serie A club Cagliari.
That’s according to reports in Italy, which have suggested the former Serie A striker could return to the division only one year on from signing for Rangers.
With the report first appearing in Italian outlet Tutto Mercato Web, the story has been attributed to Italian journalist Niccolò Ceccarini.
It’s claimed that Cagliari have Cyriel Dessers on a shortlist to potentially replace Peruvian striker Gianluca Lapadula Vargas at the club.
Whilst the 34-year-old remains at Cagliari for the time being, that could change heading into the final furlong of the window with any exit set to ‘accelerate’ a move for Dessers.
Rangers striker ‘would like to stay’
Naturally, the reports represent a conflict for the wider Rangers support whose collective opinion on the striker is about as consistent as the hitman’s finishing.
It’s not the first time Cyriel Dessers has been linked to the Rangers exit door this summer either.
Reports earlier in the window strongly linked Dessers with a move to Greece whilst there have been murmurs around interest in Saudi Arabia.
With Rangers in transition and the club still building the fitness of Brazilian striker Danilo, Cyriel Dessers is really the only fit option at Ibrox.
Hamza Igamane is a long-term project signing and if Rangers were to let the Belgian-born ex-Feyenoord striker go, there would be some big boots to fill.
Whilst we do agree that Cyriel Dessers, for all his contributions, does still have a lot to prove at Rangers, we’re not convinced now is the time for him to move.
And neither is the striker himself.
Speaking amid all the exit links, Dessers has previously claimed that he’s fully focused on the task at hand in Glasgow and is not trying to negotiate a transfer out of the club.
“I am very happy here, so I would like to stay,” said Dessers.
“There is some interest, but my intention is to stay and then we will see what happens.”
Besides, if the big man does go, then who is going to pay for the haircuts of young Rangers fans?
Cyriel Dessers joined Rangers on a £4.5m deal last summer and has gone on to score 24 goals for the club.
