Here, we rank the most expensive Rangers transfer sales in the club’s history with the record departure totalling almost £20m.
Rangers, much like their arch-rivals Celtic, despite being a massive club operate very similarly to the other teams in the Scottish Premiership.
Of course, the big differences are transfer fees paid and received but the concept remains the same – buy low and sell for as much as possible.
And this type of player trading model is perfect for Rangers who are unable to compete in the transfer market with the giants of European football and the English Premier League big guns.
At one point in the early 2000s, Rangers were able to rub shoulders with the financial superpowers of British football but things have certainly changed since then.
The ‘buy low, sell big’ model has been a success for the Ibrox club as we exemplify below. So who are Rangers’ biggest transfer departures ever? We at Rangers News have listed the top 10 fees Gers have ever received for their players.
Rangers biggest transfer sales ever
10 – Nikica Jelavic – £5.5m
- Nikica Jelavic
- To: Everton
- Date sold: January 2012
- Appearances: 56
- Honours: Scottish Premier League (x1), Scottish League Cup (x1)
9 – Joe Aribo – £6m
- Joe Aribo
- To: Southampton
- Date sold: July 2022
- Appearances: 149
- Honours: Scottish Premiership (x1), Scottish Cup (x1)
8 – Tore Andre Flo – £6.75m
- Tore Andre Flo
- To: Sunderland
- Date sold: August 2002
- Appearances: 64
- Honours: Scottish Cup (x1), Scottish League Cup (x1)
7 – Barry Ferguson – £7.5m
- Barry Ferguson
- To: Blackburn Rovers
- Date sold: August 2003
- Appearances: 370
- Honours: Scottish Premier League (x5) Scottish Cup (x5), Scottish League Cup (x5)
6 – Carlos Cuellar – £7.8m
- Carlos Cuellar
- To: Aston Villa
- Date sold: August 2008
- Appearances: 58
- Honours: Scottish Cup (x1), Scottish League Cup (x1)
5 – Jean-Alain Boumsong – £8m
- Jean-Alain Boumsong
- To: Newcastle United
- Date sold: January 2005
- Appearances: 26
- Honours: Scottish Premier League (x1)
4 – Giovanni van Bronckhorst – £8.5m
- Giovanni van Bronckhorst
- To: Arsenal
- Date sold: June 2001
- Appearances: 103
- Honours: Scottish Premier League (x3), Scottish Cup (x2), Scottish League Cup (x1)
3 – Alan Hutton – £9m
- Alan Hutton
- To: Tottenham Hotspur
- Date sold: January 2008
- Appearances: 113
- Honours: Scottish Premier League (x1)
2 – Nathan Patterson – £12m
- Nathan Patterson
- To: Everton
- Date sold: January 2022
- Appearances: 27
- Honours: Scottish Premiership (x1)
1 – Calvin Bassey – £19.6m
- Calvin Bassey
- To: Ajax
- Date sold: July 2022
- Appearances: 65
- Honours: Scottish Premiership (x1), Scottish Cup (x1)
