Rangers have battled back to the upper echelons of Scottish football after their promotion from the Championship was secured in April 2016.
The Ibrox giants heralded in a new era just a few months later when they played their first top-flight league match against Hamilton Academical and from thereon in, it’s been up, up and away.
On the road back to the top, successes like the Premiership title in 2021 and the famous run to the Europa League final in 2022 were fuelled by some cracking transfer incomings.
But it wasn’t all plain-sailing. It took Rangers a few years to establish themselves as a proper force to challenge Celtic’s stranglehold of Scottish football and partly the reason for that was a number of epic fail signings between 2016-2018, for example.
We have compiled a full list of every transfer in and out of Govan since our Premiership promotion year. Sit back and reminisce about some awful signings mixed in with plenty of ballers.
Rangers transfer history from 2016 onwards
2016/17
Transfers IN:
- Joe Garner – £1.5m
- Joe Dodoo – £250k
- Jordan Rossiter – £250k
- Jak Alnwick – £250k
- Josh Windass – £60k
- Matt Crooks – £60k
- Joey Barton – free
- Clint Hill – free
- Niko Kranjcar – free
- Matt Gilks – free
- Lee Hodson – free
- Philippe Senderos – free
- Emerson Hyndman – loan
- Jon Toral – loan
Transfers OUT:
- Matt Gilks – undisclosed
- Matt Crooks – loan
- Nicky Law – free
- David Templeton – free
- Nicky Clark – free
- Dean Shiels – free
- Cammy Bell – free
- Robbie Crawford – free
- Andy Murdoch – free
- Joey Barton – free
- Fraser Aird – free
2017/18
Transfers IN:
- Bruno Alves – undisclosed
- Fabio Cardoso – £1.5m
- Daniel Candeias – £700k
- Alfredo Morelos – £1m
- Eduardo Herrera – £1.5m
- Carlos Pena – £2.2m
- Graham Dorrans – £1.3m
- Declan John – undisclosed
- Greg Docherty – £600k
- Glenn Middleton – undisclosed
- Ryan Jack – free
- Dalcio – loan
- Declan John – loan
- Sean Goss – loan
- Jamie Murphy – loan
- Jason Cummings – loan
- Russell Martin – loan
Transfers OUT:
- Billy Gilmour – £500k
- Joe Garner – undisclosed
- Barrie McKay – £500k
- Matt Crooks – £100k
- Rob Kiernan – undisclosed
- Martyn Waghorn – £1m
- Danny Wilson – undisclosed
- Andy Halliday – loan
- Michael O’Halloran – loan
- Harry Forrester – loan
- Joe Dodoo – loan
- Myles Beerman – loan
- Jordan Thompson – loan
- Carlos Pena – loan
- Ryan Hardie – loan
- Aidan Wilson – loan
- Liam Burt – loan
- Niko Kranjcar – released
- Clint Hill – free
- Philippe Senderos – free
2018/19
Transfers IN:
- Borna Barisic – £2.2m
- Glen Kamara – £50k
- Nikola Katic – £2m
- Jamie Murphy – £1m
- Connor Goldson – £3m
- Kyle Lafferty – £500k
- Eros Grezda – £2m
- Andy Firth – undisclosed
- Scott Arfield – free
- Allan McGregor – free
- Jon Flanagan – free
- Gareth McAuley – free
- Matt Polster – free
- Ovie Ejaria – loan
- Umar Sadiq – loan
- Lassana Coulibaly – loan
- Ryan Kent – loan
- Joe Worrall – loan
- Jermain Defoe – loan
- Steven Davis – loan
Transfers OUT:
- Josh Windass – £2.5m
- Declan John – £800k
- Michael O’Halloran – undisclosed
- Liam Kelly – undisclosed
- David Bates – undisclosed
- Kenny Miller – free
- Jordan Thompson – free
- Bruno Alves – free
- Harry Forrester – free
- Fabio Cardoso – free
- Carlos Pena (loan then free)
- Joe Dodoo – loan
- Jason Holt – loan
- Ryan Hardie – loan
- Eduardo Herrera – loan
- Kieran Wright – loan
- Aidan Wilson – loan
- Greg Docherty – loan
- Jamie Barjonas – loan
- Lee Hodson – loan
- Myles Beerman – loan
- Liam Burt – loan
- Jak Alnwick – loan
- Zak Rudden – loan
- Kyle Bradley – loan
- Robby McCrorie – loan
- Andrew Dallas – loan
- Jordan Rossiter – loan
- Jordan Houston – loan
- Serge Atakayi – loan
2019/20
Transfers IN:
- George Edmundson – £700k
- Joe Aribo – £300k
- Filip Helander – £3.5m
- Brandon Barker – £300k
- Ryan Kent – £7m
- Sheyi Ojo – loan
- Andy King – loan
- Ianis Hagi – loan
- Florian Kamberi – loan
Transfers OUT:
- Ryan Hardie – undisclosed
- Daniel Candeias – £250k
- Andrew Dallas – undisclosed
- Serge Atakayi – £100k
- Eros Grezda – £1.75m
- Zak Rudden – loan then undisclosed
- Jordan Houston – loan then undisclosed
- Eduardo Herrera – loan undisclosed
- Kyle Bradley – free
- Myles Beerman – free
- Liam Burt – free
- Lee Hodson – free
- Lee Wallace – free
- Kyle Lafferty – free
- Graham Dorrans – free
- Joe Dodoo – free
- Gareth McAuley – retired
- Robby McCrorie – loan x2
- Ross McCrorie – loan
- Jordan Rossiter – loan
- Stephen Kelly – loan
- Jak Alnwick – loan
- Glenn Middleton – loan x2
- Josh McPake – loan
- Jake Hastie – loan
- Jason Holt – loan
- Jamie Barjonas – loan
- Jamie Murphy – loan
- Kieran Wright – loan
- Lewis Mayo – loan
- Greg Docherty – loan
2020/21
Transfers IN:
- Ianis Hagi – £3m
- Calvin Bassey – £230k
- Kemar Roofe – £4m
- Cedric Itten – £2.7m
- Jack Simpson – undisclosed
- Scott Wright – £175k
- Jon McLaughlin – free
- Jermain Defoe – free
- Leon Balogun – free
Transfers OUT:
- Matt Polster – undisclosed
- Greg Docherty – £400k
- Ross McCrorie – loan then £350k
- Jason Holt – free
- Jak Alnwick – free
- Jordan Rossiter – free
- Andy Halliday – free
- Wes Foderingham – free
- Jon Flanagan – free
- Jake Hastie – loan
- Jamie Murphy – loan
- Glenn Middleton – loan
- Jordan Jones – loan
- Brandon Barker – loan
- George Edmundson – loan
- Jamie Barjonas – loan
2021/22
Transfers IN:
- Juninho Bacuna – undisclosed
- Mateusz Zukowski – £400k
- Nnamdi Ofoborh – free
- Fashion Sakala – free
- John Lundstram – free
- James Sands – loan
- Amad Diallo – loan
- Aaron Ramsey – loan
Transfers OUT:
- George Edmundson – undisclosed
- Jordan Jones – undisclosed
- Nathan Patterson – £16m
- Juninho Bacuna – undisclosed
- Greg Stewart – free
- Jamie Barjonas – free
- Jermain Defoe – released
- Brandon Barker – released
- Glenn Middleton – loan
- Jake Hastie – loan x2
- Cedric Itten – loan
- Nikola Katic – loan
- Kieran Wright – loan x2
- Andy Firth – loan
2022/23
Transfers IN:
- Ridvan Yilmaz – £5m
- Ben Davies – £4m
- Rabbi Matondo – £2.5m
- Antonio Colak – £1.8m
- Nicolas Raskin – £1.75m
- Todd Cantwell – £1.5m
- John Souttar – free
- Tom Lawrence – free
- Malik Tillman – loan
Transfers OUT:
- Calvin Bassey – £19.6m
- Joe Aribo – £10m
- Cedric Itten – £1.55m
- Jake Hastie – undisclosed
- Glenn Middleton – undisclosed
- Jack Simpson – undisclosed
- Nikola Katic – undisclosed
- Charlie McCann – undisclosed
- Stephen Kelly – undisclosed
- Leon Balogun – free
- Andy Firth – free
- Lewis Mayo – loan
- Kai Kennedy – loan
- Josh McPake – loan
- Mateusz Zukowski – loan
- James Sands – loan end
2023/24
Transfers IN:
- Kieran Dowell – free
- Dujon Sterling – free
- Jack Butland – free
- Sam Lammers – £3m
- Abdallah Sima – loan
- Cyriel Dessers – £4.5m
- Leon Balogun – free
- Danilo – £6m
- Jose Cifuentes – £1m
- Fabio Silva – loan
- Mohamed Diomande – £4.3m
- Oscar Cortes – loan
Transfers OUT:
- Glen Kamara – £5.5m
- Mateusz Zukowski – undisclosed
- Antonio Colak – £2.5m
- Lewis Mayo – undisclosed
- Fashion Sakala – £4m
- Ben Williamson – undisclosed
- Sam Lammers – loan
- Ianis Hagi – loan
- James Graham – loan
- Adam Devine – loan
- Alex Lowry – loan
- Alfredo Morelos – free
- Ryan Kent – free
- Allan McGregor – retired
- Scott Arfield – free
- Filip Helander – free
- Steven Davis – free
- Nnamdi Ofoborh – free
- Malik Tillman – loan end
2024/25
Transfers IN:
- Mohamed Diomande – FC Nordsjælland – £4.3m
- Nedim Bajrami – Sassuolo – £3.4m
- Hamza Igamane – AS FAR – £1.7m
- Robin Propper – FC Twente – £1.5m
- Jefte – Fluminense – £680k
- Connor Barron – Aberdeen – £640k plus £250k potential add-ons
- Liam Kelly – Motherwell – free
- Clinton Nsiala – AC Milan – free
- Neraysho Kasanwirjo – Feyenoord – loan
- Oscar Cortes – RC Lens – loan
- Vaclav Cerny – Wolfsburg – loan
- Rafael Fernandes – Lille – loan
Transfers OUT:
- Sam Lammers – FC Twente – £2.5m
- Connor Goldson – Aris Limassol – £1.4m
- Todd Cantwell – Blackburn Rovers – £500k
- Scott Wright – Birmingham City – £300k
- Robby McCrorie – Kilmarnock – undisclosed
- Alex Lowry – Wycombe Wanderers – undisclosed
- Zak Lovelace – Millwall – undisclosed
- Connor Allan – Falkirk – undisclosed
- Ben Davies – Birmingham City – loan
- Jose Cifuentes – Aris Thessaloniki – loan
- Kieran Wright – Airdrieonians – loan
- Johnly Yfeko – Exeter City – loan
- Jacob Pazikas – Stranraer – loan
- Jay Hogarth – Queen of the South – loan
- Jack Harkness – Stirling Albion – loan
- Rabbi Matondo – Hannover 96 – loan
- Kieran Dowell – Birmingham City – loan
- Robbie Fraser – Livingston – loan
- Cole McKinnon – Ayr United – loan
- Adam Devine – Queen’s Park – loan
- Leyton Grant – Stirling Albion – loan
- Kristian Webster – Dumbarton – loan
- Josh Gentles – Alloa Athletic – loan
- Archie Stevens – Dunfermline Athletic – loan
- Blaine McClure – Kelty Hearts – loan
- Arron Lyall – Greenock Morton – free
- Kieron Willox – Stoke City – free
- John Lundstram – released
- Borna Barisic – released
- Ryan Jack – released
- Kemar Roofe – released
- Jon McLaughlin – released
- Mackenzie Strachan – released
- James Graham – released
