Michael Beale spoke about being excited about Rangers transfer business this summer with Josh Maja, Cyriel Dessers and Luis Palma the forwards currently hitting the headlines the most.
The names being mentioned provide a mix of youth, experience and most importantly – goals.
Should Michael Beale get his way, Rangers could well stand to replace and upgrade the whole front three with Maja, Dessers and Palma for the same price that it cost to sign Ryan Kent.
Rangers are said to be offering £3.6m for Cyriel Dessers with Luis Palma valued at £4.4m, a £2.5m bid reportedly rejected.
Kent cost Rangers £7m so, if Michael Beale can negotiate a deal somewhere in the middle for Palma, we won’t be far away.
There are reports that the gap is too big for Palma but the window isn’t even open yet.
The bonus ball, is Josh Maja available on a free transfer.
If the Gers gaffer can bring the Bordeaux striker in or one of Jean-Phillipe Krasso or Michael Olunga, the summer business should be seen as a whole not what the individuals cost.
This is the balance that Beale has to get right this summer.
So far, with Jack Butland, Dujon Sterling and Kieran Dowell signed on pre-contract agreements, he has done well with his budget.
Jose Cifuentes also won’t cost the earth given that he too will soon be into the last six-months of his contract.
Judgement, of course, will be measured in terms of trophies but considering the re-build required, Rangers could end up starting next season in profit.
If the manager moves the players on that he wants to and trims his squad, an improved season should be on the horizon.
With just six goals in his last two seasons too I’d imagine that Rangers would also get more for their money out of Cyriel Dessers and Luis Palma on the pitch.
