Rangers working to agree deal for “fearless” star this week

Glasgow Rangers have used the mortgage system to nice impact in current seasons and are presently in search of a participant to exchange their newest mortgage success, Vaclav Cerny.

The winger spent the 2024/25 marketing campaign on mortgage at Ibrox, and caught the attention along with his spectacular performances on the proper flank for Philippe Clement and Barry Ferguson’s facet.

Cerny, 27, ended the Scottish Premiership season with a wonderful haul of 12 targets and 4 assists for Rangers, which exhibits that he supplied a menace within the closing third frequently.

It was the newest instance of the Gentle Blues’ wonderful use of the mortgage market, and there have been loads of different nice examples over time, going all the best way again to the signing of Ryan Kent on mortgage underneath Steven Gerrard.

Extra lately, although, the Gentle Blues snapped up a promising expertise from a Premier League membership by signing Abdallah Sima on mortgage from Brighton & Hove Albion, in a deal that was one other huge success.

Rangers hit gold with Abdallah Sima

In the summertime of 2023, the Gers swooped to signal the versatile attacker on a season long-loan from Brighton, however they didn’t embody an choice to make the deal everlasting the next summer time.

Regardless of solely having the Senegal worldwide on mortgage for one season, Rangers will certainly look again on his time at Ibrox as a hit as a result of his high quality on the pitch.

As you’ll be able to see within the graphic above, Sima ended his time in Glasgow with a return of 16 targets and two assists in 39 video games, which exhibits that he posed an enormous menace as a goalscorer.

The 24-year-old star additionally began the quarter-finals, the semi-finals, and the ultimate of the League Cup as Rangers received the competitors, scoring within the quarter-final towards Livingston.

As you’ll be able to see within the desk above, Sima was notably prolific within the Premiership, regardless of accidents limiting his minutes, as he scored 11 targets in 17 begins within the division for Michael Beale and Philippe Clement.

The precise-footed ahead hit the bottom working in Scottish soccer and proved to be a dependable ahead who was trusted by each managers that season.

General, it was an excellent deal for Rangers as a result of they’d a high-quality participant who made a huge impact on the pitch and helped the workforce to win a trophy, with out having to pay a switch payment for him.

Rangers eyeing transfer for Brighton expertise

The Gentle Blues might repeat that Sima blinder by signing one other younger star on mortgage from Brighton this summer time, amid curiosity in one among their present crop of skills.

In response to Soccer Insider, Rangers are all for a deal to signal Brighton’s younger English goalkeeper Carl Rushworth on a season-long mortgage to bolster Russell Martin‘s squad.

The report claims that the Gentle Blues are ‘accelerating’ their efforts to herald a brand new shot-stopper to enhance the workforce, as they search for competitors for Jack Butland and Liam Kelly.

Soccer Insider provides that Rangers are working to agree a deal for Rushworth this week, though it stays to be seen if they’ll be capable to wrap up a transfer earlier than the seventeenth July deadline for the Champions League squad to face Panathinaikos later this month.

The outlet reveals that the Gers want to exchange Butland and that the Brighton teen is in search of a membership the place he can play common soccer once more.

Why Carl Rushworth can be an Abdallah Sima repeat for Rangers

Rangers would repeat their Sima masterclass with Rushworth as a result of he can be one other younger loanee from Brighton who might arrive to make an instantaneous influence at Ibrox as a key participant on the pitch.

Within the 2024/25 marketing campaign, Butland conceded 2.22 extra targets than anticipated primarily based on the xG of the photographs towards his aim within the Premiership, which exhibits that he underperformed as a shot-stopper.

Rushworth solely performed two video games on mortgage at Hull, as they most popular their everlasting primary choice, however his type on mortgage at Swansea within the Championship within the 2023/24 marketing campaign means that he has the potential to come back in as an improve on Butland.

In that season with the Swans, the previous England U21 worldwide began all 46 league video games and caught the attention by stopping 4.02 targets (xG) between the sticks, which exhibits that he could possibly be a greater shot-stopper than the present Gers primary primarily based on the standard of his shot-stopping that time period.

It was his all-round recreation in that season for the Welsh facet, although, that actually means that Rangers might discover their subsequent Sima success by raiding Brighton for one more younger gem on mortgage.

As you’ll be able to see within the desk above, Rushworth is a contemporary goalkeeper who can act as a sweeper behind the defence in addition to being comfy and composed in possession, taking loads of touches with out launching it lengthy fairly often.

These statistics recommend that the left-footed star, who was hailed as “fearless” by former boss Matt Taylor, would go well with Martin’s ball-dominant model of play, as he’ll must be competent at drawing in a press and taking part in round it, quite than continuously launching the ball lengthy.

Think about that his shot-stopping type for Swansea means that he could possibly be even higher than Butland along with his arms and the potential is there for Rushworth to be the dream all-round goalkeeper for Rangers.

For this reason he could possibly be a Sima repeat as a result of the 24-year-old titan might step in and immediately be the best choice to be the primary for Martin, hopefully serving to the workforce to attain success on the pitch subsequent season, if they’ll land him on mortgage.

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