Mike Slater

Thu 1 September 2022 21:08, UK

Rangers offered Standard Liege midfielder, Nicolas Raskin, a four-year contract to seal a deadline-day transfer, according to Sacha Tavolieri.

The Belgian journalist has reported that Ross Wilson made Raskin his priority today should Glen Kamara have left the club, something that now looks unlikely.

The midfielder was said to close to a move to Glasgow, but that could now be off the table with less than two hours remaining in the window and Ibrox still quiet.

Writing on his personal Twitter account, Tavolieri shared what Wilson spent today doing at Ibrox as the deadline looks set to tick by harmlessly in two hours.

“Nicolas Raskin was close to joining the Rangers,” he wrote.

“Priority of Ross Wilson, the Scottish offered a written contract of 4 years. An offer was to arrive this afternoon on the table of the leaders of Liège in the event of (aborted) departure from Glen Kamara.”

On the verge?

It looks as though everything was in place for Raskin to make the move to Ibrox today, and it was just waiting on the dominos to fall into place.

That hasn’t happened yet and looks very unlikely as things stand, but it was good to know that Wilson was ready to move and get this one completed if an offer came in for Kamara.

Reports suggested that the Finland international was missing at Auchenhowie today but they were rubbished as he was in place preparing for the Old Firm.

OGC Nice and Stades Reims were interested in France, but that probably isn’t happening.

Raskin will no doubt feel disappointment after getting so far in these negotiations with the contract on the table, but who knows? Anything can happen in the final minutes and hours of the window.

Standard Liege appear desperate to get rid of Raskin as he looks for the exit door, so don’t expect this one to go away ahead of January for the Bears and the Belgian.

All eyes are on this one.

In other Rangers news, training AWOL reports have been shut down on deadline day as player exit talk goes away