Fabrizio Romano: Rangers have verbal pact in place to sign Jefte at Ibrox in June after development at APOEL
Rangers will have the option to sign Jefte in the summer after a last-minute January transfer for the Brazilian broke down, according to Fabrizio Romano.
The Italian journalist reported via his official X account (31 January) that the Gers are unable to bring the Fluminese left-back to Scotland this month as his current club Apoel are unwilling to break their loan agreement for the second half of the season.
However, Romano has been “told” that Philippe Clement’s side have a verbal pact in place to reactivate the deal in the summer.
As a result, the “deal could really happen in June.”
Patience
While this won’t be what Rangers supporters will want to hear at this moment in time with the January deadline looming, the news that they have the option to sign the player in the summer will certainly soften the blow that he is not joining the club this month.
Of course, it doesn’t help the club with their ambitions this season, but in the long run, this could be a top signing.
Jefte has been in fantastic form this season, grabbing three goals and four assists in Cyprus.
He is still just 20 years old and has plenty of time to continue developing into a top player, and Clement would certainly not be opposed to him making those developments in Scotland.
By the time he potentially arrives in Glasgow, he will have some more experience in European football under his belt, which would make any transition to life with Rangers more straightforward for the defender.
In other Rangers news, the club have granted one player permission to enter into talks over a potential exit from Ibrox.
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