Rangers weakened by transfer window as Ibrox figures slammed before Celtic clash
Rangers have come out of the transfer window weaker than they went in because of how badly the club is run, according to Kris Boyd.
The Sky Sports pundit was scathing about his former club in the Scottish Sun on 30 August after multiple years of failings since Steven Gerrard won the 55th title.
Despite a Neraysho Kasanwirjo and Nedim Bajrami coming in on Deadline Day the ex-Ibrox striker believes the window was “average at best” and the fact that Connor Goldson generated a fee but none of John Lundstram, Borna Barisic or Kemar Roofe did illustrates the poor management at board level.
Boyd reserved specific criticism for former sporting director Ross Wilson for the “trail of awful decisions he left behind” and previous manager Michael Beale whose transfer overhaul last season failed, saying: “Wow. Where do you even begin with that?”
Philippe Clement picks up the pieces at Rangers
It is hard to point all the blame for the current situation at any one person when there appears to have been a multitude of failings from so many sources over the past three seasons that have each compounded the one before it.
Philippe Clement looked like he had managed to somehow rise above it all for much of last season as he won a trophy and turned around the title race.
The Belgian has shown some of his own limitations since then but the long-held suspicion that the squad was below par has only been partially addressed this summer when it was expected he would stage a full-scale overhaul.
Connor Barron, Vaclav Cerny and Jefte have had a positive impact so far, while Oscar Cortes has shown he can do the same if he could ever stay fit and Liam Kelly is a signing that few could argue with.
A multimillion permanent deal for Deadline Day priority Bajrami [Daily Record, 29 August] could prove a difference-maker, especially with the Todd Cantwell situation now over.
But the failure to secure Samuel Edozie when a deal had been struck with Southampton [The Athletic, 30 August] is a major disappointment, while the fact that the only striker signing, Hamza Igamane, has still yet to be seen in a squad has been branded “bizarre” by Ibrox News pundit Derek Ferguson.
In other Rangers news, the Light Blues “missed a trick” as they failed to sell a flimsy “£5million” player.
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