Rangers sent £6m transfer message as Patrick Stewart called out
Barry Ferguson has admitted that he would love to see Vaclav Cerny at Rangers next season as well.
The former Gers has told Patrick Stewart to come out and answer whether or not the club can afford to pay Wolfsburg the £6million to sign him permanently in the summer.
The 27-year-old has hit the ground running this season, scoring eight goals and providing two assists in 19 league games.
Ferguson told the Daily Record on 11 January: “The one guy who has it seems is Vaclav Cerny. He’s a player I like and would love to see stay beyond this year’s loan. He’s not been quite as prominent in general play lately and perhaps that is down to his fatigue levels.
“But he’s a player who can come up with big moments, as you saw with his equaliser against Dundee. It was his 11th goal of the season and most of those have been vital to Gers. I read another stat this morning which said his goals have directly contributed 14 points to the Ibrox cause. Take them out and we’d be sitting level with sixth-placed St Mirren.
“It looks like his German parent club will be looking for a fee north of £6million but will that be beyond Rangers’ budget? We’ll just have to wait to hear what Patrick Stewart has to say for himself.”
Vaclav Cerny is unlikely to rejoin Rangers in the summer
The 27-year-old is already a man in demand and given how the season has progressed, there will be more suitors waiting to sign him. [TransferFeed, 3 January]
Even if he wants to stay on at Ibrox, the finances will make it tough and given how dire the club’s accounts are, it seems unlikely as of now.
The club would have to sanction a big-money sale to afford him and ironically, he’s arguably the most-valuable player in the squad.
A case could be made for Hamza Igamane and if he is to be sold, then Cerny can be signed but that would weaken the first team.
Hopefully, there is better financial planning in the coming months and years and Gers can return to the summit of Scottish football again.
As things stand, they seem to be a long way off it and things do not appear to be improving.
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