How Rangers have failed to learn their lesson over Thelo Aasgaard

Rangers seem to make one particular mistake every transfer window.

The Gers still have remnants of previous recruitment teams they haven't been able to offload, with Jose Cifuentes being the biggest one.

John Souttar, Ross McCausland and Clinton Nsiala fall into the category of players the Light Blues failed to offload before the 3 September deadline in Scotland.

Thelo Aasgaard moved to Anderlecht on loan with a buy option, but there's no guarantee the transfer will be made permanent.

The Glaswegian outfit's player-trading model has come into question for several years now and the American ownership haven't found a perfect solution yet.

Derek McInnes is slowly starting to get results on the pitch after a slow start to the season, but the backroom team haven't learned from Govan side's past mistakes.

Why Thelo Aasgaard exit made little sense at Rangers

Aasgaard wasn't the most popular figure among the Gers' fanbase and there wasn't much clamour about him leaving.

What did leave a few supporters concerned was that a temporary move was sanctioned for the Norway international.

Anderlecht have a £4million option to buy Aasgaard, with the initial loan deal worth £1m.

Early indications would suggest the Jupiler Pro League club may have second thoughts about triggering the permanent transfer.

Players like Danilo and Cifuentes have been loaned out with buy options, but they end up returning to Ibrox.

The Glaswegian outfit's deal for Aasgaard could now come back to bite them similarly.

What Thelo Aasgaard's future looks like away from Ibrox

McInnes seemed to have Aasgaard in his plans at Rangers, but a few bad performances saw him get dropped from the starting lineup.

The 24-year-old hasn't got off to the best start at Anderlecht, underwhelming on his debut after coming off the bench for the last 18 minutes in the 1-0 win over Mechelen.

Speaking on Aasgaard's display, manager Vítor Bruno said, "Aasgaard is an international player, but he struggled to understand where he needed to move. He needed to drop deeper, into midfield, to take control of the game.

"These are details that he and others need to learn. We're taking it one day at a time. We can't expect them to understand everything overnight."

If the former Luton Town ace fails to make a mark in Belgium, it wouldn't be surprising to see him return to Ibrox next summer.

The Govan side should look to fix their transfer strategy to avoid similar scenarios coming back to bite them every summer.