Todd Cantwell had a disappointing Rangers campaign last time out
Todd Cantwell had a disappointing Rangers campaign last time out

Todd Cantwell wanted for transfer to England as controversial Rangers ace expected to leave

George Overhill

George is a sportswriter and editor with degrees in Sports Journalism (MA) from the University of Brighton – and Politics (BSc) from the University of Southampton. Sport was his first love at a young age, although football tests that sometimes. Also particularly interested in the women’s game and the NFL.

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Todd Cantwell has multiple clubs in England interested in signing him from Rangers this summer, according to the Scottish Sun.

On the paper's website (22 July) it claims the controversial midfielder has a "host of suitors" south of the border, having also been offered to Lecce earlier this summer by the former Liverpool defender Jose Enrique.

The now-agent's activities came to light when he accidentally sent a message to the wrong person over Cantwell's availability, while there is said to also be interest in Saudi Arabia from James Bisgrove's Al-Qadsiah [Scottish Sun, 3 July].

Cantwell, 26, is expected to leave this summer [Rangers Review, 3 July] having seemingly had a difficult relationship with Philippe Clement from the start.

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Cantwell demonstrated enough quality two seasons ago to convince some observers he is worth keeping this summer.

But Keith Jackson believes the "most talented attacking player" in the squad has no future at Ibrox for as long as Clement is manager, although the Belgian could yet leave to take his national team's job [Daily Record, 22 July].

If it is a matter of one or the other leaving there would be a lot less upheaval to sell the midfielder so the more interest the better in terms of generating a decent fee.

But as with a number of players who could be moved on for the right price there is little Clement and Nils Koppen can do until the offers actually come in.

Philippe Clement
Philippe Clement and Todd Cantwell don't seem best suited at Rangers together.

That finally seems to be in motion with the likes of James Tavernier [Daily Record, 19 July] and with Ianis Hagi [SportpeSure, 21 July], while Connor Goldson's exit now appears to be on the cards too [This Is Mappa, 21 July].

But as with Scott Wright, widespread interest in Cantwell is only going to prove useful to the manager's ends if money is put on the table.

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