19 Mar 2026 18:49:12
I was told today from my regular source we made a enquiry to a Scottish club for a player. We have been quoted 7 million, add ons and a sell on. No wonder we don't sign too many from Scottish clubs
Also told Bowie fee the new marker.
19 Mar 2026 19:03:25
Jota fae Celtic. 😇🎣
19 Mar 2026 19:04:35
Exactly, John. People think Scottish clubs want to give us their best talent for little money.
19 Mar 2026 19:07:01
Kidding aside, who would we pay £7Mill for, Braga, Maswanhise? I really can't think, tbh, or are clubs just inflating, as you say, on the back of Bowie.
19 Mar 2026 19:15:49
I would love more Scottish talent recruited, but I can see where you're coming from, John.
19 Mar 2026 19:21:51
Fork, I said in January that the Bowie fee has now set a standard for middling Scottish sides.
Now 7-8 million Euros doesn't seem that much for a Denmark international needing to find form and a home.
19 Mar 2026 19:27:37
True, I guess it's if the club thinks the player is worth the price asked or paid, we, as fans, don't have much say other than the opinion of our own value for any particular player.
19 Mar 2026 19:38:07
You are correct, and club willingness and supporter valuation almost never agree.
19 Mar 2026 19:54:19
Yet we sell apparently much more talented players for way less!
No, a single player outside of the Old Firm is worth £7m, so no wonder we have very few Scottish or league players in our squad.
19 Mar 2026 20:09:37
They are worth it if they are doing what our 9 million player isn't and may never do. What's the bigger gamble? Skov has been ditched from the national squad, along with Aasgaard, now.
19 Mar 2026 20:17:16
I'd rather have Braga or Maswanhise than Olsen, but I wonder if £7m is a fair price for either.
Maybe total gee £7m if targets are met ues.
19 Mar 2026 20:21:17
The bigger gamble is on the one-season wonder, Coully; bigger gamble on the one who has never played under pressure or won league titles.
Aasgaard was only in the squads due to Felix Horn Myhre being injured.
I have commented on this for around 6 months.
Skov Olsen did not make this squad due to performances, but hardly ditched because he's missed this round of matches.
I do believe that he would easily make the squads of New Zealand and Zimbabwe, and those are the ones most frequently mentioned about Rangers signing.
19 Mar 2026 20:23:41
Stevie, my post says 7 million, then addons and a sell on.
19 Mar 2026 20:24:20
Stevie, they want more as a baseline than it would cost to sign Andreas.
One good season and people want them over someone who is out of form over 7 games. 🤣
19 Mar 2026 20:29:24
Stop biting, Aphe, let it slide, it's pointless. 👍
19 Mar 2026 20:32:35
Don't think it is Braga, as Hearts already said they don't want to sell to a rival. I think it will be Gogic. 🫣
19 Mar 2026 20:38:45
Thank you Fork. I honestly thought that was someone who wanted a substantive adult conversation.
19 Mar 2026 20:51:08
Angus, do you really think St Mirren, of all clubs, are holding out for £7 million for 31 year old Alex Gogic. Come on now.
We've asked about Braga, Longelo and Just, for what it's worth.
19 Mar 2026 20:58:05
Bear, do you really think I was being serious about Gogic? St Mirren actually wanted 9 for him. He has been likened to Maldini in the last game versus us. 😉
19 Mar 2026 21:04:53
6.5 with add ons, Angus. 🫡
19 Mar 2026 21:37:59
Aph, you need to let people have their own opinions on Olsen and Aasgaard, man. Constant wee digs all the time about them. We get it. You think they are good enough to make the grade. Fair enough to you. Others don't. Fair enough to them also.
Someone mentioned the other day that SWS mentioned Barron in 3 or 4 new posts. The Olsen and Aasgaard topic is a constant with you as well, yet the ones who moan about SWS never seem to say that to you. No offense, btw.
19 Mar 2026 21:40:11
Aphe, u need to realise, mate, that nobody really wants Olsen here next season or thinks he's worth it.
Maswhamise and Braga would be preferred by the vast majority of fans and board members come next season. It's a no-brainer.
19 Mar 2026 21:53:45
Sorry, but if he can rediscover his form to the level he is capable of, I'd have him at Ibrox. Too quick to write players off on here, same mince with Chermiti and others; OK to give some time, but not others.
19 Mar 2026 22:00:21
Stevie, so what is it though - nobody or the vast majority? They can't both be true, as they are mutually exclusive. Also, what board members want Maswanhise and Braga? I am interested in who that would be to see if they would have any say in our future signings.
Interested in how the machinations of the club work; you know me.
btw, I want whoever we sign; don't really care too much, as someone with football knowledge will have made that decision. No skin in the game; not taking sides, just want to broaden my knowledge of the club. 🤷
19 Mar 2026 22:12:35
Stevie, please enlighten me, as you clearly now have a knowledge of what individuals involved in the decision-making process are thinking.
Which board members?
I have maintained that I am under the impression that we will keep our commitments to the player.
19 Mar 2026 22:13:57
Orange, where have I had a dig? I answered Fork. If there is a problem with my answer, then it is not my problem.
19 Mar 2026 22:16:19
Angus, I disagree. Logic, I think, is 33. St Mirren may ask, but will be instantly declined, I'm sure.
19 Mar 2026 22:21:00
When I say constant wee digs, I mean when you say "yet some want to write players off after 7 games". This is just one example. If you really want, I can scroll through for more, but you definitely do it.
19 Mar 2026 22:22:45
Skov Olsen is striving big time, Aphelion. Maswhamise is going great for club and country. Personally, I would not even pay 3/4 million for Olsen based on what I've seen. He's not even worth that.
19 Mar 2026 22:23:12
Orange, I did not realize that supporting players wearing the blue shirt offended people so much. I am so sorry.
19 Mar 2026 22:25:55
If we had Maswanhise, we would be asking well over 15 million. 7 million is a fair price for the boy. We won't pay it, but come on, he's worth it, or at least seems to look like it.
19 Mar 2026 22:29:37
He's had his first good season in football. Has never played under any pressure whatsoever in his career to date.
That is where the risk seems too much.
19 Mar 2026 22:31:28
I know we need a new rb but £7m + add ons and sell on for Ralston is ridiculous. 🤷🏻♂️
19 Mar 2026 22:39:34
Aphe, but fans are talking about Manny Fernandez as being £15m minimum. It isn't aimed at the player (or you), just that fans will always have favourites. So to say Manny is £15M after just over 1/2 a season, but then to think Maswanhise is only £7M seems to me to be totally ridiculous. Goalscorers used to be the prize asset, and people paid more for them because of it.
So Rfc is right, we would be asking a good price for him if he was at us whether it was his first good season or not. I think that price would be more than £15m fans would think, as we don't want to undersell our players.
btw take it as a bit of banter and don't take it so seriously. What we think will have no bearing on anything.
19 Mar 2026 22:51:09
I am worth the 7 million + add ons. 🤔
On Skov wouldn't be paying the money. There is a player there, but he needs to come out. Can Dr get him back to his best. 🤷♀️ A lot of money to gamble.
We haven't got Miovski back to his best.
A player is only worth what people are willing to spend. If RFC pay, they must see something in it; if not, well valued differently.
Not sure who it is, but wouldn't be paying for someone who has one good season.
19 Mar 2026 22:59:21
Maybe it's a good sign that Scottish-based players are starting to get decent values. We moan about them wanting more than a couple of million, but expect ours to go for tens of millions. We're willing to pay £10m for a striker who hadn't scored, another £5m for a German 3rd Div player who was playing regional football before, £8m+ on a Danish winger who's been dropped from his country after 2 failed moves and a poor loan so far, and whose club is willing to make a huge loss.
Why not, if we now have that kind of money, spend on the best of those who are successful in our league, then it helps make us better too.
19 Mar 2026 23:28:15
A player is only as good as their last game, springs to mind.
We won't be signing Olsen at all come summer, not even another loan. His fee is too high, permanent or loan. He has til the end of the season to change that, but as it stands, he won't be a Rangers player next season. No chance.
19 Mar 2026 23:47:40
This place does love to turn all manners of conversation into heated and less respectful debate, doesn't it, guys.
There are valid arguments on all sides, and opinions are completely entitled. I'd also say a lot of jumping on sentences or words happening. To say "but some want to write off after 7 games" as an example is, 1. factual. People are doing that. And 2. fair of those to write him off, as that is their prerogative. Just an example, and not going after any particular posters.
Angus, I love you buddy, but the Maswanhise vs Fernandez debate I see your point on one hand, but I would argue it also comes down to demand, ceilings and metrics, as a lot of football is metrics based now in terms of player identification. Fernandez plays CB, and CBs now have more touches and passes than most positions on a pitch, and his numbers for progressive passes and line breaking passes are excellent. His threat from set pieces and dominance in the air also work in his favour. Maswanhise has goals, yes, but (and someone can correct me) does he have many assists, etc.
He definitely doesn't have the physique of Fernandez but has more speed, but I'd say Fernandez has a much larger ceiling, hence the names linked being Dortmund, West Ham, Leverkusen, etc., and not Blackburn Rovers or us.
The chat about repeating conversations I get, it can be tedious if Aphe is always on about ASO or SWS is always on about Barron, but if these guys are passionate about those players and it bothers you, scroll on by. Don't engage, or get involved and have a say, but don't whine if they continue to yap about it. Free will and all that for everyone, not just the guy having a whinge or them rambling on. They might stop posting about it if they feel they don't get engagement or there is a lack of interest from others. But telling them to button it or move on infringes on their free will, and more likely to lead to defiant posts.
Anyways, enough of the whinge from me, guys. Let's get back to decent blethering rather than popping off about crap that most of us have very little knowledge of experience about. Or don't, it's your call lol.
20 Mar 2026 00:17:23
Ayrshire, I think Angus actually makes a really good point re valuing players after 6 months or a season. For Manny, look what we got for Bassey or even Patterson. And, if it doesn't fit as they're defenders, look how much we got for Igamane despite how few games he actually played, and we were disappointed at the fee.
Contrast also paying 10m for an English reserves player who hadn't scored, or a German 3rd division £5m player. Is it really that much more of a gamble on someone like Maswanhise?
20 Mar 2026 05:54:03
Ok Aph. 👍 I'll leave it there.
20 Mar 2026 05:59:23
Good post, Ayrshire. 👍👍
20 Mar 2026 07:33:26
I would guess either Braga from Hearts or Mashawama from Motherwell. I'd rather pay 7 million on a player that's doing well in the spl than take a chance on a foreign player that might not be able to handle the league. I hope it's Braga to replace Miovski.
20 Mar 2026 07:59:00
Ayrshire, great post, my friend.
What I will say, in contrast, though, is that unlike SWS posts about Barron, my own mention of Skov Olsen has not been multiple posts about him.
My mentions have been predominantly defending him in the hailstorm of negative posts against him.
20 Mar 2026 08:43:01
Ayrshire, thanks for the reply. I was just trying to show the inconsistent method fans have of valuing players.
In response to your reply, though, I will start by saying I really like Fernandez and am not convinced Maswanhise would automatically transfer his Motherwell form to us should we buy him.
While Fernandez has great passing numbers, high stats for a CB can be misleading. Being a "progressive" passer is easier when you're facing the whole pitch with no one pressing you.
Scoring goals is the most expensive and rarest metric in football; you can find a ball-playing CB in almost any modern academy, but you can't manufacture natural goal-scoring instincts.
Maswanhise has also been scouted by Everton and every big club in the world would have been at AFCON to see him. Maswanhise may not have Dortmund links 'yet' but his speed and finishing is what wins games now and it won't be long before big clubs are noticing if he keeps it going.
20 Mar 2026 08:43:01
Ayrshire, thanks for the reply. I was just trying to show the inconsistent method fans have of valuing players.
In response to your reply, though, I will start by saying I really like Fernandez, and am not convinced Maswanhise would automatically transfer his Motherwell form to us should we buy him.
While Fernandez has great passing numbers, high stats for a CB can be misleading. Being a "progressive" passer is easier when you're facing the whole pitch with no one pressing you.
Scoring goals is the most expensive and rarest metric in football; you can find a ball-playing CB in almost any modern academy, but you can't manufacture natural goal-scoring instincts.
Maswanhise has also been scouted by Everton, and every big club in the world would have been at AFCON to see him. Maswanhise may not have Dortmund links 'yet', but his speed and finishing is what wins games now, and it won't be long before big clubs are noticing if he keeps it going.
20 Mar 2026 08:44:42
Ayrshire, somehow hit send early. 🤷
Finally, club links are often driven by agents and "flavour of the month" scouting trends. Plenty of players linked to Leverkusen flop, while players at "Blackburn level" (like Adam Wharton or Jamie Vardy) prove to have much higher ceilings than the "metric darlings" of big European clubs.
Judging a player's potential solely by who is allegedly watching them is lazy talent ID.
20 Mar 2026 09:11:53
I agree, Angus, and I am not for one minute saying Maswanhise is not in an astounding purple patch in his career, and he may go on to have a fantastic career.
The issue I have is the Rangers premium when dealing with other Scottish clubs.
I think we need to remember 2012 in this. These clubs are no friends of ours and are not waiting in the wings to hand us their best talent for low prices.
20 Mar 2026 09:28:49
Aph, I see you as a first class poster and a really decent guy.
You gave me a reassuring reply about Olsen the other day, stating he has the character to come good, which I accept, since you clearly know more about him than 95% of posters.
Fork makes a good point about how he should be given time, just like other players, and based on all your posts I am firmly in that camp.
I just feel a bit sorry that other posts about Olsen are upsetting you. It is just the way football supporters, and Rangers fans in particular, are.
We are all desperate for success, and we built up our hopes when real quality is signed. Then we are bitterly disappointed when it initially doesn't work out like we thought it would. We then tend to fire off in all directions.
Please try not to take it personally, as everything you said about Olsen's skill, ability etc is undoubtedly true. I think in this instance we all have to show patience until his class shines through.
20 Mar 2026 09:39:46
Some great posts towards the end of this thread, guys. Agree also that, why wouldn't they try and get as much as possible for their players? If we can get 13m for Patterson years ago, 7m for a player having a great season is fair.
I wonder if the player in question is Just.
With both halves of Glasgow sniffing around, a bidding war makes a lot of sense if you're from Motherwell.
20 Mar 2026 10:05:32
Not sure we can complain about the Rangers premium, having spent close to £15m on our other forwards from Everton reserves or the German lower league. Is 7M that much different for someone we have seen here?
20 Mar 2026 10:17:00
Not everyone who comes to Scottish football hits the ground running for whatever reason. We all want the best available, but if we are being quoted 7 million, is it pounds or euros? For some player that's currently playing in Scotland, I seriously hope he's worth it. Olsen is a very talented individual. If the management want to sign him at the end of the season and he wants to play for Rangers, it will happen.
How long did it take McCoist and Hatley to get into their stride? People need to remember that it's not the late 80s/90s when we were the team to beat in Scotland. Those days are long gone. There will be posters on here who won't remember the 70s, when going to Ibrox the crowd being 6000 ish. If we can win the league this year, I believe it would be one of, if not the, best comebacks I can remember. 🇦🇺 🇬🇧
20 Mar 2026 10:33:32
Fork Davy player is Braga.
20 Mar 2026 11:08:58
Hearts said recently that they weren't willing to sell Braga to a direct competitor, so price might not matter anyway, or it may be why we would need to offer a premium to persuade them otherwise.
20 Mar 2026 11:40:48
Thought that John cheers. 👍👍
20 Mar 2026 12:41:45
Scottish teams are well within their rights to ask for as much money as possible, I totally understand that.
Are the names mentioned, Braga etc., worth 7 million? In all honesty, probably not, and someone else made a good point, they could just be having a good season.
Look, Olsen has struggled, there is no doubt there, but we also have proof at previous clubs of him being a fantastic player.
I'd personally like to sign him, and with a full pre-season and others of better quality around him, he could be a completely different player next season.
20 Mar 2026 13:49:45
My guess myself was it was likely to be Braga, John. 🤔 Definitely think £7million minimum is a bit steep for Braga, and doubt very much we'll pay that for him, although I do think he's a very good player.
🤔 What's your take yourself, John? What do you think we should pay for him maximum, mate? 🤔 I honestly also can't see Hearts selling him to us. 🤔
20 Mar 2026 14:23:39
For Braga, 3/4 million imo. Boy from Motherwell, 3 million.
No one outside of Old Firm, in my opinion, is close to 7 million, but if a club is willing to pay it, that's fine.
Can't see it being us.
Olsen ain't worth 7/8 million either. It would be 3 million I would pay for him. Also, at best, from what we have seen, it probably wouldn't even be that. 👍
20 Mar 2026 14:57:31
Both Manwahasie and Braga deserve 7m price tag imo. Both stand-out players and performed much better than those we have in current positions.
20 Mar 2026 15:22:26
Gms, reason I say they aren't as they have only done it in one season.
20 Mar 2026 15:28:57
Storm, how much, in your opinion, should be the minimum we accept for Manny Fernandez if clubs come for him this summer. 🤔 I reckon we should accept no less than between £12million-£15million for him because of his potential to get better and better, and because he's still young, especially for a centre half. 🤔
20 Mar 2026 17:29:36
Walter, imo no player in Scotland outwith the Old Firm is worth 7 million. Rangers will not strengthen a Scottish club by paying 7 million plus for one of their players. Also, a player worth 7 million commands a significant salary for three or four years.
That money can be far better invested.
20 Mar 2026 17:32:17
Hearts will get that, or close to it, for Braga. I don't think they've added Rangers tax to that. They are right to quote that from the off.
20 Mar 2026 19:33:22
Storm, so what price do you place on Fernandez, as he has only performed this season? Not having a go, and I am interested in your opinion here, as you are at the other end of the spectrum and I am closer to you on that when I consider the price of Rangers players atm.
So is Manny worth somewhere between 250k and £3m? Playing for what is considered a poor Rangers team won't, or shouldn't, add to that, imo.
And he doesn't even have the added benefit to his price of playing well in Europe. I think he has potential to be much better, but atm he isn't there. So to be quoting £15m to me seems much too high for someone at this stage in his career; but I do understand potential can add to the price.
20 Mar 2026 21:13:26
Braga is an absolute myth.
Maswanihse is the far superior player.
20 Mar 2026 21:24:20
Good post Angus totally agree with your assessment. Also how many players have clubs signed after one season wonder. The world cup is soon and how many players that have a Good tournament playing only a few games will be snatched up only on there tournament
21 Mar 2026 07:16:54
Fan valuation is pointless, as we are invariably wrong, as is the price touted in the media.