28 May 2026 22:26:20
Was hearing today we will have wiped £9m from our annual player salary budget with expiry of all recent loan and player contracts
That's out width the players who left in the 2026 winter window, Rothwell, Matondo and Dowell
We have the backing to buy and the salary budget to reinforce big style
Exciting times
28 May 2026 23:27:57
Almost enough to buy Lewis.
28 May 2026 23:29:02
Since the end of last season, Matondo etc, who left early, and players out of contract in summer, we have slashed the wage bill by almost 40%. Most players we paid a fee for are worth more than what we paid for them since last summer.
That's a year in the door and we have a few valuable assets and a much lower wage bill.
We may have made mistakes with Thelwell and RMartin, but business wise the new board are doing very well.
Even after throwing £40 at it we still received £28m back on player sales and I'm certain that £12 down we are the players we now have like Gassama, Rommens and Chermiti to name a few are probably valued at £40m for all 3.
28 May 2026 23:33:56
Fifty, it's almost as if the people in charge know what they're doing. We were a mess before they came in. Something that wasn't and still isn't a quick fix. Trying to explain that to people is hard though. Everyone wants the huge mess we were in fixed yesterday and it's just not possible.
29 May 2026 04:27:50
Rangers just finished 3rd in the league. We can proclaim the owners know what they are doing when we have champions again. Until then, it's not good enough.
29 May 2026 07:15:14
Take in a few others that hopefully leave will be more off the wage bill.
29 May 2026 07:39:52
Looking at the loan players and the OOC players, I'd imagine a significant reduction in the salaries.
However I'd be very surprised if it was £9m.
29 May 2026 08:12:21
We need to replace all the loans we had with permanent players now, however.
29 May 2026 08:50:15
I think it could easily be £9m, EHL. If Tav alone was on around £30k a week, that's £1.5m a year. I'm guessing the likes of Olsen and Djiga couldn't have been far off £30k a week as well. Add in Moore, Arrons, Cornelius, Meghoma, Davies (who has only just technically left), who would all have been in between £15k and £25k, and King on around £8-£10k, and I'm sure £9m won't be far off the figure.
29 May 2026 09:12:18
Gers78, I would honestly estimate that the players you listed would be a saving of around £6m, maybe £7 at a stretch.
Which is still substantial, however, a lot of those players need replacing, so will be a challenge to bring in the required leadership and quality for much less.
29 May 2026 09:33:02
So Fifty6, no credit to Thelwell for Chermiti? He had the foresight and got pelters for it. That boy will be worth millions in the coming years.
29 May 2026 09:45:13
The loan market is a great means of getting players in who we cannot afford to buy, and, more importantly, if they don't perform, can be sent back to parent clubs. If they come here and do well, great. If not, then it means we ain't stuck with guys like Aarons, Skov Olsen.
Loans like Sima, Cerny & Moore have been good for us.
29 May 2026 10:05:14
I agree EHL, not suggesting it'll be a 'saving' by the end of the window. We'll easily have to spend as much if not more in wages to rebuild the squad. However, I'm guessing there will still be a lot more in wages going out the door if we manage to shift Cifuentes, Cortes, Bajrami, Danilo, McCausland, then potentially sell the likes of Raskin, maybe Butland, Diomande, possibly others.
🤷 It's certainly going to be another sizeable rebuild.
29 May 2026 10:12:05
Rohl, it takes time, my friend. To expect the turnaround to happen within 1 season is laughable. The position we were in before the takeover was a joke in a number of ways. The business model needs to improve & the improvement on that filters through to stability in transfers / wage budgets / player recruitment.
We are in a far better position going into next season, some positivity doesn't go a miss once in a blue moon!
29 May 2026 10:21:22
Foolmonty, trouble is these loan players (and OOC / no longer required types) down tools at the end of March. Happened under Clement and happened again this year.
29 May 2026 10:26:01
Amo, correct and why we had to use loan players I imagine. To replace a whole team without a good sale to pay for it would not be possible, firstly for the cost of it but secondly due to FSR. If we had a bit of patience and were willing to let a squad be built, we would be better for it long-term.
29 May 2026 10:27:13
Abada in Glasgow, a rw that knows our league, out of contact soon, see Clement wants him at Norwich, I wouldn't mind us singing him.
29 May 2026 10:29:44
Patience at Rangers will never happen, Angus.
29 May 2026 10:32:29
Signing even.
29 May 2026 10:36:39
Walter's guitar, he better be worth millions, he cost at least £8m.
29 May 2026 11:45:57
Think the current saving could be lower than the £9m, but significant all the same.
It's great news, however, we will need to spend that on new signings this summer, so don't see a saving come end of transfer window.
29 May 2026 14:07:06
Race and Olsen wages alone are over £3 million EHL, I'm surprised it's only £9 million.