So it begins in earnest, with the
news Bilel Mohsni and Jon Daly are now gone, a rebuild of this tattered,
feeble, and ridiculously poor squad begins. The board have three months to get
a plan in place, rid of the dead wood, acquisition of players, and a decent new
coach.
To that end the following is a
list of players currently free agents, some of whom could well find themselves
in Govan next season. I do not claim to endorse all these players, nor believe
they are realistic; they are just a selection of the available players, some
out of our price range presently, some not, who are worth considering.
Lee Erwin, Lionel Ainsworth, Marley Watkins, Gavin Reilly, Rhys McCabe,
Andy Halliday, Remi Streete, Shane Ferguson, Carlos Cuellar, Danny Devine, Craig Slater, Aidan Connolly, Greg Kiltie, Jamie MacDonald,
Danny Wilson, Andy Driver, Gregg Wylde, Nick Ross, Liam Polworth, Ali Crawford,
Joey Barton, Bobby Zamora, Richard Dunne, Shaun Wright Phillips and Brian
Murphy.
Scott Allan of Hibs has also been
heavily linked to a move to Ibrox, at a fee of £500,000+, and with Hull relegated, Sone
Aluko, Nikica Jelavic and Allan McGregor will certainly be finding new clubs.
99% unlikely to be Rangers but you never know.
The point of this entry is not to
say Rangers are signing Joey Barton, Richard Dunne and Nikica Jelavic, but to
highlight the rich nature of some of the players available and that a rebuild
job has a chance if it is properly planned and the right players acquired.
There are many more available
than this, of course.