Ibrox boss Pedro Caixinha told Carlos Pena, his new Mexican midfield star, that he wanted to take him to Glasgow Rangers when he was given the job in March, by our forward-thinking Board of Directors.
Caixinha explained that he planned to speak to Carlos’s agent, Salvador Necochea, to make it clear that he had a lucrative long-term plan for his player. Eventually, after about three months of negotiations, Pedro got his way as they reached a 3-year-deal with the help of his current team Chivas and Rangers.
He is expecting Carlos to prove to everybody in Britain just how good he is, and after 2 years of great service at Ibrox, then Rangers would sell him to a top English Premier team for a good profit.
He said:
“The objective is for Carlos to return to the level he was at a couple of years ago if he focuses 100 per cent on football and works hard. If he manages to do that, within no more than a couple of years he should be able to move to an English Premier League team, which is our aim. If he gets to the level we all know he can reach, he can do it.”
This is exactly the same deal that Dick Advocaat struck with Gio van Bronckhorst years ago, and it worked out brilliantly for Rangers and Arsenal.
27-year-old Pena is a physical, box-to-box type player who makes an impact at both ends of the park. He is a midfield general with power and strength and a player who can provide goals for the team.
Pedro is expecting Carlos to be a key player in the team and he will try to build a team around his ability with the ball.
Does any Rangers fan have a problem with this type of agreement in place, to entice a top performer to showcase his football talent in Glasgow, then move on?
As usual, your comments are appreciated and important to Ibrox Noise!
Well going by celtic getting dembele for £500k and now valued at a lot more so no doubt he will be sold on for a great profit.So if same thing happens with Pena after giving us 2 years great service??? which we no doubt will wait and see if it happens then we could make a profit too.
Absolutely no problem if Pena gives us a couple of seasons of quality and moves on at a decent fee. Win win situation. It's all positive talk. Can't be bad. Mon the Gers
No problem at all. Worked for Gio and Arteta. Cheap in Expensive out.
We sold Arteta for much less than we paid for him
None what so ever!
It's a shame that we have to have that type of agreement as few are bigger than Rangers including the majority of English Premier League teams but unfortunately that's the reality of the situation with the finance etc. down there. If it means we can get the best players possible and get decent money for them after a couple of years then so be it.
No problems at all, at long last it feels like we are getting somewhere,can't wait for the season to start.WATP
No probs. But if we can win the league and qualify for the champs league he will stay
For Rangers to develop within the confines of Scottish football and make an impact on the European stage the money that can be made on players has to greatly exceed that which is available from TV rights. We should expect many more of these type of deals in the future.
I hate that you can never say you going have good players for more than a few years but saying that he must become a hit on the field or we get rid first.
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