Rangers have been closely linked with so many players down the years. Some dramatic names were connected with switching to Ibrox only for the deal to fall through at the last moment, so Ibrox Noise thought we’d select a few notable names to see where they actually ended up.
John Eustace:
This tragic tale went on for around half a year, with ex-manager Mark Warburton obsessed with bringing the former Derby man to Ibrox – he trained at Auchenhowie but in the end he slipped out the back door unnoticed. After a curious spell at Kidderminster (he ended up their coach) where he actually did quite well he’s now at QPR as assistant.
Martin Skrtel:
It looked like this was happening. Gerrard’s big marquee name. Unfortunately wages were a stumbling block and in the end he stayed at Fenerbahce despite some cryptical social media posts alluding to a move. He’s still there, and Rangers are again being linked with him this January.
Alex Pritchard:
Remember all the hype about the ex-Spurs kid who Warbs was so desperate to bring in? He’s had a solid career to be fair, and after years of loan deals is now plying his trade very respectably at Huddersfield in the EPL. We can see why Warby wanted him.
Harry Winks:
This is the one that got away. Warby was absolutely obsessed with trying to get this kid, and his currently stunning career is kind of why he failed. Then a kid with Spurs, now a mainstay for England and the Spurs first team, this lad was too good for the SPL. No harm in trying though.
Harry Wilson:
Another Harry who rather got away, following an inauspicious start to life at Derby three sterling free kicks recently have shown just what he’s about. He was in a position to choose between Rangers (and Gerrard), Celtic, or Frank Lampard’s Derby. He probably made the best choice for his career and it’s working out well. Pity Gerrard’s influence wasn’t enough to lure him north.
Oguchialu Onyewu:
The former USA international defender had a respectable enough career, and his name was a surprise to join Rangers’ pre-season camp in USA 2016, but after failing to impress the stopper failed to win a deal at all. After that he did win a deal at Philadelphia in the MLS but retired a year later at the still young age of 36.
There are many more, and even bigger names that have slipped through our nets. Which ones do you remember of the recent era?
Harry Wilson is a win lose for us. If we got him he would be here and we would never have heard of kent
Indeed, but Wilson was the top choice. So does it matter?
To be honest I would say there is far more chance of Kent joining us than Wilson, so we have the better long term outcome
1. Eustace was a Walking Injury
2. We were NEVER going to get Skrtel
3. Pritchard, Winks = 👌
4. Wilson is a Stuck-Up little Knob whos not as good as He thinks He Is.
5. Who 😂😂😂
…I Remember us being Linked with Bartley & McTominay & Others
It's not very recent but may be the biggest of all. Remember Jardel the Brazilian striker. We had him on trial and sent him packing because allegedly McCoist said he couldn't trap a bag of cement. He went on to become one of the top strikers in Europe. I wish we had taken this early warning on McCoists ability to spot a player.
From what i remember it was cancelled because he couldn't get a work permit. He hadn't played enough/any games for brazil. But that was a big miss. Apparently not long after we were also a baw hair away from getting Ronaldo (original) from PSV.
As mentioned above Jardel. But probably Vialli was a very close one we didn't get over the line. I'm guessing this doesn't class as recent era. But it seems recent to me
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