Steven Gerrard has today sent a cryptic message to Rangers’ board after admitting his side can’t compete in Europe because he’s had no money to spend for the last two transfer windows.
Speaking at his pre-Hibs presser, the manager was addressing Rangers’ lack of spark and invention this season, but laid the blame for the poor European form squarely at the feet of the feeble transfer windows he’s had in 2021, with barely a bean spent this year and all transfers being either free or £300,000 deals.
Gerrard said:
“We need in transfer windows to spend big money. It’s as simple as that. To compete with the teams we’re playing against we have to spend big money. In the last two windows we haven’t spent a penny [long pause].”
The thing is he didn’t add a disclaimer saying the board have supported him but there’s been no money for the club to spend, Gerrard only said we’ve spent nothing and didn’t add anything further.
This was a telling and damning comment – he clearly isn’t happy at having no cash, and we admit at Ibrox Noise that we preached that we had to spend big money this summer to sustain the momentum.
That didn’t happen, and it wasn’t Gerrard’s fault – he felt exactly the same. For all the mistakes we think he’s made, the lack of cash wasn’t one of them.
Whilst fully aware we needed to spend big money in the summer to take us to the next level, we shouldn’t /didn’t/don’t need to spend big money to compete with 3 of the 4 teams we’ve faced in Europe so far this season – Malmo, Alashkert & Sparta. Our budget is greater than those 3, especially the first 2
Most sensible people at Rangers would agree we didn’t spend in the transfer windows to improve the squad. Mostly due to not having any money to spend ! Rangers need to either sell to improve or need a proper investment plan . There is a sort of financial equilibrium at the moment, apart from a rolling debt of 5/6 million but since Mr King moved off the board we have no real cash clout. . There has been a small feed of investment (loans) which may keep us turning over but no money to spend on new players from various individuals and minor Bigrove deal money ( although not very tangible) . I understand SG frustration , most of his actual cash purchases have delivered. It’s going to be hard choices in January to raise some cash . Europe may have to pass us by this season to ensure we deliver 56 and CL money. The rotten mob are poor , but if they click ???
Money to spend on what positions? Sure he has his favourites that won’t be dropped. That leaves about 2 or 3 positions. How much money does he want, his job is to work with what hes got given. That team performed last year he’s been given additions to freshen it up, it’s nothing to do with money, that’s just an excuse.
Absolutely Curtis, the dross we witnessed in the 4 games against Malmo and Alashkert was nothing to do with money/lack of investment. Stevie is starting to talk like a man who is under pressure and doesn’t seem to know how to get himself out of it other than to speak a lot of drivel over and over again like a broken record
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