Juve try to free Ramsey as Rangers stay well clear
SEVILLE, SPAIN - MAY 18: Aaron Ramsey of Rangers looks dejected as they are consoled by Kemar Roofe following defeat in the UEFA Europa League final match between Eintracht Frankfurt and Rangers FC at Estadio Ramon Sanchez Pizjuan on May 18, 2022 in Seville, Spain. (Photo by Justin Setterfield/Getty Images)
It’s not really a Rangers story, entirely, that is, but Aaron Ramsey’s spell at Juventus is most certainly at an end, with the Turin giants trying to figure out a way to mutually consent him and avoid paying out his full final year deal value, said to be around £24M.
The Wales star, on a wage of around £500,000pw week in Italy, has not worked out at all in Serie A, and he seeks a ‘mutual consent’ of an acceptable amount before he leaves southern Europe for good.
Not a chance.
He was not good enough at Rangers, showing only rare glimpses of his former quality and spending 90% of his spell in Govan on the treatment table.
Neither Ramsey nor Rangers got a thing out of his loan spell, and of course he’ll be sadly most remembered for that penalty.
He would also be expected to accept not only a gigantic drop in wages to around £20,000 tops a week, but the likelihood of a pay as you play contract, with Rangers determined not to lose any money on a giant gamble like Ramsey.
Ramsey’s best bet is to move to the Middle East or China, where moneybags galore are in play, and where a player’s reputation precedes him, rather than his recent troubles.
No smaller clubs in Europe can afford his expected wages and no top clubs that can will touch him with a bargepole.
Sadly for Ramsey he’s ended up in the Jack Wilshere stable, where a fairly young player who once had the world at his feet will struggle for a new gig.
Seems like a decent chap, but Rangers should and will stay well away.