Rangers demand around £30M for Bassey

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Rangers demand around £30M for Bassey
Rangers' Italian-born English defender Calvin Bassey celebrates on the pitch after the UEFA Europa League Round of 16, first leg football match between Rangers and Red Star Belgrade at the Ibrox Stadium, in Glasgow, on March 10, 2022. - Rangers won the game 3-0. (Photo by ANDY BUCHANAN / AFP) (Photo by ANDY BUCHANAN/AFP via Getty Images)

Earlier Ibrox Noise told you Rangers were looking in the potential region of £35M for Calvin Bassey, and despite a few of the usual moonhowlers deriding this and suggesting we’re ‘mental’, media sources confirm Rangers will not humour any bids much below around £30M for the Nigerian.

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It is understood Bassey is receptive to a move south, understanding that Rangers are open to the sale too but only at a price ‘well in excess of £25M’, with Aston Villa at the head of the queue and eager to get a deal done pretty quickly.

In truth, Bassey could be gone inside a week, and Sky Sources confirm Rangers will come to the ‘negotiating table’ but only for a bid around the £30M mark.

This is hard ball – as we explained earlier, to yet more derision, Rangers are in a strong financial position at present, much stronger than 6 months ago, and they don’t need to sell Bassey for anything less than the market rate of a player with his potential and his current quality.

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Make no mistake, he’s showing signs of becoming as good as Virgil Van Dijk at the same age if not a lot better, and you don’t let that standard go for £15M any more.

Rangers are not going to let him go on the cheap, and Steven Gerrard especially knows this.

Expect a Scottish record-shattering transfer fee for Bassey to manifest itself before too long.

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  1. Ile be sorry to see the lad go turned into a great player great energy ,i remember when i first seen him i thought wtf have we bought another dnky here,and here we are now demanding 30-35 million for his services,and worth every penny too,funny old game the fitba
    Good Luck
    WATP

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