Rangers need winger & striker but Diomande is quality

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Rangers need winger & striker but Diomande is quality
EMPOLI, ITALY - MARCH 11: Sidibe Salif Kader of Empoli U19 in action during Viareggio Cup match between Empoli U19 and Nordsjaelland U19 on March 11, 2019 in Empoli, Italy. (Photo by Gabriele Maltinti/Getty Images)

We must admit a slight speck of confusion at Ibrox Noise over the all-new signing of Mohamed Diomande.

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The lad looks like he can play, don’t get us wrong, but if there was any position Rangers really didn’t need new players for, it’s central midfield.

In a recent Ibrox Noise assessment, we deduced that a new defender and midfielder were ‘desirable’ but by no means critical, while the crucial ones were winger and striker.

Now, this signing definitely falls into ‘desirable’, a 22-year-old high stock Danish league standout CM who plays mostly on the left and offers flexibility in playing many of the other 6 or 7 positions in midfield/attack.

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But it doesn’t particularly help Rangers’ striking or wing crisis.

In many ways our misgivings are hypocritical – he seems like a good player, we’ve been whining for new high-quality players, and his stock suggests he’s one of the best players in the Danish Superliga.

Indeed, transfermarkt’s values place him 22nd (£3M) with the most valuable at €11M in Rangers’ recent opponent Kamil Grabara. So it’s not a league filled with tonnes of expensive superstars, much like our own, in fairness.

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Ergo the boy is a clear talent and the club may have done a great job finding him.

And that is how you get better. You acquire more and more high-quality players even if it’s in positions you’re well-stocked for. Depth and quality is what Rangers deserve.

But we cannot help noting how threadbare the attack is, and how little is being done to fix that.

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Just two strikers, neither of whom are setting anyone’s heather alight, and much the same on the wings.

But if someone offers you a top quality player elsewhere, are you going to say no?

Diomande looks like he’ll be the second winter window signing.

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