Rangers may not yet be spending big when compared to our average summer transfer window outlay over the past few years, but fans in the Ibrox faithful will be hoping that our new 49ers Enterprises group continue to back new manager Russell Martin with his priority targets as we head ever closer to the 2025/26 domestic Scottish Premiership campaign.
As things stand currently with plenty of viable options remaining on the speculation rumour mill they show no sign of turning off the tap just yet, and with us barely into a new week, we have just added another permanent capture and it is another player that our former Southampton gaffer will know well from his time in the English leagues.
For Rangers fans who like a flutter, you always look for the safe odds to bet on, but with online gaming like Betpanda bnb gambling risk can often offer a greater reward, and it seems that Martin is confident this lad will adjust to the expectations of the club even though he has a lot to learn.
Mauritania born 21 year old left winger Djeidi Gassama put pen to paper on a new four year contract with us on Tuesday afternoon after an undisclosed fee was struck with struggling Championship side Sheffield Wednesday. The Owls are again having financial troubles and players and staff have recently gone unpaid, and you have to presume that we have simply taken the business opportunity to capitalise on that and in moving quickly to beat off any potential competition, whilst they will undoubtedly be sad to see him go, we will have also undoubtedly helped ease the situation that some at the club are currently in.
The youngster made 47 appearances for the Hillsborough outfit in the 2024/25 campaign, and all but seven of those appearances came from the starting line up. He also chipped in with eight goals across all competitions in their season as he more than played his part in helping them to finish in 12th place in the second tier table. In total, his time in the Steel City of Sheffield saw 84 appearances, with 12 goals and four assists.
From our point of view, we have very likely got a very talented French Under 20 international cap for a very good price owing to their troubles, but with his age there will be significant improvement left on his natural development curve and his potential only increases further when you factor in the simple fact that he previously spent time with French Ligue 1 giants Paris Saint-Germain as he began life as a player in their Academy set up.
Upon the announcement of his arrival in Govan, Martin described him as a player that would force supporters onto the ‘edge of their seats’ and he was adamant that although he is obviously not the final finished product yet and that he needed to improve, that he would be a massive success for us as we look to again take that next step back to consistent trophy winning of our own.
His potential is obvious and if you delve further into the numbers from last season, whilst he shows up very well indeed for a player of his age at a mid table side, Martin is not wrong to say that the lad needs to double down now and focus on his improvement if he is to really reach his potential, and for a wide attacker his poor assist rate just proves that.
It also shows just how easily he can improve his production based on having better players around him.