Ibrox Noise would like to thank, and dearly, Ross Wilson for the lost Rangers £8M. This is a strange sentence to start a new article with, but nevertheless, bear us out.
Ben Davies Finally Moves On
Former Rangers defender, because that is what he now is, Ben Davies, has now completed his move to Bolton Wanderers. Thrilled with his move, he seems excited to be playing at the modest level that is the Championship in England.
However, Ross Wilson has a lot to answer for here.
Ross Wilson was the man who wasted £5M on Ben Davies as a supposed replacement for Calvin Bassey. The most dire defensive signing we have made in terms of value for money, probably for the best part of many decades.
Davies came as a Preston reject. He came as a Liverpool reject. Somehow, Ross Wilson decided to spend £5M on this boy and bring him north to become an integral part of poor Giovanni van Bronckhorst’s defence.
No wonder Rangers had no chance against Liverpool with Ben Davies at the back.
A Costly Recruitment Disaster
To say that this was an EFL slop signing is a complete understatement. It was not even as good as EFL slop.
Davies is as average a defender as they get. His stats tend to be a lot better than he is because he has no presence on the pitch whatsoever.
That showed with the number of goals Rangers leaked under Gio with Davies at the back.
The simple fact is that Rangers, having let this boy go with the expiry of his contract, have lost £5M down the drain, not to mention the £28,000 per week over the four years he was in Govan.
Yes, he was on loan for some of those years, but Rangers have lost a lot of cash here. By our estimations, Ben Davies overall set Rangers back £8M for all of nothing. This is The lost Rangers £8M.
Another Expensive Rangers Mistake
He is not quite at the level of Danilo, but he has cost Rangers an absolute fortune for basically zero return whatsoever.
Ross Wilson was guilty of an awful lot of wastage when it came to 2022 and onwards, and indeed prior.
Rangers’ former director of football, or sporting director, however you want it, really is guilty of borderline crimes against this club that he got away with scot free.
That really does not sit well with us at all.
The Epitome Of Wilson’s Waste
Davies was the absolute epitome of the kind of waste Rangers experienced under Ross Wilson.
That is £8M plus down the drain, all because this guy had absolutely terrible judgement.