The Glasgow Rangers have not won the Scottish Premiership title in more than four years and have not won the trophy since lifting the League Cup in 2023.
It’s no secret that Russell Martin needs to return to Ibrox by winning the trophy, but it’s a collective effort that starts with ownership and goes through Martin’s Kevin Selwell and falls on the pitcher.
Ultimately, you need a strong soccer model that creates enough teams for your managers to create enough teams for your managers to get results on the pitch.
Supporters may not want to hear that, but one thing Rangers can learn from their city rivals is how they develop and sell young talent for profit for commercial purposes. They have made millions over the years by selling things like Jota, Kyoto, Virgil van Dik, Odson Eduard, Matt Orly and more.
However, Light Blues hasn’t been that successful in the division as Calvin Bassy is the only player to sell over £20 million in club history per transfer mark.
The Rangers signed Everton’s Yousef Cermity on the deadline for transactions worth up to £10 million. Because of that spending, Gers would certainly hope he joins that exclusive £20 million or more club with Bassey.
Why do youussef chermiti need to succeed in Rangers
Light Blues really needs Portuguese U21 International to succeed at Ibrox.
From a financial standpoint, GERS needs Cermithi to become a big player for the team. Because the £10 million deal to take him to Glasgow is the most expensive deal approved by the club since Andre Fro’s £12 million move from Chelsea in 2000.
It may seem doubtful if his judgment is not going well, so the center puts pressure on the center to execute and Telwell.
youssef chermiti (Everton) | 23/24 | 24/25 |
|---|---|---|
exterior | 20 | 4 |
Min | 287 | 49 |
shot | 8 | 3 |
the goal | 0 | 0 |
Key Pass | 5 | 0 |
assist | 0 | 0 |
Statistics via Sofascore | ||
As you can see in the table above, Cermity has not had a good time with Everton over the past two seasons in the UK after a £15 million move from the sport in 2023.
This shows the Rangers have not signed a ready-made Scottish football superstar. So it’s even more important that he succeed as he has won a huge financial gamble on a player who hasn’t yet proven himself at the senior level.
Another reason Cermity needs to succeed at Ibrox is that it will provide GERS with examples of other promising young talent in the future, that it will be able to provide a platform for young talent in the future.
Celt points to Van Dick, Orly, Dembele, Eduard and Kieran Tierney, potentially signing that there is a clear path to major European clubs.
This is just a theory, but I wonder if Rangers have ever missed out on a promising young talent, as they have not seen enough paths to big future moves.
In fact, the Scottish Giants had such a promising young talent in their trial with B-team Jan Diomande in 2023, but ultimately did not decide to sign the club. He currently plays in one of the major leagues in Europe and is worth millions more than the current Rangers player.
Rangers missed Jan Diomande
In October 2023, the 16-year-old winger played for the Rangers B team against Monaco, while Stephen Davis was the interim manager of the first team in a 3-1 defeat to the French side.
Football Scotland has confirmed that Diomande is on trial for the Scottish Giants from the American side.
X’s Rangers Youth Blog X’s blog pointed out that the Iborian Starlet of the time was undoubtedly the best player on the club’s pitch in a clash with Monaco, but for a reason the attacker did not sign a contract with GERS.
It is unclear whether Diomande opposed the move to Glasgow or whether the club decided not to offer him a deal, but the latter seems unlikely if he was impressed by the game with Monaco, as suggested by the Rangers Youth Blog.
Either way, Light Blues reflects on his mistakes in bringing him to the club as a mistake, as he sealed off a £17 million move from Leganes to RB Leipzig this summer.
24/25 Lariga | Jan Diomande |
|---|---|
exterior | 10 |
start | 6 |
xg | 1.72 |
the goal | 2 |
Key Pass | 14 |
assist | 1 |
Dribbling completed per game | 2.3 |
Dribbling success rate | 62% |
Statistics via Sofascore | |
As you can see in the table above, Diomande caught the eye of Regan, who completed 1.4 key passes per game and 2.3 dribbling per game in 10 appearances at Lariga last season.
After his trial with the Rangers, the teenage talent returned to the DME Academy in Florida and stayed there until he moved to Leganes in January, leading to an impressive performance on Spain’s top flight.
Diomande, known as the “Athletic Beast” by U23 Scout Antonio Mango, moved to Leipzig this summer for a fee of £17 million.
Also, according to TransferMarkt, he is more valuable than the current GERS players, as the team’s players are not worth more than £10 million. That’s why the club will certainly regret not landing the service in 2023.
The Rangers now hope that Chermity has had great success with Ibrox. Because you need to hope that other players can set a blueprint to make sure that Glasgow has a path for younger talent.