I Hate Rangers

Michael Beale will have to be a lucky man to get the better of Ange Postecoglou on Sunday in the final of the League Cup. That is what Charlie Nicholas believes.

Rangers and Celtic are going to meet at Hampden for the clash of the powderkeg derby. It is going to be the second time that Postecoglou and Beale are going against each other as managers.
The first game had ended at the start of January in a 2-2 draw. Subsequently, the Hoops maintained their 9-point lead over the Ibrox club at the table of Premiership.

Rangers are keen on Ayo Obileye and he has previously shared his admiration for ex-Gers midfielder Joe Aribo. Gers director of football Ross Wilson is coming in for strong criticism after a mixed summer transfer window. Many of Wilson’s summer additions have yet to really shine at Ibrox and fans are starting to turn on Wilson. Defensive additions may be on the radar for January and one current Scottish Premiership ace is being linked. Obileye, 28, was previously in the ranks of clubs like Chelsea, Sheffield Wednesday and Charlton Athletic.

After dipping into non-league football with Eastleigh, Dover Athletic, Maidenhead United and Ebbsfleet United, Obileye headed to Queen of the South in 2020. Livingston pounced to sign Obileye in 2021 and the Englishman has been so good that Nigeria are now looking into calling Obileye may be a late bloomer and whilst it’s unlikely that he could become a key player at Celtic or Rangers, his performances are attracting interest.

Rangers now want to sign a new striker in the final week of the transfer window, according to the Fourth Official. The online source has reported that everything has now changed for the Bears after they qualified for the Champions League on Wednesday evening, bringing in that windfall. With Alfredo Morelos bringing along recent issues behind-the-scenes, the search has now begun to bring in another number nine alongside Antonio Colak. Writing on their official Patreon page on Thursday [26 August], the Fourth Official has shared the plans for the final third in the next and final days of the window.

Well, [Wednesday] certainly changed everything, they wrote. According to them, Rangers are through to the Champions League for the first time in 12 years. Apart from the two midfielders, the recent issues with Morelos mean that the club are on the lookout for a forward as injury issues with the forward line mean that another striker will be needed for what is going to be another long season. Morelos will also miss this weekend against Ross County, with a real problem starting to mount.

Besiktas defender Ridvan Yilmaz has emerged as a transfer target for Scottish Premiership giants Glasgow Rangers this summer. The Europa League finalists are interested in the Turkish player, but the asking price from Besiktas could prove to be a stumbling block to a transfer.Besiktas might need to reduce their £6m asking price for Yilmaz if Rangers are to sign him this summer.

Rangers are keen to invest some of the transfer fee from the Calvin Bassey transfer into their squad and Turkey national team left-back Yilmaz is a transfer target. Bassey has left Rangers to sign for Ajax Amsterdam in the Dutch top flight. The Nigerian defender has signed for the four-time European champions for an initial fee of £19m plus add-ons that could take the fee past the £23m mark. His transfer is a record for Rangers eclipsing the transfer of Nathan Paterson to Everton in a £16m deal in January.

Spanish La Liga side Sevilla have been installed as favourites to sign Glasgow Rangers striker Alfredo Morelos during this summer's transfer window. The former Europa League winners were confirmed as favourites to sign the Colombian star by Betfair. Morelos has been seriously linked with a move away from Glasgow Rangers as he enters into the final year of his current deal with the reigning Scottish Cup winners. His Rangers contract runs until next summer.

Sports betting platform Betfair recently released odds on the next club for Morelos after Glasgow Rangers and Sevilla are priced at 3/1. They are ahead of several Premier League teams.

Aston Villa manager Steven Gerrard was on the losing end against Liverpool once again when he came up against his beloved team in the Premier League earlier this week. The Liverpool legend saw his Villa side score the first goal of the game before they were beaten 2-1 by the Reds who are in a two-team tussle for the Premier League title.

Steven Gerrard was named the Aston Villa manager towards the end of last year as the replacement for Dean Smith who was sacked on the back of a poor run which pushed the club towards the relegation zone. The former Liverpool skipper left his managerial role at Glasgow Rangers to take up the same position at Villa Park. He was hailed as one of the best young managers on the European football scene during his time at Rangers. The Ex-Liverpool midfielder led Rangers to their first league title in a decade while stopping Celtic from winning a tenth straight league title.

Rangers midfielder Alex Lowry has reportedly not agreed a move to the Premier League amidst reports of interest from Manchester City and Newcastle United. This is according to Fourth Official which stated that sources close to Rangers say that the Scottish champions have not received a bid for the young midfielder.

Reports in the media in the past weeks revealed that Premier League champions Manchester City and new Premier League moneybags Newcastle United wanted to sign Lowry. It was also suggested that Newcastle United were closing in on a move for the player. The report of a move to Newcastle United has since been debunked with Rangers sources claiming that the young midfielder is happy at Ibrox and that he’s not looking to force what would be a mega move away from the Scottish Premiership giants.

Scottish champions Rangers will have to navigate their way past a Portuguese hurdle to progress further in the Europa League this season after the quarterfinal draw was held last week Friday. Rangers and seven other teams were in the draw and in the end, the Scottish champions were drawn with Portuguese club Sporting Braga currently managed by Carlos Carvalhal who was formerly in English Football with Sheffield Wednesday.

Rangers have been very impressive in the Europa League this season considering that they lost their first two games in their group.The Scottish Premiership champions dropped down to the playoff round in the Europa League after they were eliminated at the qualifying round stage in the Champions League. Rangers saw off Alashkert FC of Armenia in the playoff round via a 1-0 aggregate victory to secure their place in the group stage.

New Rangers signing Amad Diallo has disclosed why he opted for the Scottish Premiership champions ahead of the other interested clubs following his loan move from Premier League team Manchester United. The Ivorian international gave the reason for his transfer to Rangers in his first interview with Rangers TV.

Rangers winger Ryan Kent has emerged as a transfer target for Premier League team Aston Villa following the appointment of Steven Gerrard as their new manager.
Liverpool legend Gerrard ended his three-year stay at Rangers to take up the Villa job shortly after the November international break started and he has sights on a move for one of his players at Ibrox in Kent who was a loanee at the Scottish Premiership champions before his move was made permanent while Gerrard was in charge.