It looks almost certain that Connor Goldson will leave Rangers and return to England, The Daily Record’s Gavin Berry writes.
The lowdown
Goldson’s £27,000-per-week contract is due to expire in just seven weeks’ time.
Rangers managing director Stewart Robertson insisted around two months ago that the club were ‘not resigned to losing’ the centre-back.
Robertson said that sporting director Ross Wilson engages in ‘regular conversations’ with soon-to-be-out-of-contract players, but it appears that those talks have not proven to be fruitful.
Goldson has made 213 appearances for the Gers since joining from Brighton in 2018, scoring 20 goals and helping them win their first Scottish Premiership title since 2011.
The latest
Berry reported on Monday morning that, barring a ‘dramatic’ turnaround, Goldson will ‘almost certainly’ be moving south of the border.
He’s refused to commit to extending his contract and has allegedly looked distracted at times this season.
Giovanni van Bronckhorst and sporting director Ross Wilson are set to embark on a ‘major Ibrox squad rebuild’, and Goldson won’t be part of the future plans.
The verdict
The Scottish Daily Express claimed that Goldson would be open to extending his stay if they qualified for the Champions League.
But after a 2-1 home defeat against title rivals Celtic, they’ve fallen six points off the pace, potentially handing the Hoops both the crown and UCL qualification. Rangers, then, may have spurned a chance to keep Goldson.
They can still qualify by winning the Europa League, but teams like RB Leipzig, Atalanta and Barcelona could all stand in their way, even if they overturn the 1-0 deficit against Braga.
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