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title: "Rangers: Kieran Maguire predicts sales"
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author: "jonathan radcliffe"
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published: "2021-07-16T11:40:14Z"
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# Rangers: Kieran Maguire predicts sales

**Football finance expert Kieran Maguire has said fans should expect Glasgow Rangers to sell players this summer after news of a £14m funding hole emerged.**

### **The Lowdown: Gers have £14m funding gap**

It was recently [revealed by The Athletic](https://theathletic.com/2689522/2021/07/07/rangers-mailbag-morelos-future-upgraded-ibrox-and-potential-new-signings/) that the Gers have a £14m funding gap after £40m was invested into the playing squad in recent years.

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As such, the Ibrox outfit must quickly find out how to fill that hole.

### **The Latest: Maguire makes transfer claim**

[Speaking to Football Insider](https://www.footballinsider247.com/rangers-will-be-forced-into-sales-amid-14m-athletic-reveal-maguire/), Maguire believes fans should expect players to be sold. He said:

> *“Over the next 12 months, you’d expect to see sales take place. But that should be the case for a big club such as Rangers.*
>
> *“They have been building up their asset base and if you’ve got a big asset base then sometimes you have surplus assets which you can sell.*
>
> *“That’s fairly standard in business. If we take a look at the Premier League, the club with the biggest sales in the past five or six seasons has been Chelsea, and you don’t think of Chelsea as being a selling club.*
>
> *“Rangers have spent money under Steven Gerrard, no doubt about that. But the value of that £40m has generated assets that could generate cash.”*

### **The Verdict: Sales will come**

In recent years, the Gers have not made any major sales – they have sold just one player for over £1m in the past three campaigns ([Transfermarkt](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/glasgow-rangers/alletransfers/verein/124)). As such, they have been investing heavily in improving the squad rather than thinking of running a profitable and successful business.

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At some point, they will have to change their strategy, as Maguire has here suggested. With the likes of [Alfredo Morelos and Ryan Kent](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/glasgow-rangers/startseite/verein/124) valued over £10m and plenty of others said to be [worth more than £5m](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/glasgow-rangers/startseite/verein/124), there is plenty of scope to attract funds. It remains to be seen whether any important players do leave Ibrox this summer, but we won’t be surprised.

***In other news, [Rangers fans are livid at this Club 1872 news.](https://www.footballtransfertavern.com/rangers-fc-news/rangers-gers-ibrox-steven-gerrard-club-1872-stuart-mcquarrie/)***