Rangers: Frank McAvennie slams ‘bad’ business

Former Scottish Premiership striker turned pundit Frank McAvennie has slammed the ‘bad’ recruitment and business he has seen at Glasgow Rangers.

The Lowdown: Contract crisis

Rangers currently have as many as eight players going out of contract in the summer, as well as Malik Tillman set to return to Bayern Munich after his loan spell at Ibrox ends.

They include the likes of Ryan Kent, Alfredo Morelos, Ryan Jack, Scott Arfield and Allan McGregor, who have all had regular minutes so far this season, and at this moment in time will all be allowed to leave on a free transfer.

In terms of recruitment, the Gers have made valuable additions this term in the likes of Antonio Colak, Nicolas Raskin and Todd Cantwell, but others have failed to impress like goal-shy Rabbi Matondo, while the likes of Tom Lawrence have been hit with injury problems.

With outgoings, the likes of Leon Balogun were allowed to leave on a free transfer last summer, while others like Calin Bassey and Joe Aribo were sold to balance the books.

The Latest: McAvennie slams ‘bad’ business

Speaking to Football Insider, McAvennie has slammed both the Light Blues’ recruitment and business as ‘bad’, and claims that things could get ‘worse’ for them next year:

“I can’t believe Ross Wilson.

“How would he let all of those players come to the end of their contracts? There is a lot of good players whose contracts are coming up. It is going to be very interesting to see how this goes.

“But it is bad recruitment and a bad bit of business. If you are letting players go for nothing then you don’t have the money to buy new players. So it could be worse for them next year.

“They will need to get loan deals for players which is not always good because players who are not playing are the ones who go on loan.

“It is a strange situation over there but nothing surprises me.“

The Verdict: Wilson must do better

Sporting director Ross Wilson must do better in terms of the business decisions that he is making at the club, after travelling Teddy Bears supporters held up a banner that red ‘time for change‘ as well as banners with the faces of Wilson and managing director Stewart Robertson crossed out before kick-off in their 4-2 win at Motherwell on Saturday.

They are still nine points behind Celtic in the title race, and look like they will surrender another trophy to their bitter rivals after losing the Scottish League Cup final 2-1 to them in February.

Nonetheless, with so many first-team players going out of contract, supporters will worry if Rangers will have the money to compete with the Hoops in the next window, as they will be losing a lot in potential transfer fees.