Antoine Semenyo to Liverpool transfer claim sees Rangers count £40m cost of poor recruitment
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If Rangers had the blank cheque-book enjoyed by Dick Advocaat in the late 1990s and early 2000s, Philippe Clement would have some team at his disposal.
The recruitment team are capable of identifying talented players who would undoubtedly improve the squad, however, football is never this easy and the manager has to make do with what he's got.
Making better decisions is key to success in the future with one Premier League transfer rumour serving as another reminder of how Rangers decision making has cost them.
Rangers recruitment fails again after Antoine Semenyo report
In the summer of 2022, Ross Wilson oversaw the signings of Ben Davies for £4m, Ridvan Yilmaz in a £5m deal and Rabbi Matondo for £2.5m.
Three players who have either not been consistently available for selection or who have spent long periods sitting on the bench or in the stands.
In terms of value for money, all three have been nowhere near the sort of return that Rangers need to get when investing these sorts of sums.
For £5m, Rangers could have had Antoine Semenyo, a player now valued by Bournemouth at a reported £40m and linked with a move to Liverpool.
Michael Beale repeated the same mistakes when he signed Cyriel Dessers and Sam Lammers, two players who were never going to be a good fit for Scottish football or a player trading model on which the club needs to survive to be self-sustaining.
Are Rangers resources a limitation to buildng a title winning squad?
Clement can talk about the resources that Celtic have available, but Rangers have more than enough to build a successful squad – if they do it right.
Rangers might not have seen a ten-fold profit on Semenyo had they signed the Ghana international from Bristol City, but the fees received for players like Calvin Bassey and Nathan Patterson are proof of what is possible, when the club gets it right.
One of the main reasons for the current mess, is that the misses currently outnumber the hits by a considerable distance.
