Rangers have taken a change of transfer direction in this window.
Instead, the Ibrox club has turned to developing markets to find new, young talent that they can nurture into winners before selling for a healthy profit.
However, as he guides the Ibrox team through a much-needed reconstruction, Rangers manager Philippe Clement has made it abundantly evident in the past that experience and elite caliber are also necessities. Many names have been connected as a result, with one reputed target for a right-back in the Premier League being formally up for grabs. And as those noises in the vicinity of James Tavernier and Saudi Arabia intensify.
West Ham announce Johnson decision
Ben Johnson’s connections to the Rangers are undoubtedly ambitious. Particularly in light of the defender’s purported competition
After graduating from the club’s academy, West Ham had stated that they intended to keep the right-back in the lineup for the upcoming campaign. Along with recently promoted Ipswich Town, Premier League rivals Crystal Palace have also been mentioned extensively. Advanced talks are reportedly ongoing. When you consider the rumours of wage demands of £60k per week, the Rangers connections were more unrealistic than ambitious. But Rangers were abruptly thrown back into the ring when others asserted that the former England U21 international’s next move won’t be driven by financial gain.
Ben Johnson and teenage forward Divin Mubama were both released by West Ham at the end of their contracts, the club has now formally acknowledged.
Change coming to right-back at Rangers?
The Rangers’ right-back position is in for an intriguing period given the news. James Tavernier, the longest-serving player and club legend, is being scrutinized following his second domestic failure in the previous season, and some supporters are urging him to give up the captain’s armband.
After contradictory reports surfaced last week suggesting that Clement had voted in favor of Jack Butland, the claims were later withheld, which left supporters feeling a little let down. The whole situation takes on a new significance when you consider these connections to Ben Johnson, who, as we’ve already established, is probably headed to Ipswich. Why is the team going for a valuable right-back who would be expected to play when the team captain fills in at the position if the connections to Rangers are real? Watch this circumstance as Philippe Clement talks about the Rangers team’s current situation following the start of preseason training in the coming weeks.
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