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Rangers are talking about a “Person of Interest” behind the scenes now that the £65k-a-week deal is over – report

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Keith Jackson says that Rangers manager Philippe Clement is likely to become interested in Brandon Williams.

A reporter for the Daily Record said on Friday (16 August) that the 23-year-old, who has been a free agent since Manchester United let him go at the end of last season, has been talked about behind the scenes at Ibrox since leaving Old Trafford.

When Ridvan Yilmaz got hurt this week against Dynamo Kyiv, Williams, who used to play for England’s Under-21 team, could become someone Clement wants to bring in before the 15 August deadline.

In a video posted to the Daily Record Sport X account on Friday morning (16 August), Jackson said, “I have a name.” “I think this name has been going around the elite parts of Rangers since the end of last season.”

“His name is Brandon Williams, and back about five years ago, he had a big breakthrough season at Man United. I don’t know if you remember him as a golden boy.”

It was Jackson who said, “He is a free agent.” He came back to United from Ipswich at the end of last season, but United said in June that they wouldn’t be renewing his contract.

“The Rangers have been interested in him for a while, and you have to wonder if it comes true—if Yilmaz’s injury is as bad as they think it is—if Philippe Clement will become interested in Brandon Williams instead.”

Rangers might sign Brandon Williams, who used to be a “golden boy” for Manchester United.

Williams was highly rated when he first came on the scene at Man United, but now that the new season has started, he doesn’t have a club. He’s 23 years old and has been out on loan to Ipswich, but the loan didn’t work out.

They got Williams on loan from Man United last season, and he seemed to be getting off to a good start at Portman Road.

He played in 10 straight Championship games and scored against Huddersfield and Preston.

But Williams kept getting hurt or sick, and by the end of the season, he had only played in 17 games across all competitions.

Things have gone wrong in his life besides football as well.

The ex-Norwich and Ipswich loan player will be tried next year, according to the Daily Mail in April. He is accused of crashing his Audi in Cheshire while under the influence of laughing gas. He said he wasn’t guilty and also said he wasn’t guilty of driving without insurance.

Williams was said to be making £65,000 a week before his contract with Manchester United ran out.

Rangers may sell three players, Lowry reminds us, Conway is “on the verge” of a transfer, and the situation at Ibrox

While Philippe Clement continues to pursue new players, he must let go of some players in order to raise money for his summer rebuild.

Three players that the Rangers might try to cash in on in the last few weeks of the window have been named by Barry Ferguson.

In the midst of his summer rebuild, Philippe Clement is trying to get rid of unproductive players and out-of-favorable players to raise money to help bring in new players. With Europa League football now going to Govan, the Belgian suffered a blow in the Champions League following a third qualifying round exit to Dynamo Kyiv. The emphasis is now on moving bodies out of the club as they will not be able to win a sizable £40 million jackpot by missing out on Europe’s top table.

On Go Radio, legendary club member Ferguson was asked who they could move on to raise money. He mentioned three players that immediately came to mind, but he insisted that other teams had to show interest in acquiring them. “The three that come to mind are [Ben] Davies, [Todd] Cantwell, and [Ianis] Hagi,” he stated. Those are the three. But pay attention, you need customers. Individuals must find them interesting.

“I have no doubt that clubs will be considering Hagi. Once more, I made a point of watching Romania during the Euros because, well, he was playing and looked good. I thought he looked good before he suffered the serious injury to his knee. He reappeared, struggling a little bit. never got to play as much as he had hoped after going out on loan to La Liga.

“I simply reasoned that it would be like having a new player and a fresh start for him when we returned in the summer following the Euros. He is obviously not a part of the plans, and it hasn’t worked out that way. It appears that he is en route.”

In the meantime, Alex Lowry reminded manager Clement of his duties by scoring twice for the B team in an exciting victory over Clyde in the SPFL Trust Trophy. The 21-year-old, who had earlier scored in the 3-2 victory over Ian McCall’s team, scored deep into stoppage time to secure a spot in the competition’s next round.

Meanwhile, Tommy Conway, the Scotland striker who was being watched by Celtic and Rangers, is about to depart Bristol City after Middlesbrough ‘agreed’ to pay £4.5 million for him. Conway declined a contract extension at Bristol and was bombed out to train with the reserves. He hasn’t played yet this season.

It appears that City will get their wish to sell him and avoid losing Conway for nothing. According to Sky Sports, Conway is currently heading north for a medical, and a £4.5 million deal is reportedly imminent.

Kris Boyd lashes out at Rangers’ Champions League suffering as the Ibrox hero rushes to rework VAR after a red card

The analyst lost all control of his rage as Dynamo Kyiv defeated the Light Blues.

Rangers’ disastrous Champions League exit made for a difficult evening for Ibrox hero Kris Boyd, who was covering the match in the Sky Sports studio.

The game was close, but referee Marco Guida controversially gave Jeffre a second yellow card, which turned the tide and put the Scottish Premiership team on the defensive at Hampden as they tried to find a way into the group stage of Europe’s top competition. Oleksandr Pikhalyonok and Nazar Voloshyn scored goals in the final ten minutes to send the Light Blues crashing out of the Champions League, taking advantage of the extra man.

And Boyd, a beloved player by Rangers supporters, was unable to contain his rage when watching the two late strikes on TV. The former striker, known as “Boyd-cam” in the studio, was heard angrily screaming “no” and raising his arms as Pikhalyonok found the net. Boyd reached boiling point once more a few moments later when stand-in Voloshyn discovered the net, yelling and hurling his pen throughout the studio.

Even though Boyd’s response after the game was more reserved, he was still perplexed by the man in the middle’s choice. “It’s beyond me how it is given as a second yellow card,” he continued. The player from Dyanmo Kyiv falls to the side, and the referee sees it and gives him a yellow card.

“I understand that VAR does not allow you to check a second yellow card, but this situation is appallingly bad.” However, you need to get over that and move on. After that, Rangers had a few more opportunities, but it seemed like they could have played all night without scoring. Dynamo scored two goals after hitting them on the counterattack.”

Big match verdict: empty seats at Hampden indicate apathy on the part of Rangers fans, and things have just gotten much worse

The city did not experience the Ibrox atmosphere as the Light Blues were eliminated from the Champions League.

a sound barrier. When Dynamo Kyiv last visited Glasgow to play Rangers, that’s what they encountered. The Ibrox punters who were there probably still have it ringing in their ears almost forty years later.

The sound was overwhelming. And generally acknowledged as one of the best stadium atmospheres ever experienced, if not THE best. It’s unbeatable for devotees of a particular vintage. The triumph over RB Leipzig on the way to the Europa League Final two years ago will be cited by the younger generation. Or the legendary victory over Parma in 1999, when big Tony Vidmar had the crowd in stitches.

However, no. When asked about the loudest roar they have ever heard while watching Rangers, many people will cite Dynamo Kyiv on September 30, 1987. That night, there were astonishingly just 44,500 in the ground. The guests, however, were unable to hear themselves think. Neither could Graeme Souness or his team in a thrilling second-leg European Cup match.

The audience contributed in that way. Against all the odds, the Rangers defeated the Dynamo team, winning 2-1 overall. Keep in mind, that team was full of USSR superstars. It was therefore hard to avoid drawing comparisons when they appeared in Glasgow’s south side last night. Here in the main stand stood Alexei Mickhailichenko, who had played for both clubs as well as Dynamo in the past.

But there’s no denying that things have changed. To begin with, the Rangers aren’t actually at Ibrox. Furthermore, the atmosphere of the recollections of ’87 was always going to be in stark contrast. Last night, Hampden was not even half full. Their brief, pre-season jaunt was bound to turn off some fans. Not to mention the customary expenses.

But what was really noticeable was how many seats were empty in the old Celtic end. Does it go beyond that? Is this fan base becoming more and more apathetic? Who can blame them if there is, considering the Ibrox debacle, a lack of transfer funds, a glaringly unbalanced and untalented squad, and an overall lack of clarity regarding the club’s true direction?

And what about last night’s noise? It never came close to matching the volume of Kyiv’s previous visit here. The teams did not make the sound of an aeroplane taking off when they came out of the Hampden tunnel. The muted cheers of the fans were drowned out by Simply the Best. In contrast to 1987, the players were responsible for igniting the crowd rather than the other way around.

There was a quiet hush over Hampden after the opening song from the home end. The players could be heard yelling at one another. Barely a second passed thirty-seven years ago without a clatter of some kind.

Even now, when you see Mark Falco score the first goal by taking advantage of a mistake made by the Kyiv keeper, you’ll get a tingling sensation in the back of your neck. And the roof fell when Ally McCoist met a cross from Trevor Francis at the Copland Road end, tricking and confusing the goalie with his header. Very tingling in the spine.

One more recollection from that Dynamo match is Souness’s fly strategies prior to the ball being kicked. Recall how he told his ground crew to close in the lines and narrow the Ibrox pitch in an effort to neutralise Kyiv’s dangerous wingers?

The way the Rangers used that move to exhaust their opponents was quite effective. Strangely enough, last night the punters were clamouring for Vaclav Cerny, the Czech wide player, to provide them some width. However, the atmosphere was further deflated when Philippe Clement chose to start him on the bench. Gers’ doctors reportedly told the Belgian that there would be too great a risk.

Rangers’ Jefte rues a missed chance

If that’s the case, though, how come Cerny, who had been tearing Motherwell to pieces over the weekend, was fired after just 55 minutes? To the delight of the home support, he was eventually introduced at halftime.

And after Jefte’s absurdly harsh red card, they finally raised their voices and stood up in 53 minutes, expressing their sheer frustration and defiance. They stood up once more after James Tavernier won a corner, and Clement motioned for them to stand up with his arms.

They were definitely needed by their team. However, they were unable to stop Dynamo from scoring twice in the latter stages of the game to send Rangers reeling. The farewell had a significant effect. However, in the clear, their hopes of qualifying for the Champions League have been dashed before the play-off phase.

The mood was set in 1987 when Souness and his team believed they could win the European Cup heading into their match against Kyiv. It was an optimistic support for the Rangers. Now? Simply put, that is untrue. Actually, it’s the exact opposite. The events of this summer at Ibrox have only added to the pessimism of the punters. And the outcome from last night made it much worse.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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