Rangers hijack bid due for James Tavernier as rival club to oppose Trabzonspor transfer
According to Takvim, Besiktas is preparing to make Rangers an official transfer offer for captain James Tavernier. On July 20, the Turkish media revealed on their website that Giovanni van Bronckhorst has given the club’s hierarchy a glowing report on the 32-year-old and wants to get back together with his former Gers defender. The Light Blues star is the target of Besiktas’ technical team, who are evaluating his worth and potential bid amount. Besiktas needs a new right-back. Rivals in the Turkish Super Liga, Trabzonspor, have already made a bid for Tavernier and are expected to return with an enhanced offer [Daily Record, July 19]. Personal terms have already been agreed upon [Takvim, July 19].
Philippe Clement ready to move on from Rangers captain
Rangers and Trabzonspor have been quibbling over a €1million difference in valuation for the right-back [£843,000], Sports Digitale journalist Yağız Sabuncuoğlu reported on 18 July.
It should therefore help raise the value of a transaction to a level that the Light Blues hierarchy deems acceptable if Besiktas are now expected to enter the race. However, there’s still a chance it might go higher because English teams are rumored to be interested in acquiring the record-breaking defender [Scottish Sun, 19 July].
Rangers probably won’t fully understand what the Englishman has given until it’s gone, but since it looks like a decision has been taken to end his stay at Ibrox, it would be better to close a deal as soon as possible. The transfer business of Philippe Clement and Nils Koppen has been hindered by their desire to acquire big names before making additional acquisitions. Therefore, it would be best to have a quick auction to sell the captain for a fair price, especially if it leads to other deals for players like Connor Goldson and Cyriel Dessers.
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