Rangers have announced the departure of five senior players.
According to sources, Scottish Premiership giant Rangers are preparing to lose up to five senior players this summer. This summer, Alfredo Morelos and Ryan Kent will depart. According to reports, Allan McGregor, Scott Arfield, and Filip Helander will also leave when their contracts end.
Injured footballer Steve Davis, whose contract is also scheduled to expire, was in talks with management about staying and working with the club’s medical experts to improve his fitness.
During Wednesday’s home encounter against Hearts, Rangers will pay tribute to the quintet of Alfredo Morelos, Ryan Kent, Allan McGregor, Scott Arfield, and Filip Helander.
Rangers defeated Hibernian 3-1 in the Scottish Premiership thanks to goals from Tavernier, Hagi, and Cantwell.
Rangers are second in the table with 88 points from 36 games. Celtic are the league leaders, with 96 points from 36 games.
Rangers are trying to bolster their squad in order to fight Celtic for the Scottish Premiership title and remain in the running for the Champions League next season.
Ragers legend Allan McGregor played over 500 games for the club. On July 18, he will be honored during a testimonial match versus Newcastle United.
Alfredo Morelos joined Rangers in 2017 from HJK Helsinki and is the club’s leading European goal scorer.
Ryan Kent came on loan from Liverpool during the 2018-19 season and was instrumental in the club’s title win in 2021.
Scott Arfield joined Rangers in 2018 and has appeared in over 230 games. Former manager and Liverpool icon Steven Gerrard signed Filip Helander from Bologna.
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Ryan Jack and Ridvan Yilmaz add to the Rangers’ injured list, bringing the total to NINE.
The Ibrox side has been in dismal form, but they are without a lot of key players.
After watching his Rangers team lose, Michael Beale will be thinking if things could have been different if so many key players had not been injured.
Ridvan Yilmaz and Ryan Jack were added to the treatment list on Saturday after being forced off with injuries at halftime, becoming the eighth and ninth players to be declared out of action at the moment. All nine are likely to have played from the start or as key substitutes in games, and the Rangers bench was already looking thin on Saturday afternoon.
Ironically, the one position Rangers fans were concerned about for injuries was at center back, with Ben Davies, John Souttar, and Leon Balogun all having patchy injury records, while Connor Goldson was also ruled out for an extended period last year, but all five senior center backs are fit and available.
When it comes to midfield, Jack joins Kieran Dowell, Todd Cantwell, and Nicolas Raskin on the injured list, with the latter two in particular being first-round picks. Tom Lawrence is also sidelined with an injury and had been a starter for the team.
Up forward, Danilo looked like he was about to break through before a horrific collision with Liam Gordon knocked him out with a fractured cheekbone, while Kemar Roofe experienced yet another calf injury. Rabbi Matondo was also in the prime of his Rangers career before suffering a knee injury, and Beale’s injury history has not been kind.V
