Glasgow Rangers have formally confirmed that Youssef Chermiti has arrived at Ibrox on a everlasting deal to bolster Russell Martin’s choices on the high finish of the pitch.
Cyriel Dessers’ switch to Panathinaikos, the staff Rangers beat within the Champions League qualifiers earlier this season, has additionally been formally confirmed by the Scottish Premiership giants.
Chermiti joins Bojan Miovski in arriving at Ibrox to enhance the supervisor’s choices within the closing third forward of the remainder of the primary half of the 2025/26 marketing campaign.
Rangers in pursuit of latest winger
The 2 strikers will not be the one forwards to reach in Glasgow earlier than the deadline passes later this night, although, because the membership are taking a look at one other attacker.
In keeping with RangersReview, Glasgow Rangers keep an curiosity in Crystal Palace winger Jesurun Rak-Sakyi heading into the ultimate hours of the window.
The report mentions the membership’s ongoing pursuit of the English ahead as a part of their round-up forward of the deadline, following the Dessers and Chermiti bulletins.
Because of this the Gers are nonetheless seeking to bolster their assault with an additional addition earlier than the window slams shut, with a deadline-busting transfer for Rak-Sakyi nonetheless on the playing cards.
Why Rangers ought to signal Rak-Sakyi
Kevin Thelwell should push to get this late deal over the road within the coming hours as a result of he might add a unique profile to what Martin presently has at his disposal within the closing third, because the membership’s new Vaclav Cerny.
The bore-draw with Celtic on Sunday highlighted the shortage of range out huge for Rangers, as Djeidi Gassama was pressured to play on the appropriate wing, unable to do a lot however return the best way on his proper foot when he couldn’t take Kieran Tierney on down the skin.
Final season, Cerny offered one thing completely different within the assault as a left-footed ahead who might minimize in from the appropriate to attain and create targets for the staff, ending the marketing campaign with 12 targets and 4 assists within the Premiership, per Sofascore.
24/25 Championship | Rak Sakyi per 90 | Percentile rank vs wingers |
|---|---|---|
Non-penalty xG | 0.32 | High 13% |
Targets | 0.36 | High 11% |
Photographs on track | 0.88 | High 22% |
xA | 0.18 | High 22% |
Assists | 0.10 | Backside 47% |
Profitable dribbles | 2.44 | High 7% |
Stats by way of FotMob | ||
As you may see within the desk above, Rak-Sakyi provided a risk as each a scorer and a creator of targets within the Championship on mortgage at Sheffield United, however was not rewarded with the assists that his creativity deserved.
The 22-year-old star, who was described as a “horrifying” ahead by U23 scout Antonio Mango, scored seven targets and offered two assists in 22 league begins for the Blades, and beforehand scored 15 targets and assisted eight targets in 40 League One begins for Charlton.
Like Cerny, he’s a left-footed proper winger who seems to chop in to supply a relentless risk within the closing third, and his performances in England recommend that he might carry loads of high quality to Ibrox.
Rak-Sakyi is also one other mortgage signing, as Cerny was with Wolfsburg, and make a huge impact in a short while in Glasgow, with out the membership having to shell out tens of millions on a everlasting transfer, which is one more reason why this might be a shrewd piece of enterprise if they will beat the deadline.
