8 Rangers transfers Kevin Thelwell could sanction as new sporting director flicks through contact book

The Everton chief will move to Glasgow at the end of the season and has been tasked with ending Celtic’s dominance

Kevin Thelwell will lead Rangers into a new era after the Everton sporting director was announced as the Ibrox club’s first major summer appointment.

The ex-Wolves and New York Red Bulls transfer guru will arrive in Glasgow once his contract at Goodison Park expires at the end of the season.

Thelwell will lead Gers’ search for a new permanent manager and Record Sport revealed he’s also lining up an approach for Everton’s academy director Gareth Prosser, whom he also spent time with in his previous role at the Molineux.

His Merseyside colleague is unlikely to be the only familiar face that joins him in Govan over the coming months as the 51-year-old sifts through his contract book and heads up a significant restructuring on and off the park.

With Rangers set to be bankrolled by the imminent American takeover, Record Sport examines eight players that Thelwell worked with who could be on the radar for potential summer transfers.

Asmir Begovic

Linked with Celtic last year, Rangers could be on the lookout for a new goalkeeper this summer with error-prone Jack Butland’s future up in the air. Celts have had huge success signing Premier League veterans Joe Hart and Kasper Schmeichel in recent seasons and Rangers could do the same with 37-year-old Begovic. The ex-Stoke City, Chelsea and Bournemouth shotstopper is out of contract at Everton this summer and would likely jump at the chance to see out the remainder of his career at Ibrox. One potential issue is that he hasn’t kicked a ball this term, playing second fiddle to England No1 Jordan Pickford.