Rangers set for late transfer blunder after striker update emerges

It appears highly doubtful that Glasgow Rangers would sign another center-forward on deadline day, as Philippe Clement and his transfer staff have chosen to remain silent rather than enliven the atmosphere at Ibrox.

Oscar Cortes is supposedly on his way, and on the last day of the winter window, the winger might be the only player the Rangers add.

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The need for another striker had been the main topic of conversation for the past month, and Lawrence Shankland was the name on everyone’s lips.

Any chance the Hearts forward moves away from Tynecastle before the deadline this evening is, according to a new update from the Daily Record,’minuscule’ at best.

This was the ideal opportunity for the Light Blues to make an impact, given he only had 18 months left on his present contract, but it seemed that Philippe Clement was not even interested in bringing him to Glasgow.

Whether or not there was interest, the club ought to have continued with this transfer, especially considering his goal scoring stats after returning to Scotland in the summer of 2022.

In the next several months, it might very well become a deadline day mistake.

Dessers’s performances have improved since the start of the season after he returned from the winter vacation.

Rangers has won all three of its competitive games thanks to the Nigerian’s goals, but Clement can’t depend just on the 29-year-old if they want to contend with Celtic for the Premiership.

In actuality, Dessers is not sufficiently clinical when it comes to the end result. He has wasted the most opportunities of any player in the top division this season—12—and frequently needs a few opportunities to strike the back of the net.

Conversely, Shankland has been playing at an elite level since the 2022–2023 season began. In addition to having more goals than Dessers (47 vs. 22) during that time, he has also had more shots per game (3.5 vs. 2.8) and completed more successful dribbles (0.8 vs. 0.4) per game this season, indicating that he could have been a significant improvement over the former Feyenoord frontman.

Shankland might have provided the Ibrox team with that extra firepower, perhaps improving their chances of winning the top flight for the first time since the 2020–21 campaign.

It appears that Dessers and Fabio Silva will be the team’s only center-forward options during the latter few months of 2023–2024.
Despite having a lot of talent, Silva hasn’t really shown it yet in his early career phases.

Shankland, who has already scored 19 goals in the current campaign, has a good chance of surpassing his 28-goal total from his first stint with the Gorgie team.

In the upcoming months, will the Gers look back and wish they had made this move? Clement and his team will have to wait and see.

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