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The Russell martin Regime is in full swing RangersWith The Ibrox Side Having Already Seven New Signings This Summer, With 21-Year-Old Djeidi Gassama The Latest Of Those Arrive.
Following What Was Largely Miserable 2024/25 Campaign for Rangers, Excluding An Europe League Run, A Real Overhaul Is Needed For The Light Blues, As They Bid To Close The Gap Premiership Summit.
The Defense Unit, Looks Set to Undergo New Change, With Martin Having Having In Emmanuel Fernandez, Nasser Djiga and Max Aarons Thus Far, Veteran Center-Back Leon Balogun Having Departed On A Free Transtart.
Ay with John Souttar Attracting Interest From Abroad, Alongside Turkish full-back, Ridvan YilmazThere Looks Likely to Be Further Upheaval Before The Window Is Out, Ensuring There Could Be A Much-Needed Fresh Look to The Gers’ Backline Next Season.
While Martin’s Free-Flowing Brand Break on Emphasis On The Attacking Ranks to Shine, Having A Solid Base to Will Be Crucial, Indicating Resort to Experienced Center-Back, Conor Coady Could Be in the Works.
Capped Ten Times For England, The 32-year-old Would be a worthy addition to the Ibrox Dressing Room, Albeit With Martin and Co. Perhaps Having Their Eyes Fixed on a Far More Exciting Center-Back Signing.
Latest on Rangers’ Search for a Centre-Back
Reports Late Last Week Revealed That The Gers Were Still Showing An Interest In Bringing Coady to Glasgow, That Coming Following Prior Claims That Rangers Were Actually In Advanced Talks For The One-Time Wolverhampton Wanderers Man.
A Deal For The £ 75k-per-Week Star – Who has a year Left At The King Power Stadium – May Not Be Far Completion, Albeit With The Gers Still Keeping Potential Open Potential Alternatives in the Center.
Indeed, Fabrizio Romano Teacher Transfer It’s Revealed That The Old Firm Side Area Among The Clubs Interested in Signing Xavier Mbuyamba From Dutch Outfit, Volendam, With Gent Also In The Mix.
Romano reportedly that 23-year-old – who was watching Both Barcelona and Chelsea – Is Available for A Fee of Just € 500k (£ 434k), Having Failed To Abortion With His Current Side.
It is claimed That Clubs in England Are Also On The Keen Former Celtic TargetWith the Race Now to See if Rangers Can Secure The Signature of A Potentially Signing Game-Changing.
Why Rangers Need to Sign Mbuyamba
AS Has Already Been Explored, There Is Certain Merit In Bringing ‘Leader’ Like Coadywith the Englishman The Type of Figure Who Can Replace The Likes of Balogun, and Connor Goldson Before Him, As the Center-Piece of The Defence.
That Said, The Weould Be More Short-Term Fix Than a Long-Term Solution, Having Also Been Part Leicester Side That Slumped Last Time Out, After Making 22 Premier League Appearances in 2024/25.
Mbuyamba, Howwever, Could be a star Both and for The Future, Having Previously Heared AS “Elegant and Dominant Center-Back“By Talent Scout Jacek Kulig, Who Also Lencened Him to Ex-Manchester City Captain, Vincent Kompany.
For Those in The Premiership, A More Interesting Comparison has been the past Between the past 6 Foot 5 Dutchman and His High-Profile Compatriot, Virgil van Dijk, With Virgil Van Dijk, With Sky Sports Stating Back in 2023 That Such likency has been noted by ‘coaches and media in Holland Due to His Similar Playing Style and Huge Potential’.
That Link to Van Dijk Had Come Amid Interested in Signing The-21-Year-Old, Although Two Years, Be Might Well Be Martin and Rangers Who Martin and Rangers to Mbuyamba to Glasgow.
While Holland’s Second Tier Last Season, The In-Demand Did Did the Fine Campaign in Both Boxes, After Scoring Five Times, While Providing One Assist and Creating Five ‘Big Chances’, As per sofascore.
Defensely, The Towering Ace Helped To Keep 12 Clean Sheets, While Averaging 2.8 Tackles and Interceptions Per Game. That Dominance Also Saw Mbuyamba Win 61% of His Total Duels.
Mbuyamba’s 24/25 League stats | |
|---|---|
Stat (* Per Game) | Record |
Games (Starts) | 34 (34) |
Goals | 5 |
Assists | 1 |
Big Chances Created | 4 |
Key Passes | 0.4 |
Pass Accuracy | 86% |
Tackles & interceptions | 2.8 |
Dribbled past | 0.2 |
Total Duels Won | 61% |
As Coady, While He Was Operating At Premier League Level, The One-Time Liverpool Man Scored Once, While Averaging Just 1.2 Tackles and interceptions Per GameAlongside Winning Just 45% Of His Total Duels.
That represents the noticeable drop off in the His Final Wolves in 2021/22, with the Three Gold Part Of Three – Scoring Four Goals, While Averaging 1.5 Tackles and Interceptions and Winning 53% Of His Total Duel.
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Whether 32, Coady Is Merely, Or Perhaps Better S Suited to Life In a Back Three, Is Up For Debate, BUT Recent Woes Should Have Alarm Bells Ringing for Those Ibrox.
AS for Mbuyamba, The Former Netherlands Youth International Still to Be A Play On The Rise, With It An Exciting Prospect to Whether or Not “The New van Dijk“- As described by Journalist Tom Maston – Could Flourish Under Martin’s Watch.
On The Evidence of Recent Form, Coady has Hit the His His Ceiling As A Player. Mbuyamba’s Potential Is Yet to Be Truly Explored …
