Rangers Ready To Listen To Offers For 22-Year-Old: Right Decision? | OneFootball

Derek McInnes has barely had time to unpack his office box at Ibrox, yet the direction of travel is already crystal clear. Wide areas need fixing. Urgent fixing. Djeidi Gassama, brought in just twelve months ago during the summer window of 2025, looks increasingly like the first major casualty of the new era.

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Reporting from Calum Crowe in the Scottish Mail on Sunday, via Transfer Feed, indicates that the club will actively listen to offers for the Mauritanian international. Should a decent bid hit the boardroom table over the coming weeks, he is gone. McInnes wants at least two new wide men. That tells you everything about how he views the hand he was dealt.

Rangers paid Sheffield Wednesday roughly £2 million for Gassama. On paper, his debut season looks like a solid chunk of work. He featured in 56 matchday squads across all competitions, putting 3,577 minutes into his legs.

Look closer at the domestic campaign. 38 appearances in the William Hill Premiership, including 26 starts, yielding three goals and five assists over 2,426 minutes. Out in Europe, he grabbed two goals and created seven chances across eight UEFA Europa League ties. Overall tally? Five goals, five assists.

A Premiership match rating of 6.95 tells the true tale. Reliable. Workmanlike. Rarely a disaster, but rarely the bloke turning a tight afternoon around through pure magic.

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FALKIRK, SCOTLAND – MAY 16: Djeidi Gassama of Rangers runs with the ball during the William Hill Premiership match between Falkirk and Rangers at Falkirk Stadium on May 16, 2026 in Falkirk, Scotland. (Photo by Zak Mauger/Getty Images)

When a fresh manager walks into Ibrox and immediately targets two players in your exact position, the writing is on the wall. Keeping Gassama around simply as a bench option makes little financial sense. It blocks cash that could fund the rebuild.

Recouping a fee between £3.5 million and £6 million is realistic here. English Championship sides are always watching, alongside lower-tier Bundesliga clubs looking for raw pace. Profit on a £2 million outlay isn’t ground-breaking, but Scottish football runs on tight margins. Every penny matters when you need to retool an entire front line.

Adequate doesn’t cut it when you have Celtic setting the pace domestically and European nights demanding extra gear. Gassama gave Rangers honest minutes, but McInnes needs match-winners. If an offer comes in that covers the initial outlay with a bit of top-up, taking the money and handing McInnes the keys to rebuild is the only sensible move.