Rangers Set To Lose Fortune To FAR RABAT As Hamza Igamane Clause Kicks In | OneFootball

Rangers are facing an all too familiar scenario in this transfer window as yet more poor legacy decisions by a previous regime are coming back to haunt the club. While nothing has been finalised just yet, reports continue to surface that striker Hamza Igamane is likely to depart Ibrox this summer, with French club Lille making clear their desire to bring the forward to Ligue 1. Numbers have been thrown about with no clear confirmation, but whatever the final transfer fee ends up being, one thing appears certain – Rangers will lose a full 30 percent of that figure to his former club FAR Rabat.

This is understood to be due to a sell on clause inserted into the original deal that brought the Moroccan to Glasgow in the first place. And it is not going down well. It has been revealed that Rangers could be looking at a total value in the region of £20M for Igamane’s sale, meaning the club could be forced to hand over around £6M of that to Rabat. That figure alone tells you just how badly the deal was structured by the previous hierarchy at the club, and raises serious questions about how those contracts were negotiated at the time.

Rangers have been no strangers to being stung by exit clauses or short sighted planning from previous management teams. But in the case of Igamane, a player who was meant to represent a solid investment for the future, the reality is that a huge portion of any return will never benefit the Ibrox side. That could be the difference between signing a quality replacement or missing out on a key summer target. It also undermines the club’s overall financial leverage in negotiations.

The story has not gone unnoticed by supporters either. Some have pointed out the similarity between this and previous financial missteps involving outgoing players. Others highlight the lack of foresight that continues to plague Rangers transfer strategy. It has even emerged that Rangers rejected a previous bid which would have already triggered the clause. That decision may have to be reconsidered now. The numbers are real and the consequences for Rangers are tangible if the club do not handle this exit carefully.

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