Ryan Naderi is a £5M risk for Rangers however you spin it | OneFootball

As regulars will note from an earlier entry, Ibrox Noise has today discussed the worst value-for-money signing in the history of Rangers FC. Obviously, we identified this individual as being Danilo, who essentially worked out as just under £700,000 per goal. Not a great return for the investment, we must say. This is the Rangers signings trap that we really hope that Ryan Naderi does not also fall under.

A Familiar Rangers Gamble

Danny Rohl has taken a significant gamble on a 22-year-old unknown from the German third division. He is a guy who has cost Rangers £5M and has no track record or CV to speak of. The lad has no youth caps for his country. He has no goal at any level above Bundesliga 3. He is essentially the sword that Danny Rohl must fall on. Rohl must very much hope that he is vindicated.

Rangers fans are so used to our club investing big money in players who do not work out. We see gambles all the time. We only have to look back at the last four years of transfer windows. That includes the likes of Ben Davis. It includes Ridvan Yilmaz. It includes, of course, Rabbi Matondo. Let us not forget Youssef Chermiti. How could we.

As a result, our club has a huge history of spending big cash on flops.

Learning From Past Transfers

As we revealed earlier also, the curious irony is that Tore Andre Flo is not among them. Despite costing £12M, he scored 38 goals in 71 appearances. That is over one in two. For the value for money, obviously fans were expecting five goals a match. But that is not going to happen.

In terms of his pure return as a striker, Flo was a complete success. He was not a flop. He unfairly got maligned as one.

Naderi must very much hope to get a similar outcome to Flo. That is in terms of his return. £5M is a lot of cash. It is one of Rangers’ higher all-time fees paid for a player.

Obviously, in Rangers signings, there has been Ryan Kent at £7.5M. There was Flo himself at £12M. There was Chermiti at £10M. Back in Advocaat’s day, there were quite a few players in the £5M to £6M range as well. But these days, we do not pay that kind of money as often.

Yes, Danilo and Dessers cost that. But Naderi does not have the CV that those two did.

The Pressure on Rohl

Furthermore this is big cash for a player from a low level of football. Many fans are trying to defend the signing. They say that many Bundesliga 3 players go on to be big successes in the Bundesliga. This is not completely untrue.

We have illustrated one or two players who did go from that level. They eventually ended up being okay in the Bundesliga. But this is bigger pressure in many senses.

This is the pressure of having to win a title at Ibrox. It is the goldfish bowl of Rangers. This lad is only 22. He really has to swim. If he sinks, it is not good on Danny Rohl. It may cost him his job.

It is such a gamble. We hope for everyone’s sake that Danny Rohl has seen something in this lad. He must believe that Ryan Naderi is going to thrive at Rangers. He must believe he will score lots of goals.

You cannot pay £5M for Rangers signings and fail. This is what essentially cost Kevin Thelwell his job at Ibrox. It was the Youssef Chermiti shambles. Rohl must really hope that does not happen with Naderi.