Glasgow Rangers haven’t loved a lot success within the switch market in recent times. Philippe Clement does seem like adopting a brand new technique which has seen the Mild Blues give attention to youthful gamers. Gamers with big potential that may be offered for vital earnings down the road.
This has labored wonders for Celtic, who’ve nurtured gamers like Matt O’Riley, Jota, and Kieran Tierney over the last few years, earlier than promoting them for main charges, which has enabled the membership to rinse and repeat the identical technique.
The Ibrox facet have the likes of Nico Raskin, Mohamed Diomande, and Connor Barron, who’re all aged 23 or beneath and but to hit the height years of their profession. Creating this trio over the following couple of years will see the Gers rake in thousands and thousands, little doubt about that.
Clement does have a moderately particular expertise in his squad who may go on to be the following massive sale at Ibrox, following within the footsteps of Calvin Bassey and Nathan Patterson.
Hamza Igamane’s meteoric rise from an unknown striker final summer time to the membership’s essential man eight months later has been exceptional.
Hamza Igamane is Rangers’ prized asset
When Clement spent £1.7m to signal Igamane final summer time from Moroccan facet AS FAR, it appeared as if this was a good chunk of his switch price range wasted on a participant who wouldn’t be prepared for first workforce soccer.
Certainly, suspicions had been proved appropriate when the 22-year-old missed the primary few weeks of the season, as Clement went on to say:
“Hamza is doing elements of the coaching now with the group, so step-by-step he’s going to the bodily degree that we want within the coaching and afterward within the video games. He’s exhibiting numerous fascinating issues with the ball, what we noticed within the photos that we noticed from him within the video games in Morocco.”
He lastly made his debut towards Celtic in September and has since gone from energy to energy on the Mild Blues.
Throughout 30 matches, Igamane has scored 13 targets whereas registering seven assists in all competitions as he has begun to show his price to Clement, most notably within the Europa League.
Certainly, the teen has discovered the again of the online 4 instances in simply six European video games to this point this season, together with a brace towards Good and a aim towards Tottenham Hotspur.
Igamane scores as soon as each 91 minutes in Europe’s second tier competitors, whereas he additionally averages 1.2 key passes and succeeds with 1.7 dribbles per sport.
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Hamza Igamane’s Rangers statistics |
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Metric |
Premiership |
Europa League |
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Objectives |
9 |
4 |
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Assists |
1 |
1 |
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Photographs per sport |
3 |
1.8 |
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Conversion charge (%) |
15 |
36 |
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Large possibilities created |
5 |
1 |
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By way of Sofascore |
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He hasn’t been unhealthy domestically both. A hat-trick towards Hibs in the beginning of 2025 was one spotlight, with the ability to deal with the bodily nature of Scottish soccer moderately effectively.
These performances have seen his market worth rise and if he maintains his type, it can solely proceed to soar.
Hamza Igamane’s market worth at Rangers
On the time of writing, Igamane is at present valued at €2.5m (£2m) in keeping with Transfermarkt. Whereas it isn’t a lot of a rise on his preliminary £1.7m switch price, each aim he scores may go in the direction of boosting his valuation.
It exhibits that he’s on the right track and that there’s a likelihood that he’ll finally be at some extent the place the Gers may money in on him for a revenue.
Clement offered just a few gamers final summer time to boost funds for future signings, which included Igamane. Nevertheless, certainly one of these gamers is now at present price greater than the Moroccan centre-forward, regardless of being offered for peanuts.
How a lot Rangers offered Todd Cantwell for
Todd Cantwell was actually a participant who divided opinion at Rangers throughout his 18 months in Glasgow.
On his day, there was arguably nobody higher within the Premiership. However the Ibrox trustworthy didn’t see this facet of the Englishman too typically.
It was clear that Clement didn’t actually see Cantwell as a key member of his facet going ahead, and his future was questioned all through the summer time switch window.
On deadline day, the previous Norwich Metropolis starlet joined Blackburn Rovers for a price of simply £500k as Clement was eager on getting the midfielder off the wage invoice.
He has since loved his time again within the Championship, spectacular for Rovers within the second division of English soccer.
Todd Cantwell’s Blackburn statistics
The Englishman has performed 27 instances for Blackburn this season, scoring twice whereas grabbing three assists.
Lauded as a ”god-given” expertise by his former youth coach, Gary Cockaday, Cantwell averages 1.1 pictures per sport within the Championship, whereas he additionally has created 9 massive possibilities, averages 1.7 key passes and succeeds with 56% of his dribble makes an attempt.
It has been a productive return to the second tier for the previous Gers star, and it seems as if it is a division the place he manages to play his finest soccer.
Certainly, when in comparison with his positional friends within the Championship, Cantwell ranks within the high 9% for progressive passes (5.05) and within the high 14% for shot-creating actions (4.1) per 90, showcasing his attacking skills.
This has seen his market worth rise, regardless of solely becoming a member of Blackburn final summer time.
Todd Cantwell’s market worth at Blackburn Rovers
In keeping with Transfermarkt, Cantwell is now valued at €3.5m (£3m) because of his spectacular shows down south.
Contemplating they paid simply £500k for the participant, the membership may make a good revenue ought to they resolve to money in on him within the close to future, and it proves that the Mild Blues had been maybe too hasty in shifting him on.
This worth is £1m greater than what Igamane is at present price, which once more, exhibits why it was a mistake in eliminating the attacking midfielder once they did, as he’s already price greater than the Moroccan ace and considerably greater than the price they raked in for his providers.
In fact, Cantwell wasn’t good, and he had his flaws on the pitch. However when the Englishman was in full movement, he may terrorise defences up and down the nation like nobody else.
It seems as if he has rediscovered his mojo since making the transfer again right down to England and, hopefully, this reignites a profession that when noticed him linked with a £40m transfer to Aston Villa simply 4 years in the past.
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