Sky Sports Confirm Rangers Ready To Bid For £5M Winger | OneFootball

Rangers transfers this summer have taken a very clear pattern and the latest link underlines it even more. Sky Sports confirmed that Rangers are considering a move for Hull City’s Abu Kamara, a right winger currently valued at around £5M. The 21-year-old made 36 appearances for the Tigers last season, providing 5 assists, and is the latest in a growing line of English Championship players being tracked by the Ibrox side. Rangers transfers this summer have been mostly focused on that very market, and it is hard to argue it is not deliberate, as reflected in a recent League One capture.

Kamara is another young English-based player who fits into the kind of profile Russell Martin and Rangers seem to be targeting. He has youth, rawness and potential resale value. His stats are not sparkling, but Rangers have shown this summer that output and quality seem to matter less than age and EFL grounding. Kamara is not the finished article by any means but Rangers appear to see him as another mouldable forward with long-term development in mind. This aligns strongly with Rangers’ pursuit of a four-man transfer package focused around young value assets.

It must be said, Rangers transfers from the Championship have been hit and miss historically. For every success story there has been a failure or two, and Kamara does not arrive with overwhelming numbers. No goals in 36 appearances, with five assists, suggests he is more of a creative wide player than a finisher. But Rangers do seem to be determined to rebuild using players from the EFL rather than spend money on more seasoned talent from the continent. It has become something of a pattern that another recent £5M-rated attacker also fit this exact mould.

Kamara is far from a guaranteed success. He may well thrive in the Scottish Premiership, a slower and more physical league than the Championship. He might even be ideal for it. But it is a risk to keep banking on potential when Rangers need immediate results. The fans are rightly sceptical about yet another relatively unproven youngster from the English second tier being touted as a £5M solution. Rangers transfers have been under the microscope all summer and if Kamara is next through the door then that scrutiny will intensify. The club has already been associated with names in a much higher bracket who would have shifted the mood entirely.

While fans look for proven European experience or international pedigree, the board and manager are staying true to a philosophy that relies heavily on English youth. Whether it works remains to be seen but there is no question that Rangers transfers this window have been almost exclusively focused on the Championship and League One. That is not to say the club is wrong but it is certainly a very defined route. One cannot help but compare the different approaches seen elsewhere in the league.

Rangers may not have the biggest budget in Europe but fans still expect more imaginative use of resources. Kamara is not a glamour signing and if he joins then his task will be to convince the support he is not just another EFL gamble. With growing questions around the value and quality of these new additions, this next transfer will either ease doubts or confirm the fears of many. Either way, the Kamara story tells us everything about where Rangers’ priorities lie this summer.