Rangers have wasted £25M on EFL slop and terrible loans | OneFootball

Rangers supporters can see exactly what has happened this summer. The club threw around £25M in the market, the highest spend since the days of Dick Advocaat. Yet instead of quality, instead of true Rangers calibre, the recruitment team dragged in a group almost entirely from the lower English leagues. If you put rotten ingredients into the bowl, you do not suddenly get a gourmet dish. You get a bitter stew that nobody can swallow, and that is what this squad now looks like.

Money

The warning signs flashed from the start. Rangers made a song and dance about spending millions, but the reality was underwhelming. Emmanuel Fernandez arrived from Peterborough. Thelo Aasgaard landed from Luton. Djeidi Gassama was lifted from Sheffield Wednesday. Joe Rothwell effectively from Leeds. This is not how you build a Rangers side fit for Europe or for the top of the Premiership, as Ibrox Noise has already warned.

Supporters know the truth. Max Aarons joined, but only on loan. Rothwell cost pennies. Lyall Cameron arrived without fanfare. The recruitment lacked ambition. With Mikey Moore arriving as a loan and Nasser Djiga as another stop gap, the whole model screamed cheap patchwork. Bojan Miovski gave a little credibility, but even his signing feels like a financial squeeze instead of a Rangers level statement. That move itself became clear once reports revealed the cut price fee.

Resale

Fans compare this window to what Celtic have done before. They splashed the cash on players from markets with resale value, while Rangers rummaged around the lower shelves of the EFL. The difference stands out. Supporters cannot ignore it. Rangers have ended up with a squad that looks like an EFL Championship mid table side at best. That is the brutal truth, and spending £25M to reach that level makes the situation worse, a point echoed when Rangers were tipped to unveil yet more cut price names.

The club had a chance to invest properly. Instead they threw away funds on players who would not even stand out at Hearts or Aberdeen. Supporters feel betrayed, and rightly so. They watched as the most money since Advocaat days went on players with little pedigree. The outcome is obvious. The team will not challenge in Europe and will struggle domestically against sides with smarter recruitment.

Rangers needed quality. They needed marquee players. We needed leaders and winners. They got patchwork, they got development projects, they got players who reflect the EFL rather than Ibrox. Put rotten ingredients in the bowl and you get a foul meal. That is exactly what this summer has cooked up, and supporters are left staring at a substandard squad that reeks of failure.