Rangers may consider surprise move for former player | OneFootball

Let’s dive into the buzz around Neraysho Kasanwirjo, the promising young player who might be heading back to Rangers FC from Feyenoord. Who doesn’t get a kick out of a juicy transfer rumor? It’s akin to the latest in celebrity couple gossip—will they, won’t they? The whole affair is more twisted than a soap opera plot, with a new development seemingly every other day. (Feyenoord, by the way, is one of the clubs in the venerable old Dutch league, and a badge of glory for any player’s resume.)

For those who haven’t been keeping up, Kasanwirjo is a Feyenoord player, a club he joined with great expectations, and rightly so; the 21-year-old was seen as one of the bright lights emerging from a generation of Dutch footballers that had seemingly gone a little dim. But here’s the thing: Kasanwirjo has made a total of zero appearances for Feyenoord’s first team. And he’s not exactly lighting it up even for the reserve side. That’s why we’re having this conversation. Should he go back to Rangers, the club where he’s actually shown something?

Why would he want to leave Feyenoord? Playing in one of Europe’s top leagues must have its own special kind of allure! Not to mention how chock-full of fans those stadiums are. But still, those players on the bench aren’t all that different from us: they get bored too. If Kasanwirjo is spending too much of his time in Holland keeping the bench warm, he might be thinking about heading back to Scotland. And who could blame him? In a way, it’d be like getting a second chance to attend that awesome high school dance you missed out on the first time around.

And let’s not overlook Rangers themselves. They’re perennially on the search for budding stars who can propel them back to the top of the Scottish football pile. Envision Kasanwirjo striding onto the field in a blue shirt. How could the Ibrox faithful not love that? Their old team, going all-out to reclaim its former glory, with the players evoking the sorts of stories that must have been told and retold to the kids who now call themselves Rangers fans. That’s where Kasanwirjo might fit in.

Transferring players isn’t simple; it’s not just a matter of one club and another club being in agreement. You almost have to be a student of contract law. And that’s leaving aside the question of why a club would send away a potentially valuable player and why the receiving club would take on someone who might have unknown problems. But if Kasanwirjo does end up at Rangers, the kind of contract that might be agreed upon could be fascinating in its own right.

In the end, whether Kasanwirjo returns to Rangers or stays at Feyenoord is anyone’s guess. But make no mistake: This is an opera, and we won’t be in the audience for long. Perhaps the curtain will fall on this act of his career, and he’ll come back to Scottish football a conquering hero this season. Or maybe he’ll do what talented young players have done for decades: stay on the other side of that curtain and perform for Feyenoord, or for some other club, with the acclaim he deserves.