Rangers numbers point to even left-back transfer call but eye test proves only one winner.
Rangers are still rumored to be interested in left backs, like Josh Doig and Fredrick Oppegard, despite needing players at other positions.
It seems that Gers manager Philippe Clement is determined to fix the full-back position, as he inherited a side beset with problems.
With Fabio Silva already signed, the Rangers have made a strong start to the transfer window. Nils Koppen is keeping an eye on either Josh Doig or Fredrick Oppegard in his little black book, and there is reason for optimism with both players.
Rangers have even choice with Fredrick Oppegard and Josh Doig
The prior few seasons have seen a scattergun approach to recruiting, but this time, the two young left-backs considered as possible long-term successors to Borna Barisic are more than simply familiar faces.
It is simple to understand why both PSV Eindhoven and Verona’s names have been mentioned while using DataMB’s comparison tool because of their similarities.
Josh Doig and Fredrick Oppegard have nearly identical on paper profiles, therefore it makes likely that players with comparable profiles would be considered as possible Rangers targets in a more data-driven recruitment process.
Koppen will know Oppegard better whilst Doig will already have been scouted and have a profile somewhere in a filing cabinet in Auchenhowie.
The biggest difference between the two players is an obvious one – nearly six inches to be precise – with the former Hibs defender now standing at an impressive 6ft 3inches tall, bizarrely though, Oppegard has a higher aerial percentage win recently.
Philippe Clement does like taller players though and having a full-back with this sort of height can make set-pieces at both ends of the park more effective.
Doig would also be the common sense target given his status as a home grown player, an area where the Rangers squad is particularly short of numbers.
As always, it will come down to finances and who is available and whether or not Rangers can make space too.
On this occasion though, despite the numbers suggesting otherwise, there should only be one choice.
Cameron Willis: Rangers can have last laugh as rattled Celtic gloating speaks volumes
Those who work at Ibrox would be best off leaving the last Parkhead soundbites alone as the aftermath from Rangers’ loss at Celtic Park lingers.
The saying goes, “He who laughs last, laughs loudest.” Brendan Rodgers and Callum McGregor, the two main figures for Celtic, seem to have forgotten this in their post-Old Firm haze.
Both the Parkhead team’s manager and captain displayed an unusually abrupt lack of grace in the wake of the Old Firm triumph, which was all planned to go in the Parkhead club’s favor from the start due to a chaotic ticketing situation.
Brendan Rodgers has already written off the challenge of Rangers boss Philippe Clement, who is the fifth Ibrox manager the Northern Irishman has nonchalantly swatted aside, apparently.
We are meant to believe that not only did Brendan Rodgers swat away Steven Gerrard, who hoisted 55 and halted 10IAR in the end, but that the Belgian manager’s circumstances should be discussed with those of Graeme Murty, Pedro Caixinha, Mark Warburton, and others.
Next came Callum McGregor, who boastfully stated that Rangers “hadn’t played anyone” significant prior to their visit to Celtic Park.
We had won our sole Europa League match against Real Betis, taken home the League Cup, and closed the gap at the top of the Scottish Premiership to just two points.
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