Rangers looking to soften £3.5m blow as circular transfer reports make headlines.
As reports circulate about Utrecht loanee/Rangers flop Sam Lammers and a probable move to FC Twente, the summer trade has come back into sharp focus.
Rangers paid a reported £3.5 million to sign the 26-year-old from Serie A side Atalanta. Michael Beale played Football Manager with a player he admired.
The English manager was let go by the Ibrox club after a string of unsuccessful deals.
Philippe Clement, despite giving Sam Lammers first-team exposure, failed to harness the best of an intriguing player whose evident skill is sometimes overshadowed by anxiety.
Farmed out on loan to Utrecht, the striker’s short stint in the Netherlands is thought to be turning heads, which is positive for Rangers as they attempt to lighten what appears to be a significant loss.
Sam Lammers linked with FC Twente.
There has been a lot of talk about unconfirmed’reports from the Netherlands’ tying Sam Lammers to FC Twente.
These claims soon appeared on the continent, saying that’reports in Scotland’ had broken the story.
In the often circular world of transfer reporting, throwaway comments, print media, podcasts, or even post-match analysis can often serve as the foundation for stories.
Things can easily become lost in translation, especially without context.
These assertions appear to be based on comments made by Dutch journalist Leon ten Voorde on Tubantia’s De Ballen Verstand podcast.
Ten Voorde revealed that Sam Lammers and Ryan Flamingo, both on loan from Utrecht, were FC Twente targets in the summer and might be on the club’s shortlist for the forthcoming window.
However, while an original source for these statements remains elusive to those who regurgitate them, at least for the most part, the scenario does not change Sam Lammers’ transfer reality.
The striker is expected to return to Rangers at the conclusion of the season, with the club reportedly seeking £2.5 million to release him from the final three years of his contract.
Rangers may use a summer transfer boost.
It’s just as well that Sam Lammers has impressed since returning to the Netherlands with Utrecht.
Jens Toornstra may have scored the game’s sole goal in a 1-0 victory over, you guessed it, FC Twente at the weekend, but Sam Lammers led the line admirably.
Lammers, who has three assists and one goal in six Eredivisie games for Utrecht, is enjoying a successful homecoming after previously playing for PSV and Heerenveen.
A return to Rangers is quite improbable, and Ibrox supporters will hope that by the summer, the club has recouped as much of the £3.5 million invested for Lammers as possible.
Philippe Clement and Nils Koppen are responsible with ensuring such deals are committed to the history books, and in the tight world of football transfers, they’ll need all the cash they can find.
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