£60m double deal solves Ibrox cash crisis.

Austerity appears to be coming to an end at Ibrox, with the sale of Jefte and Hamza Igamane expected to generate £60 million. The deals are expected to include substantial add-ons and bonuses.

Last summer, Phil Clement discovered that the goalposts had moved after three seasons of excessive spending failed to dethrone Celtic in the SPFL. With the changes in Chairman and CEO, the promises he had received when he replaced Micky Beale were no longer valid. With the possibility of a significant wage boost, the former Monaco manager agreed to a contract extension as expenditure was frozen and players such as Connor Goldson, Todd Cantwell, Scott Wright, Robbie McCrorie, and Sam Lammers were sold for £810,000. Following wins over St Johnstone, Aberdeen, Fraserburgh, and Dundee United, it appears that Europe’s greatest clubs are willing to throw fortunes at Clement in exchange for some of his promising young stars.

The Jefte and Igamane moonbeams are even more ludicrous than the famed Alfredo Morelos transfer stories, which began in China and spread to most European clubs. The hefty Colombian eventually left as a free agent in the summer of 2023 and is no longer a celebrity in his own country. Chris Jack was backtracking on today’s podcast after the Rangers Review published the Jefte-to-Chelsea story on Monday, lowering interest to the all-encompassing ‘keeping tabs’ statement. Keeping track can entail watching last week’s awful performance against Manchester United’s worst team in history to remind oneself why Jefte was playing in Cyprus last season.