Rangers line up Lewis Ferguson in January if Glen Kamara is sold(The Sun)

No idea if the story is true, but if it is i'll trust Steven Gerrards opinion about a young midfielder over that of Willie from Gartcosh's.

Ryan Jack was slated by many as not good enough because he was signed from Aberdeen.

My issue with it is it allows Derek to contiue to have a link with the club.
 
If docherty was at Aberdeen I'd be willing to bet he'd look a better player than Ferguson.
 
Greig Docherty is better. As is Andy King. I'd also rather give Barjonas a chance.

In short: naw.
 
I’m guessing this is all guesswork!
What does “weighing up a bid” or “preparing a bid” actually mean?

It means Ferguson will be “ jetting in “ to Glasgow for “ crunch talks “ in January as Gerrard spends his “ £10 million war chest “ after selling Glen Kamara to man United .

Not .
 
Too much talk about Kamara without there being something happening.

If he is sold we must leave space for our own youngsters before buying a lad from outside.
 
If the player wants to go and his agent can get get his wages doubled or trebled and he is moving to a more desirable place for his family to live then the player goes. These are the facts.
 
I've never been particularly impressed by Ferguson, but you have to remember that when we signed Kamara he couldn't get a game for a Dundee team that were bottom of the league.

Add in the improvement to Ryan Jack's game and it is entirely possible that the gaffer see's something in Ferguson that him and the coaching team can improve.
 
I've never been particularly impressed by Ferguson, but you have to remember that when we signed Kamara he couldn't get a game for a Dundee team that were bottom of the league.

Add in the improvement to Ryan Jack's game and it is entirely possible that the gaffer see's something in Ferguson that him and the coaching team can improve.

Kamara didn't get a game because he had already signed a pre contract deal with us.

He was a regular right up until the winter break. He then signed the pre contract for us a week later and was dropped.

FWIW Ferguson is a decent player but I don't see him as either an upgrade or a replacement on Kamara.
 
Ferguson is a different type of player to Kamara - our midfield is about ball possession, recycling the ball & looking for openings. However, collectively they don’t chip in with enough goals for me and at times can be outmuscled.

I think Ferguson could, I stress could, bring both of those attributes to us, so it might be worth taking a chance on him, however Aberdeen would be looking for silly money for him, more so because it’s us.

There’s no point in comparing Rossiter or Docherty to him as both have had their opportunity & weren’t good enough - their time is over.
 
I think with the midfield we have on the sidelines it would make sense to sell him if we get a decent fee and even Jan, would we actually need a replacement given the quality and depth that exists so call bs on the link. If it means we balance some of the books and Buff stays then sorry would allow a Jan move. That said I have remarked on what I thought average games for the lad only for the statistics (I know that is not the whole story) to prove to me why I am not in the game i love
 
Kamara is on a decent length contract as well 4.5 years he signed for in January and with Gerrards recent comments on a possible new deal maybe not coming for him in line with Morelos, Katic, Jack etc and his comments about being aware who is coming to our directors box every 2nd week it wouldnt surprise me to see teams come in for him in January. Think it will all depend on whether Kamara himself wants to go or not.

That said he would probably be the player we would choose to sell for good money with the least disruption on the team halfway through the season.
 
If Kamara was to go it wouldn’t be for anything less than £15 million, that’s the minimum starting price, with the exception of one or two in our first choice team that’s the price for everyone. The bheasts have been overpricing players for years now it’s our turn, we don’t need to sell at this time.

As for Ferguson, he has potential and is the stand out in their midfield, I’d prefer to see Docherty, Kelly or Barjones given the opportunity to step up but I think that only Kelly is seen as a future potential starter for the management team.

With any potential midfielder coming to the club, the attraction of Gerrard and Gary Mac coaching you must be huge.
 
The money Aberdeen would demand would be too much to consider for an SPFL jobber I think getting £10 million for Kamara would be excellent business for 12 months work and I think we could replace him like for like for around £2-3 million if our scouts put the work in on the continent
 
I’ve only watched him play against us and if it was not for his dad and uncle I don’t think I would have noticed or remembered him.
 
There’s no chance this will happen, aberdeen will triple the price and he’s not worth it
 
I have no idea if this is true or not, but people were similarly unimpressed when we signed Ryan Jack and indeed when we picked up Kamara for a mere £50k.

Maybe the management team know how to develop a player?
I’d agree. The snobbery in here when we are linked with any player from a Scottish side is embarrassing.
That said, we know Aberdeen will be ridiculous to deal with. If an English championship side cone in for him they would probably get him for about £1.5 million, for us it would be double that. Which then makes you wonder if you can get better value elsewhere.
 
Our fans would love Ferguson when they actually watched him playing for us. A wee hard bastard who's covers some amount of ground during a game and isn't scared to put the boot in. Porn for the Rangers Da's
 
Our fans would love Ferguson when they actually watched him playing for us. A wee hard bastard who's covers some amount of ground during a game and isn't scared to put the boot in. Porn for the Rangers Da's

Similar to Docherty then , who cannot get in the squad. Unless the management think they can change the way Ferguson plays then I do not see it as worthwhile.
 
Was just thinking that . Where are all these people who said don’t sign kamara ? As I recall it was unanimous he looked great against us and was a cracking signing for the outlay .

Seems to me some posters making a straw man for ferguson due to who he’s related to , rather than his ability . He’s not fit to lace Kamaras boots and never will be .

Mark this ferguson guff down as codswallop .

Kamara has his price same as all players .

its probably being misconstrued through the sands of time, however my recollection is a number of posters saying he wasn’t good enough, and I certainly remember all the posts after he signed saying they didn’t realise how good he was.

its by the by though, as I believe the Ferguson link is tripe.
 
The good thing about Kamara attracting interest at around the £10m mark is that it sets the bar for future transfer fees. Teams still see us as a soft touch and no doubt they'll have a look at our financial accounts before bidding for players.

Once we sell the first player for a decent fee it puts us in a stronger position to ask for more for other players, i.e. Morelos. The tims have operated their selling of players in the same way for years.

Kamara is a good player but I trust us to replace him for comfortably less than the fee we receive for him. The sheep will want big money to sell to us though so I can't see us going for Ferguson.
 
Don't believe it for a second.

Outside of us and the filth, I personally don't think there's any midfield players in our league as good as Kamara at this moment in time.

However if I HAD to pick a player in our league to go for, in the event that GK was sold, it would be the boy Campbell at Motherwell. Good young player with plenty of experience for his age and the potential to be a belter in a year or two.
 
Probably the last sort of player you would replace Kamara with - completely different style of play. Strong, aggressive, hard working, charges about the park, lacks composure under pressure and rattles in to people.

Kamara is cool, calm and composed. Gets us out of trouble with his movement, touch and ability to hold on to the ball, put his foot on it and retain possession.

2-0 up agaisnt Porto, three men around him snapping away and they still aren't taking the ball from him.

I've not seen enough of Ferguson to say if he's got the attributed to fit into this Rangers side?
 
Don't know why but I've had a feeling Kamara might leave in January! Would love to keep him, been a great signing, young international who's only going to get better

Gerrard may feel with Aribo and King (he's hardly played right enough) we could cash in on Kamara, bring someone else in.
 
Ha ha yes sell Kamara and replace him with that wee fud Lewis Ferguson !

He is a greeting faced tit, the way he has acted when playing against us has been a disgrace.

Im sure Gerrard could develop him but i just don't like him.
 
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Remember that the Lewis Fergusin we see in McInnes teams against Rangers will be very different from the type of player he could be.

Only 20. I wouldn't be averse to signing him for the right sort of fee.

Selling Kamara for multi millions is the exact type of thing we should, and need to be doing. By low sell high. If we get £5m plus for Kamara one year after signing him for £50k then we cant really turn it down. It wouldnt have too much impact on the squad either, IMO.

Only a few weeks ago people were saying he had been poor this season as well.
 
Ferguson would be a buy based on his potential rather than what he is at the moment. If the management team want him in then whose to say otherwise?

Sounds like lazy journalism though.
 
Kamara is worth ~15m to a EPL club maybe more, never underestimate how accomplished a player this guy is, he is class personified, please stay Glen we need you, dont want to sell any of our current squad
 
Did Ajax fans bemoan the depressing downgrade when De Jong and De Ligt was sold in the summer?

No, they know it'll be invested in top drawer young players, who in time will also leave for a significant fee.

The day will come when we sell Alfie, and people will whinge unless we spend the full whack on a similar player.

This isn't the reality of how we operate. We need to invest it in potential who may or may not make it. Yes, it's a downgrade, but the hope is that our scouting has evolved to be able to spot some gems and we can then continue the cycle.
This operating model would be accepted after we start winning trophies again. Until then we should only be getting rid of players if we can get an upgrade.
 
Maybe Rangers doing what the poetites do. Promote their players and swell their value. Won't do any harm for the media to report " sold for huge fees"
 
Looks like Ferguson is contracted to 2024 so you wouldn't expect the sheep to let him go cheaply, least of all to us.

FWIW I trust the gaffer's judgement when it comes to young players who can be improved as you only have to look at the wonders he's worked with some of our current players.
 
If a top championship team or lower end premiership team comes in for Kamara we need to be like our neighbours and slap a hefty valuation on him with a sell on %.
End of the day if, note the if, we get north of say 5m for a guy that cost us 50k and we have a 15-20% sell on, it's a win win.
We have players in the wings ready to step in and could reinvest a couple of million on the next Kamara.
 
Selling Kamara for £10m and buying Ferguson for £2/3m makes some sense (if the Gaffer thinks he can improve him - and add something we don't already have).

Aberdeen however will want too much.
 
I would hope our board would never pay more than 700/800 k for him thats ehat hes worth .

Good to unsettle him tho no doubt. The high and mighty will be out in force in the media to tell us what a smashing.player he is when there is no chance of a move .
And how he is worth pure millunns .
 
Personally I wouldn't consider him good enough, however Gerrard and Gary Mac have earned respect in spotting midfield talents no one else could see, such as Kamara.
 
Or how about we approach it like this - Kamara cost us £50k and he is a better player than Ferguson, so we’ll give you £25k for him.

Think Aberdeen paid around £240,000 as a development fee they'd be looking for half of what we get for Kamara unless Ferguson has a release clause
 
Our fans would love Ferguson when they actually watched him playing for us. A wee hard bastard who's covers some amount of ground during a game and isn't scared to put the boot in. Porn for the Rangers Da's
Funny you say that.
Discussing this with another poster last night and said he sees Lewis more like an Ian Ferguson than a Barry or Derek.
Could be just what we need.
 
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