Who was our last top drawer marquee signing?

[TamS-RFC]

Excluding the gaffer. Players only.

I remember when I was younger and we signed Frank De Boer who was of course at the tail end of his career. Were there many after that? And even still was F.De Boer even considered marquee at the time? Also remember the hysteria of Joey Barton

 

[KGR98]

Alves was ment to instrumental for us under Caixinha

 

[mark hateley]

FDB was the most pointless signing yet.

Keeping him fit for the Euros.

Steven Davis would have been my last huge signing, young articulate and pretty dam good midfielder.

 

[SDF]

Jelavic.

The excitement was off the scale when we signed him.

 

[Union Jack Pillow]

Joey Barton

 

[thehammerhitstheslammer11]

Barry Ferguson when he returned from Blackburn

 

[SuperGers07]

Ryan Kent

 

[Sutton_Blows_goats]

Jelavic.

The excitement was off the scale when we signed him.

Came in to say this. By goodness what a saga his signing was. Totally worth it though. Great player for us.

 

[Gibraltar Loyal]

Surely with his pedigree its got to be Defoe?

 

[Blue Goose]

Came in to say this. By goodness what a saga his signing was. Totally worth it though. Great player for us.

The drama surrounding his signature seemed to drag on for ages. Fantastic signing.

 

[Johnny Yen]

Ryan Kent

Absolutely, a 7 million quid player from the European Champions is the very definition of a marquee signing.

 

[Corby]

Kent and Defoe

 

[Rodney Wallace]

defoe

 

[Drumchapel-Bear]

Possibly Pedro Mendes? Portugese International, in his peak years and had been a regular in the EPL.

I seen Davis mentioned but a lot of our fans didn't realise just how good a player we were getting with him when he signed. Still can't believe we got him on loan back then. Thankfully Roy Hodgson is a manager with a horrendous philosophy and he wasn't playing him for Fulham at the time.

Defoe was exciting but we all knew he was slightly past his best.

 

[pollokparkloyal]

Has to be Kent & Defoe surely?

 

[Disraeli]

Remember there being huge excitement when Rothen was signed. Wasn’t he our first signing in around 18 months at the time?

 

[Valley Bluenose]

Kent is the answer to the question. Despite a relatively indifferent season.

 

[55degreesnorth]

Defoe
prior to that Bruno Alves
prior to that Niko Kranjcar and Joey Barton

 

[Punpun]

Kent surely, I was up all night waiting for the announcement

Wasn't there a 50 page thread on it and all?

 

[rfcrick]

Defo for me

 

[kebabloyal]

Ronald de boer ? probably would have had a choice of a lot of top teams in Europe before coming to Ibrox

 

[Necro]

Ianis Hagi.

 

[Necro]

Alves was ment to instrumental for us under Caixinha

Alves and Cardoso were so exciting as a partnership on paper.

I actually think Cardoso should still be on our books at this stage

 

[Boabmeister]

Ryan Kent

This .......

 

[Clubdeckg]

Came totally out the blue but I was very excited about Hagi joining the club

 

[Yosser]

So nobody thinks Kevin Kyle?

 

[KGR98]

Alves and Cardoso were so exciting as a partnership on paper.

I actually think Cardoso should still be on our books at this stage

Not for me Alves was a good defender but didn't have the pace for the game up here Cardoso was a bomb scare at everything no pace couldn't pass or control a ball defensive positioning all over the shop and got rolled to easily

 

[Strathblane Bear]

Arteta for me is one of them

 

[Cooper 11]

Mark E Walters?

 

[Gazb1962]

Alves and Cardoso were so exciting as a partnership on paper.

I actually think Cardoso should still be on our books at this stage

Agree about Cardoso, thought he was a more than decent player.

 

[Necro]

Not for me Alves was a good defender but didn't have the pace for the game up here Cardoso was a bomb scare at everything no pace couldn't pass or control a ball defensive positioning all over the shop and got rolled to easily

I think you're confusing him with Russel Martin.

Cardoso looked pretty comfortable on the ball, was decent enough at 1v1 defending and had a really good attitude, his only glaring weakness is that he struggled massively with adapting to the physicality of Scottish football.

He's done quite well since returning to Portugal, wish it was while on loan from us rather than releasing him on a free.

 

[Metalhead1965]

Ronald De Boer plenty of good signings since but no real top drawer

 

[KGR98]

I think you're confusing him with Russel Martin.

Cardoso looked pretty comfortable on the ball, was decent enough at 1v1 defending and had a really good attitude, his only glaring weakness is that he struggled massively with adapting to the physicality of Scottish football.

He's done quite well since returning to Portugal, wish it was while on loan from us rather than releasing him on a free.

I'm definitely not he had many weaknesses look at the goals conceded against Hibs at Ibrox when we were beaten 3-2 and the first minute of Hamilton away the month after he was as weak as they came unfortunately

 

[rfcsteven]

Ryan Kent or Defoe

 

[BattlefieldBlue]

Jason Cummings...

 

[Coallie]

Hagi

 

[Gun Jack]

Defoe ok with his age he's past his best but for his prestigious career he's a big name player and personality.

 

[Earl of Leven]

Maybe Jelavic?

 

[Glasgow Rangers (Sco)]

Paul Le Guen

 

[Gordy1872]

Ronald de boer ? probably would have had a choice of a lot of top teams in Europe before coming to Ibrox

Man U were very interested in him at the time.

 

[Dadosgotabrandnewbag]

Arteta for me is one of them

Totally agree, de boer was simelar but coming to the end of his career, arteta was a young talent coming out of barcelona

 

[Marstonbear]

Prso on a Bosman.

Champions League finalist with Monaco the previous season having scored 7 goals on their route to final including in one game v Depor

 

[Altogether_now]

Ronald de Boer for me and before that Gazza. Box office signings

 

[Blaze Of Glory]

I doubt anything will beat Gazza signing. A genuine world superstar, not just a name that we as fans got excited about.

 

[Crispy Bacon]

Fairly evident some people don’t understand the definition of marquee signing

 

[Al Bundy]

This thread makes me feel old. Kent. Barton. Jelavic. Ffs. Marquee people. It was gazza.

 

[tazzabear]

Possibly Pedro Mendes? Portugese International, in his peak years and had been a regular in the EPL.

I seen Davis mentioned but a lot of our fans didn't realise just how good a player we were getting with him when he signed. Still can't believe we got him on loan back then. Thankfully Roy Hodgson is a manager with a horrendous philosophy and he wasn't playing him for Fulham at the time.

Defoe was exciting but we all knew he was slightly past his best.

Mendes was my first thought.
Considered Defoe.
However, regardless of what we think of the player today, it has to be Ryan Kent.
£7m is a marquee signing.

 

[Howard Carter]

Ryan Kent.

 

[tonforty]

Kent.

 

[Strathblane Bear]

Totally agree, de boer was simelar but coming to the end of his career, arteta was a young talent coming out of barcelona

I remember seeing him for PSG against us and thought he was good. Was delighted when we got him.