Rangers continue to be linked with potential new signings and, now that the European Championships are out of the way, club football will once again take centre stage.
One name that refuses to go away is Zinedine Ferhat, the Nimes midfielder who is also attracting attention from across Spain with Marseille now said to be fighting the Light Blues in the race for his signature, according to a report in Le10 Sport via HITC.
Do Rangers need another midfielder?
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The figure that the relegated side are looking for the 28-year old is said to be in the region of £4.3million with The Fourth Official confirming not that long ago that Rangers are interested:
“In the last 24 hours, I tried following up on whether the Ferhat story is true or not. I tried contacting my previous sources from covering Amiens, and finally, I was able to approach a source at Nimes. The source at Nimes asked not to be identified (understandably) and confirmed that the report from Foot Mercato was legitimate. Rangers have definitely made an approach for Ferhat.
“However, the midfielder already has other teams in France interested in him, and according to him, Rangers will need to make a substantial offer to get him. The plus side for any team approaching is that the player’s contract will expire next season, and there is a chance Nimes is relegated to Ligue 2.”
Given his age and that he is into the last 12 months of his contract, I’d be surprised if this is the actual figure needed to secure his services, classed as a “small amount” it is anything but when you take into consideration that he will have little if no sell on value – the sort of transfer that Ross Wilson usually isn’t interested in.