If you’re a team operating on a budget like Rangers’, then there are a few different ways you may take in the transfer market. You can prioritise youth and potential; the classic ‘sign low, sell high’ philosophy mastered in recent years by the likes of Ajax, RB Leipzig and, tragically, classic Firm rivals Celtic.

Another approach, and one Rangers have seen both the benefits and the pitfalls of, revolves around bringing in players who have fallen on hard times, offering fresh starts to those who’s reputations and price-tags have fallen to such an extent that they are suddenly ‘gettable’ for clubs in the Scottish Premiership.

With all due respect to the game north of the border, it’s hard to imagine that Sam Lammers would have ended up at Ibrox had he thrived on the talent which earned him his £9 million move from PSV to Atalanta. Ditto Abdallah Sima, formerly linked with Man United and Arsenal and currently on loan at The Gers after fighting for appearances at Brighton and Hove Albion.

Reports from Daily Mail journalist Tom Collomosse linking Rangers with Coventry City’s Callum O’Hare, meantime, are a touch reminiscent of the deal which brought Todd Cantwell to Glasgow during the winter of 2023.

Could Rangers receive another Todd Cantwell-like deal