The President reveals his desperation to “push through” a £3 million Rangers player transaction.

admin | March 29, 2024 | Rangers fc | No Comments

There was to be no fumbling around when the chance arose to bring in a player who had fallen out of favour at Rangers during the January transfer window.

After the Golden Boot winner of the previous season left during the summer, Frans van Seumeren sought a forward to take his place.a Golden Boot winner who, prior to moving to Spain, had been connected to a move to Glasgow’s blue side.

And FC Utrecht was in no mood to allow such an opportunity pass them by as it became clear that Rangers were open to offers for a man who had set the Glasgow giants back a cool £3 million a few months earlier – a figure he would struggle to justify.

Rangers man is thriving out on loan

Consider Sam Lammers. Van Seumeren said on the De Beslissers podcast, “And I more or less pushed through to get Lammers,” directly participating in the agreement that ultimately resulted in the former PSV Eindhoven attacker being sent back to the Netherlands on a short-term loan.

“Jordy (Zuidam, technical director) and Ron (Jans, head coach) approached him at one point after doing a pretty outstanding job. Ultimately, it was evident that Lammers desired to attend.

Lambers has scored more goals for Utrecht in just ten games than he has in any of his other seasons since that excellent run at Heerenveen in 2018–19, which is remarkable. Lammers, a man reborn, has already netted six goals and provided six assists for his new employers. He plays with the same bravado that brought him his £8 million move to Atalanta all those years ago. Nearly twice as much as he amassed at Rangers during an extremely poor first half of the season.

Lammers is showing himself to be a “fantastic” addition to a team that hopes to compete in Europe. Although some have speculated that a rapid return to form may open the door for a new beginning at Rangers the following season, rumours suggest that Philippe Clement’s team is still intending to make cuts.

Sam Lammers appears likely to be leaving Ibrox this summer.

It remains to be seen if Utrecht can afford the kind of sum Rangers are asking for. It’s tempting to question if Van Seumeren will be tempted to do something similar in the summer, but he was willing to move the goalposts a little in order to guarantee Lammers’ initial renting basis.

The budget did not include the rent (loan fee) that needed to be paid. Thus, you need to work it out,” the venerable president continues. I applied a little pressure to it at that precise moment. (It made sense) since I could see that we lacked a striker.

“You wish to avoid being demoted. You would not want to put yourself through that suffering, as that would result in my hanging from the (Utrecht) church! Then I said, “Let’s grab Lammers.”

Van Seumeren cast the dice on Lammers, and it seems his number has come up. He is currently eighth and closer to the Champions League spots than the relegation spots.

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