Actions speak louder than words and in the case of Rangers chairman John Bennett, we have to see the player trading model being addressed properly.
Not every player will be bought or signed with a view to them being sold on in the future but value for money has to be a priority when it comes to building a squad.
Rangers certainly didn’t get that in the summer and one recent transfer story has proven again when John Bennett and the board needs to have a rethink.
Rangers need John Bennett to back words up with action
Modern day recruitment might be a team game, however, it still comes down to the manager to decide one way or the other.
Well, it does when there isn’t a sporting director in place – an issue Bennett recently addressed.
During the summer, Michael Beale couldn’t help but tell us all how long he had been keeping an eye on certain players with Kieran Dowell, Sam Lammers, Cyriel Dessers and Dujon Sterling in particular, apparently, long-term targets.
What this suggested was that it was the manager’s personal shopping list rather than a collective effort.
The worrying thing is, the problems that fans on social media identified with the players mentioned have all come true.
Player identification and scouting is being modernised at Rangers and John Bennett is, at least, aware that we have to do better.
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Home grown players is another area of concern and, with the Gazzetta dello Sport claiming that Juventus are targeting Lewis Ferguson for a fee in the region of £17.5m, you have to wonder why Rangers didn’t sign someone that we could all see was on an upward trajectory.
Whether the manager specifically wants them or not, sometimes they will need to be told that Scottish players have to be part of his plans for obvious UEFA quota reasons.
The hard part is finding the good ones and signing them before they go to places like Serie A and the Premier League.
A problem that Rangers and John Bennet have to solve.
