The Rangers had an “athletic beast” in trial, now it is worth more than Chermiti

The Glasgow Rangers have not won the title of Scottish Première for over four years and they have won no trophy since they raised the League Cup in 2023.

It is not a secret for anyone that Russell Martin must bring Glory back to Ibrox, by winning trophies, but it is a collective effort that begins from the property and goes through Kevin Thelwell, Martin, to the players on the field.

In the end, there must be a strong football model in place that creates a team that is sufficient for the manager, who can be, to obtain results on the field.

While supporters may not want to hear it, something that rangers can learn from their competitors in the city is the way they develop and sell young for-profit talents. They have made millions over the years by selling people like Jota, Kyogo, Virgil Van Dijk, Odsonne Edouard, Matt O’riley and many others.

The light blues, however, have not been so successful in the department, because Calvin Bassey is the only player to have been sold for more than 20 million pounds sterling in the history of the club, by transfer.

The Rangers signed Youssef Chermiti d’Everton in an agreement of a value of up to 10 million pounds sterling during the day. For this expense, the Gers surely hopes that he will join this exclusive club of 20 million pounds sterling with Bassey.

Why Youssef Chermiti must be a success in the Rangers

Light Blues really need Portugal U21 International to be successful at Ibrox because of the costs that have been splashed and because of what its success could mean for the club.

From the financial point, the Gers need Chermiti to be a great player for the team, because the agreement of 10 million pounds sterling to bring him to Glasgow is the most expensive agreement sanctioned by the club since the move of 12 million pounds of club for André Flo de Chelsea in 2000.

This exerts pressure on the center-forward to perform and put pressure on Thelwell for the signature to train, because its judgment can be questioned if it does not work.

As you can see in the table above, Chermiti did not have a good time with Everton in the last two seasons in England after his move of 15 million pounds Sterling in 2023.

This shows that the rangers have not signed a ready -to -use superstar for Scottish football, which is why it is even more important for him to be a success because they have made a huge financial bet on a player who has not yet proven himself at the senior level.

Another reason why Chermiti must be a success at Ibrox is because he would provide Gers an example to show other promising young talents in the future that they can provide a platform for young talents.

Celtic can indicate Van Dijk, O’riley, Dembele, Edouard and Kieran Tierney, among others, and show potential signatures that there is a clear path to large clubs across Europe.

This is only a theory, but it makes you ask if the Rangers have never missed young promising talents because they have not seen enough way to a greater decision in the future.

In fact, the Scottish giants had such a promising young talent in trial with team B in 2023, Yan Diomande, but he finally decided to sign for the club. He now plays in one of the main leagues in Europe and is worth more than any player in the current Rangers.

Rangers missed Yan Diomande

In October 2023, the 16-year-old winger played for the Rangers B team against Monaco, while Steven Davis was the acting manager of the first team, in a 3-1 defeat against the French side.

Football Scotland confirmed that Diomande was on trials for the Scottish Giants of American Side as Frenzi, who was at the fourth level in the United States, for the match.

The blog of young Rangers on X noted at the time that the Ivorian starlet was undoubtedly the best player on the club’s field in this confrontation with Monaco, but, for unknown reasons, the attacker did not sign a contract with the Gers.

It is not clear if Diomande opted against a move to Glasgow or if the club decided not to offer him an agreement, although the latter seems unlikely if he impressed in the game against Monaco as suggested by the blog of young Rangers.

Be that as it may, the light blues will now return to their inability to bring it to the club as an error because it has sealed a moving of 17 million pounds sterling to RB Leipzig de Leganes this summer.

As you can see in the table above, Diomande attracted the attention of leganes with 1.4 key passes per game and 2.3 dribbles finished per game on ten appearances in Laliga in the second half of last season.

After his trial with the Rangers, the talent of adolescents returned to the DME Academy in Florida and remained there until his move to Leganes in January, which led to his impressive performances in Spanish High Vol.

Diomande, which was described as an “athletic beast” by the scout U23 Antonio Mango, then moved to Leipzig for an amount of 17 million pounds Sterling this summer, which means that it is worth 7 million pounds more than Chermiti, which signed for the Rangers in a transaction of 10 million pounds Sterling.

It also means that it is worth more than any current Gers player, excluding loane, because no player in the team is worth more than 10 million pounds sterling, per transfer, and that is why the club will surely regret not winning its services in 2023.

Rangers must now hope that Chermiti is a great success at Ibrox because it can put the plan so that other players can see that there is a path for young talents in Glasgow, a path that could convince the next Yan Diomande that a move to Ibrox is the best step for them.