Report assertions Rangers is willing to spend over £6 million...

Report assertions Rangers is willing to spend over £6 million on a “very exceptional” player.

Mohamed Diomande is a player for FC Nordsjaelland, and his Ibrox contract includes a sell-on clause. Rangers are apparently willing

to pay close to £6 million for him.

More information regarding the deal that will make Mohamed Diomande the club’s first permanent signing of 2024 is beginning to

surface amid reports that an announcement is now “imminent”—Rangers are expected to finalize the signing of a 22-year-old

midfielder who has impressed both Philippe Clement and recruitment chief Nils Koppen.

Rangers are reportedly willing to spend between £4 and £4.5 million for Diomande, according to many reports. However, the Danish

website Tispbladet speculates that the final cost would be closer to £6 million.

It’s £5.7 million, exact.
According to Tipsbladet, Diomande’s contract must include a sell-on provision, as requested by Nordsjaelland. Therefore,

Nordsjaelland will benefit greatly if the Ivory Coast under-21 international makes an impression in Scotland and eventually wins a

mega-money trade to a more financially stable club, similar to Nathan Patterson or Calvin Bassey.

Nordsjaelland will be losing a player that head coach Johan Thorup has called one of the best midfielders in the division. Kudus, who

also earned his name in Denmark, is a graduate of the same “Right to Dream” academy that developed the skills of Mohamed Kudus of West Ham.

But as Tipsbladet notes, FCN would prefer to sell Diomande to Rangers now rather than take the chance of losing him to their sister

team San Diego FC in the United States in 2025—possibly for a much lesser sum.

“Why don’t we look at the statistics about how many defensive tackles he makes instead of talking about his scoring statistics?” Thorup

asked, implying that Diomande’s ability to win possession of the ball more than makes up for his lack of goals,

even though he has five assists this season.

After then, it would be transformed into a happy tale.

“Hey, Mohammed is among Denmark’s top midfield players. I hope that most people can see how wonderful he has been for us this season.

Diomande arrives at Ibrox to join Wolves loanee Fabio Silva. If money permits, Rangers may still try to sign a forward to take

Ibrahima Sima’s place as the “long-term” absentee. In addition, if Ridvan Yilmaz joins Galatasaray, a left-back might be needed.