Expert shares one big concern with Rangers set to sign £4m ace...

Expert shares one big concern with Rangers set to sign £4m ace

Tim Vickery, a South American expert, is a fan of Oscar Cortes but questions why, after just a few months of French football, RC Lens

is “giving up” on the winger who is headed to Rangers.

You can see why Vickery is “a little perturbed” by the abruptness of his departure, given that the

Ligue 1 team spent almost £4 million

on the Colombian international as recently as July.

Lens appear to be cutting their losses on Oscar Cortes after only six months and four league appearances. That is despite the fact that

20-year-old has both scored and assisted a goal in France’s top flight in his limited time on the pitch.

And, while Rangers could find themselves pulling off quite the coup, Vickery is not getting carried away until he finds out exactly why

that Lens spell is ending so suddenly.

“He was on of the heroes of the under-20 side, and he did well in the Libertadores at the start of the year,” Vickery says of a player who

scored four goals at the recent U20 FIFA World Cup, winning the Bronze Ball award given to the tournament’s third-best player.

“He is a winger but can play anywhere cross the frontline. He’s strong on the ball,

there is some pace there, and the possibility of goal in him.

“He did well at under-20 level and then he went to France, and it doesnt seem to have worked out. They are giving up on him very,

very early,” Vickery adds (talkSPORT, 31 January, 3pm). “He’s only played a handful of games.

“I like him. (But) I would be a little perturbed by Lens seeming to give up on him so early.”

The National reports that Cortes is now in Glasgow. He is expected to sign a first-year loan with Rangers, with the option to extend it

permanently in the summer. Cortes’ dynamic abilities off the wing for Colombian team Millonarios, which included nine goals and

nine assists in his past 19 appearances, could help make up for the loss of “long-term” absence Abdallah Sima.

Due to an injury sustained while serving in the AFCON, the Brighton loanee will be sidelined for some time.

This month, Rangers has already signed Mohamed Diomande and Fabio Silva. Jefte, the left-back, might also make it to Ibrox.