What Rangers supporters can expect on deadline day: transfer...

What Rangers supporters can expect on deadline day: transfer state of play on Cortes, Jefte and Cifuentes

Although Rangers manager Philippe Clement is somewhat happy with his January transfer activity thus far, he will still want to bring

in at least two more players before the transfer market ends on Thursday at 11.30 p.m.

Early on, the Ibrox team signed Portuguese striker Fabio Silva on a loan from Premier League team Wolves, and the player has

adapted to his new surroundings. Midfielder Mohamed Diomande, who is initially on loan from FC Nordsjaelland with a buyout

obligation of approximately £4.5 million in the summer, trailed him through the door.

The Ivorian came in Scotland earlier this week after being granted a work permit.

Clement and Gers’ new director of football recruitment Nils Koppen continue to work on other targets with a left-back, a wide player

and a striker still on the club’s wish list. The recruitment team are still looking to finalise deals for Brazilian full-back Jefte from

Fluminense and Colombian winger Oscar Cortes from French side RC Lens.

Clement and Nils Koppen, the new head of football recruitment for the Gers, are still working on other targets, which include a left-

back, a wide player, and a striker. Oscar Cortes, a Colombian winger for RC Lens in France, and Brazilian full-back Jefte of

Fluminense are still being finalized by the recruitment staff.

Currently on loan at APOEL Nicosia, defenseman Jefte is able to depart the Cypriot club early after to an agreement reached last week

between the parties. The 20-year-old, it has now been stated, has vanished from sight

and hasn’t communicated with his loan club in FIVE DAYS.

After traveling to Glasgow this afternoon, attacker Cortes is getting closer to completing his transfer to Rangers. Since moving from his

childhood club, Millonarios, to the Ligue 1 team in the summer, he has only mustered four substitute appearances. After a medical, he

will likely sign a contract that will see him through the summer, after which the Glasgow giants will have the option to purchase him,

but the exact cost is still unknown. Rangers have, however, given Brazilian

club Cruzeiro’s authorization to communicate with Jose Cifuentes, a center midfielder. Only in the summer did the Ecuadorian

international sign a four-year contract with Glasgow FC, having previously played for Los Angeles FC under Michael Beale. Having

fallen short of expectations thus far, it was revealed last week that Rizespor, of the Turkish Super Lig, had reached an agreement to

sign him on a first loan, with a £2 million option to buy the player in the summer.

Cifuentes, though, wasn’t thrilled about going to Turkey.

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