Rangers eye summer move for ex-Man City striker who almost joined Gers in 2020 – report
Rangers eye summer move for ex-Man City striker who almost joined Gers in 2020 – report
Tyrese Campbell, an ex-Manchester City striker, is expected to return to Rangers since his Stoke City contract is coming to an end.
During the tenure of former manager Steven Gerrard in January 2020,
the Gers were heavily linked to a move for the hitman.
Bassey (Leicester City) north of the border.
However, after a deal fell through and Campbell ended up signing a four-year contract at Stoke City, there are rumors that Rangers is
considering bringing the now 24-year-old back.
Rangers revive Tyrese Campbell interest
The Ibrox team has allegedly “revived their interest” in Tyrese Campbell as his Potters contract is coming to an end, according to
Football Insider and Wayne Veysey.
consistency at the Britannia.
Tyrese Campbell’s season has been hindered thus far by a hip injury, which may cause concern among Rangers fans who are eager to
steer clear of signing players with significant injury histories.
Interestingly, the report also claims that Hellas Verona failed in a January bid to sign the striker from Stoke,
having a £1m offer turned down with the English side fighting for their Championship lives.
Stoke striker almost joined Gers
Additionally, Tyrese Campbell has stated in the past that he was on the verge of signing a contract
with Rangers prior to signing with Stoke.
The attacker stated in remarks from 2022 that a move appeared to be “going to happen” before receiving guarantees of playing time
from former boss Michael O’Neill in the Championship.
Tyrese Campbell responded, “Yes, there were a few instances where a move was going to happen.”
“This was only really during the time before I signed my new contract at Stoke, when I wasn’t really playing.”
At nineteen going on twenty, I had to play football.
“It was just one of those things where – nothing against the club or manager or players,
anything like that – just me needing to play.
“It was literally just that but the manager at Stoke, Michael O’Neill sat me down at the time and said ‘what’s going on?’.
“I said I’ve got nothing against the club I just need to play. He said, ‘if I pick you, are you going to play?’ and I said yeah, of course. I’m
not going to not play. I don’t want to leave. I’m happy here. Played those games over Christmas and then went from there.”
Tyrese, a left-sided attacker for Stoke, is the son of former striker Kevin Campbell of Arsenal and Everton. In 153 games, Tyrese has scored 34 goals.
After acquiring the striker’s services as a youngster, Stoke was forced to pay Manchester City £1.75 million, and Campbell has been a part of the team since 2017.
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