New name drops as Premier League loanee...

New name drops as Premier League loanee joins long Rangers transfer list

This transfer window’s most strange and tiresome story has probably been the Rangers’ constant conjecture

about left-backs,with Luke Thomas appearing as a new name from an odd source.

The 22-year-old England Under-21 international is back at Leicester City and has been

identified as a potential target by Gers manager Philippe Clement.

He spent the previous season on loan at Sheffield United in the Premier League,

where he made 12 appearances.Even though Jeff Holmes is the unknown source of the link,

Luke Thomas has the kind of profile that suggests he would be regarded as a

well-known player and author around Ibrox. Rangers have more urgent worries than a new left-back.

As Rangers News has previously covered, there is a problem with signing English players.

Given that the Premier League is right here in the UK and offers the largest purses in all of football,

players have a better chance of being sold for a profit if they perform well, but there is a drawback as well.

Luke Thomas is now paid £20,000 per week, according to Salary Sport.

Although he has an option to sign a new deal in the summer and could receive a development fee,

he will be seeking a raise this summer regardless of whether he leaves or not.

I’m not sure if Rangers will replace two international defenders,

Borna Barisic (who has more than 30 Croatian appearances) and Ridvan Yilmaz (the club values him at £5 million).

As a backup, you could see the desire, but the Rangers’ large wage bill is due to this.

Prior to moving into midfield, players like Dujon Sterling and Kieran Dowell were major

money earners but contributed very little to the team.

Thomas is maybe the only name that has been proposed thus far that makes you wonder if it was a good choice.

In the summer, as a comparable substitute for Barisic in the event that he departs

before the conclusion of his contract? Perhaps.But will a player like Luke Thomas,

who has been judged ineligible by a Championship team, truly help Rangers’ defense?

Since Nils Koppen is starting over, it would be unwise for him to make the same mistakes he did in the past.