Alarm bells are starting to sound at Ibrox over the slow start to transfer business with one fan looking for a £50m spending spree.
Apparently that is the unbudgeted income from the run to the final of the Europa League!
So far Ross Stewart of Sunderland has been linked with an unlikely £5m move to Ibrox that is likely to smoke out offers from English Championship clubs or a vastly improved deal from Sunderland for the former Ross County striker.
With Allan McGregor undecided over whether to retire or return for another year of salary Jack Butland is being discussed as a replacement for the 40-year-old.
At one stage Butland was being tipped as the long term England goalkeeper but a recent CV of Crystal Palace, Derby, Leeds, Barnsley and Birmingham accurately plots his decline.
Despite posting losses of £23.5m for the year to 30 June 2021, Ibrox MD Stewart Robertson predicted breaking even this season before the unexpected route to the Europa League Final.
Four sell-out matches at Ibrox plus the run to Seville generated a total UEFA pay-out of £17m plus various commercial bonuses as fans bought up a multitude of high end Castore kit.
There is an elephant in the room that gets very little attention- Sports Direct. Virtually no media coverage of the settlement with Mike Ashley would suggest that the deal was more favourable to the former Newcastle owner. No tanks have been repelled from Edmiston Drive.
If Ashley has picked up a large chunk of this season’s income it might explain the desperate attempts to sell Calvin Bassey while talks continue over new contracts for veterans McGregor, Steve Davis and Leon Balogun.
Meanwhile Connor Goldson signs off as Alfredo Morelos, Joe Aribo and Ryan Kent move into the final year of their contracts.
Since the signings of Kemar Roofe, Cedric Itten and Ianis Hagi in the summer 2020 transfer window no fees of over £200,000 have been spent on new signings at Ibrox.
The fans must be wondering where all that MONEYPOX has gone to over at the MONKEYPOX stadium.