Ross Wilson looks set to miss out on yet another transfer target.
The Ibrox club signed Ianis Hagi and Kemar Roofe from the Belgian league and were expected to snap up Nicolas Raskin from Standard Liege.
Almost all of the noise came from social media with momentum building for no obvious reason.
Now, with just a few days to go before the January transfer window opens, the Belgian u-21 internationalist is on his way to the French league.
The Sun reports:
RANGERS target Nicolas Raskin looks set to disappoint his Ibrox suitors by moving to France with Marseille and Toulouse leading the chase.
The Standard Liege midfielder has been dumped into the reserves at former Celtic manager Ronny Deila’s club after refusing to sign a new deal in Belgium.
Rangers were credited with a serious interest in the Belgian Under 21s star both in the summer and when the transfer window reopens next week but he appears to have made it clear he wants to play in Ligue 1 and will move to a French club.
Marseille and Toulouse have both made enquiries about signing him now for a cut-price fee now rather than waiting to get him for nothing in the summer.
Nantes and Reims have also shown interest, but he could be persuaded to go to Toulouse because they are now managed by former Nottingham Forest manager Philippe Montanier, who worked with Raskin when he was in charge of Standard Liege two years ago.
With the summer transfer profit used to pay off one management team and recruit another spending is likely to be at a minimum at Ibrox next month with Beale required to be imaginative.
I wonder why any half decent young footballer especially from Europe would not want to sign for a Clumpany in Scotland ,or be associated with one who is constantly in litigation , permanently skint ,steeped in bigotry and being monitored by UEFA for breaching FFP rules and regulations …I mean ,it’s as if their reputation would be damaged or something …