Loan offer coming in for Ibrox misfit

Besiktas are considering an offer to take Glen Kamara on a season long loan, not so long ago Steven Gerrard was answering questions about interest from Juventus in the midfielder.

In January Micky Beale signed Todd Cantwell and Nico Raskin then put Ryan Jack on a new 12 month contract.

So far Kieran Dowell has been added to the Revolution with Los Angeles FC midfielder Jose Cifuentes heavily linked with a move to Ibrox.

Last season Kamara dropped rapidly out of the first team picture but with two seasons to run on his lucrative contract it is unlikely that any club will come in with a transfer fee as well as matching his wages.

With no fees brought in so far this summer the Daily Record reports:

Besiktas are set to offer forgotten Rangers midfielder Glen Kamara an escape route out of Ibrox but only on loan as Jose Cifuentes returned to action for LAFC ahead of his proposed move to Glasgow.

Finnish international midfielder Kamara seems certain to leave Rangers this summer after falling out of manager Michael Beale’s plans. Kamara even lost his starting slot in the Finland team for their Euro 2024 qualifier against Slovenia after manager Markku Kanerva explained he couldn’t start him because of his lack of game time with Rangers.

Since Kamara was included in the Rangers line-up for the League Cup Final defeat to Celtic in February, the former Arsenal and Dundee player started just one league game – a dead rubber 2-2 draw with Hearts at the end of the season. Now reports in Turkey have indicated that Besiktas will make an approach to sign the 27-year-old on loan, rather than make a bid for Kamara. Besiktas finished third last season and want to make a push for the title, which they last won two years ago.

And manager Senol Gunes wants to see if Rangers can be persuaded to allow Kamara on loan, with the player still having two years left of his Rangers contract.

Further into the transfer window it is likely that Beale will be easier to deal with as he struggles to keep the deadwood in his squad interested and motivated.