Borna Barisic and John Lundstram are reported to have reached completion stage with their moves to Trabzonspor.
Both players are out of contract at the end of this season with little effort being made to negotiate new deals.
Lundstram has been a consistent starter under Phil Clement while Barisic has slipped down the pecking order with Ridvan Yilmaz appearing to be first pick at left-back. Yilmaz returned as a substitute against Kilmarnock last week after six weeks out with a muscle injury.
There has been growing speculation that Trabzonspor are close to signing the duo, this morning the Glasgow Times reported:
The deals for Rangers pair John Lundstram and Borna Barisic to join Trabzonspor have reached the ‘completion stage’.
That’s according to Ertugrul Dogan, one of the Turkish club’s chiefs.
The Gers duo have been in talks with the eastern European side for some weeks now, with rumours previously suggesting that offers had been accepted by both players.
Philippe Clement, while admitting that they did have deals on the table elsewhere, insists that both remain committed to Rangers and that he was unaware of anything being finalised.
Now though, it appears both of their big money moves to Turkey have been signed and sealed.
Both Lundstram and Barisic have been revealed to be two of the three transfers Trabzonspor have completed.
“Three transfers are done and another transfer is coming to an end,” Dogan said. “We already had three transfers that have recently reached the completion stage.”
With those deals virtually completed the players and Clement have big decisions to make over whether they continue to play knowing that an injury would put their moves in jeopardy.
Leon Balogun is in a similar situation, last Sunday against Kilmarnock he suffered a back injury that led to him being replaced at half-time and puts his place against Celtic in doubt.
Kemar Roofe and Ryan Jack are also out of contract at the end of this month with no talk of new deals being offered.
So sad!
So wee simple Simon has doubled down on his aggressive tactics for sevco to use to win the gane tomorrow.
Lol we can see those tactics worked out for him as a manager,sacked at every opportunity he had of being in management.
But wee follow the bouncing ball when he tries to string a sentence together is definitely Comedy Gold.
Funny that that Glasgow Times thing haven’t been screaming from the rooftops to go out in a blaze of glory with a treble…
C’ mon Brendan and your Hoops – Pleeeeeezzzee Just put that horrific thought to bed tomorrow !