The Daily Record is still trying to drum up interest in Hamza Igamane despite a 10 match scoring drought.
After replacing Cyriel Dessers in Phil Clement’s side the Moroccan did go on a reasonable scoring run but has been nowhere near as good as Sam Darby of Dundee United or Simon Murray across the roads at Dundee.
That didn’t stop the spin machine getting underway with Igamane subjected to the full on Morelos treatment during the January transfer window.
Everton and Spurs were set to battle it out in a £30m bidding war for the Moroccan starlet, those stories were running alongside the Chelsea’s swoop for Jefte.
Not a penny was raised from sales at Ibrox during the January transfer window, since the window closed two batches of shares have been issued in exchange for loans while MacQuarie Bank of Australia provided an advance to help meet day-to-day running costs.
Clearly they have more faith in the Ibrox club than their UK bank who wouldn’t provide an overdraft facility.
Disregarding all of that bad news the Record prefers to deal in far fetched transfer tales, turning to Spain to provide their Army of Readers with upbeat news:
Rangers’ resolve over Hamza Igamane will reportedly be tested by an £8.4m Sevilla bid this summer – but the Spanish media admit the striker’s ‘boosted stature’ mean they’ll likely need to cough up more to land him.
The Moroccan has been in explosive form for the majority of this season after an early settling-in period following his move from his homeland in the summer.
He has 13 goals to his name and, despite a recent drought taking him out of Barry Ferguson’s starting XI, the 22-year-old is viewed as a major sellable asset who could reignite the club’s long-stagnating transfer model.
There’s already swirling interest in his signature and after it was reported earlier this month that Sevilla were keen, a new update from Vamos Mi Sevilla takes things on. They claim outright that sporting director Victor Orta has placed him on a list of striker targets and that an initial bid of €10m (£8.4m) is being prepared for the Moroccan.
Hahaha ??? Another 3rd rate hack trying to get a spot at this yrs #Fringe in Edinburgh! Nearly as bad as the £30/40m for #Morelos & same for #KentTryi & both went for zilch! They’re trying to make it look good for the big takeover ???#ComedyGold???
— Mk2 BIG MAVERICK? (@Mk2Maverick) March 13, 2025
Strangely Igamane has yet to be offered a bumper new deal to reflect his status as one of the best young strikers in Europe, his current monthly pay deal is believed to be slightly less that Cyriel Dessers’ weekly windfall.
Sevilla were regularly linked with Morelos, to the surprise of no one that had bothered to watch him no club in Europe offered the chunky striker a contract when he was available as a free agent at the age of 26.
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NEVER Believe ANY PISH coming oot that DUMP!!
Igamane looks like he enjoys the same Scooby Snacks as biiiiig Alfoodo did …looking rather on the chunky side ! Makes Shankland look like Charles Hawtrey in weight and stature …..
I’m fairly sure that anyone with £30m to splash on a forward, who is scouting the SPFL, would be looking at the likes of Maeda. He has a much better tally of goals and a fair amount of assists this season, is an established Japanese international, has played (and scored) in international tournaments, has won a sackful of honours with Celtic and elsewhere, has almost superhuman fitness and stamina levels, is rarely injured and is in his prime. Kühn and others have also probably had more serious, active scouting attention than this guy too.
No big EPL club will waste their time and money on an £8-9m punt on a largely untested guy that was playing in the Moroccan league a year ago, who has never won major honours or played regular international football and who, apart from a brief burst of form, has been a modest success (being kind) in a backwater league. It’s a lot of money to splash on what amount to little more than potential and these clubs have been burned before.In most cases, they probably have as good, if not better, players their academies that they’d be better giving a chance to.
The usual total bollocks and pishful thinking from the Aye Brokes media toadies.
These people must have permanent beamers on their coupons.
Pre-derby match codswallop transfer bingo. The only surprise is that it isn’t an attempt to unsettle our players – such as Maeda or Kuhn – by linking them with ‘transfer swoops’, although of course given their Champions League goalscoring exploits this season, even half-credible baloney about them would involve astronomical sums, which would defeat the purpose. Plus, as they are respectively Japanese and German speakers, I’m guessing neither starts their day reading downmarket Scottish tabloids over their Rice Krispies….
If only prepared bids were legally binding,sevco 2012 would be rolling in dough.
Instead of taking on Wonga deals just to keep the lights on .
Surely the gullibillies must be getting sick and tired of the bulls#it the rags churn out more regularly than sevco share issues
They are addicted to “hopeium” – they might understand on some level that falling for the same old lies and bullshit over and over again is damaging to them but like most addicts they still can’t stop…. that would be admitting defeat!
Do u think it will ever become embarrassing for the DR or any other outlet in Scotland with these continuous rainbow n moonbeam stories? The folks that write these have to be rabid fans, absolutely no way anyone with even a semblance of integrity or self awareness would associate themselves with pish like this, but then again, the refs seem ok sacrificing their careers in Europe to assist so who knows?
A wee special guest star appearance from the Morrocan Messi,we have heard more about Stonner Baron than the Morrocan Messi,and Baron is right out the picture.
The FAKEOVER is dead in the water,the ibrox klub just can’t confirm that at this stage as the season books need to get sold first before the BIG ANNOUNCEMENT the deal has collapsed.
£8.4 million for the Morrocan Messi,a think they made a mistake should it not read £84 million.
I mean if your going to tell a lie might as well make it a WHOPPER.
More Pathological Lies for Liebrox then…
It never stops –
‘Could’ reignite the club’s way long stagnating transfer model…
Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha !!!!
If your (Scummy ‘Reporter’) mama had a fuckin cock she could be yer daddy – But she fuckin doesn’t so she fuckin well isn’t !
Just read an article there in the daily sevco by Robbie Copeland,he has written in the article that Alex Neil has left the klub with Flip FLOP Clement.
How are the THICKOS getting away with writing shite like that,Alex Rae not Neil.
And to think this is the doughball that got the gig and passed it,just who failed it.
They’ve done the ‘positive’ nonsense article for sevco,
so what’s the negative Celtic nonsense article to be?
Brendan leaving this summer, Maeda ‘falling out’ with team mates, etc…?
Before the weekend
Maeda to ,,, choose any team
I’ll say Southampton
U know one thing that concerns me a little? Yeah we keep moving on players at big profits, but none of them seem to make any huge impact when they do go….clubs are gonna start factoring that in and eventually it will mean less in transfer fees…we need one to go on to be top notch to maintain the reputation.
Correct me if I’m wrong but I think Henrik was the last player u could truly say made a difference to wherever he went after Celtic.