LONDON, ENGLAND - APRIL 07: Kwame Poku of Peterborough United celebrates with the Bristol Street Motors Trophy after the team's victory during the Bristol Street Motors Trophy Final between Peterborough United and Wycombe Wanderers at Wembley Stadium on April 07, 2024 in London, England. (Photo by Richard Pelham/Getty Images)
A fortnight ago Kwame Poku was the hottest emerging winger in world football.
The 23-year-old was at the end of his contract, identified as the successor to Vaclav Cerny the Daily Record revealed that Sevco were leading the race ahead of 26 other clubs to snap up Poku.
What could possibly go wrong?
The media messengers were all over it, the Peterborough ace was analysed from every angle, the stats freaks were diving in deeper than ever before as they put together Russell Martin’s Dream XI to face Panathinaikos in less than three weeks time.
And then something strange happened.
“The Rangers” â„¢? ©? ®?
You’ll be hearing from our lawyers.
— ?? ??? ??? ?????? (@WATP72RFC) June 28, 2025
Suddenly Poku has been trashed, apparently he is unambitious, feart to join a real club and fight it out at the cutting edge of European football.
The reality is that playing in London for a Championship club offers a far better pathway to success than joining the waifs and strays at Ibrox where James Tavernier has thrived for 10 lucrative years.
There is no track record of footballing success at Ibrox or developing players.
It is somewhere you reluctantly go for easy money as a chat with Ben Davies, Rabbi Matondo or Kieran Dowell will confirm.
With Panathinaikos on the horizon it looks like Martin’s options on the wing will be Oscar Cortes, Ross McCausland and Matondo.
I’ve woken up hungover af and we’ve hijacked Poku yea we’re winning it fucking all up yours fake Rangers https://t.co/xLnkGlY9sM
— Th3ropy (@Th3ropy) June 24, 2025
Dearie me, can’t believe the richest club in the world has been blown out of the water by QPR.
— Stephen (@sfall0n) June 24, 2025
The bears must be twitching already.
The honeymoon period for Cavenagh & co. might be rather short?
And it’s only freebies and loans on the sevco radar.
Everyone, Anyone knows that! 🙂
The huns are small potatoes and always will be.
The new set up means they’re fvcked forever.
Har de har har har!
Well they do like a The Record – A type of potato (I think) !
The Record even had the headline ready to roll
‘ Rangers beat Celtic and 25 other clubs in the race to sign Poku ‘
Courtesy of deliberately misquoting Barry Fry .
Poku decided to go to a real football club rather than a tribute act supported by fascists.
I can only smile!
The lad made the correct decision. See that big, shiny, silver thing that he was holding in the above photo? He wouldn’t have seen many of them at Ibrox.
Hail Hail.