Glasgow Rangers may have won 3-1 over the weekend to return to victory after their defeat of the Scottish Cup of the shock last week, but the performance was far from pretty.
Philippe Clement’s team worked on victory, who saw Hearts player Jamie McCart score two goals during the match.
At this stage, it certainly seems that the Ibrox side goes through the movements, without any clear philosophy being shown on the field. Will this be allowed to continue? Or does Belgian time in Glasgow end its end?
Things do not seem to improve anytime soon, and they are as bad, if not worse, as when Michael Beale was in charge between December 2022 and October 2023.
The Englishman was not the right man to direct the Gers, it is a certainty.
The fate of Michael Beale in Rangers
Beale was the first coach of the Steven Gerrard team during his three and a half year fate in charge of the Gers, and he was widely rented for his tactical approach, who saw the club win his first crown of Premiership in a decade.
Beale followed Gerrard at Aston Villa before taking his first steps in the direction with QPR at the start of the 2022/23 season. When Giovanni van Bronckhorst was dismissed in November of this same campaign, Beale Appointed as a new director of the Rangers A few weeks later.
He managed the light blues for a Total 43 gamesWon 31 and losing eight, with an average of 2.26 points per match. He finished his time in charge of the club by winning 72.1% of his matches, which classifies him – statistically anyway – as the second best manager in the history of the club.
Of course, in terms of real football and the fact that he failed to strengthen the team, wasting money on players such as Sam Lammers and Cyriel desders, his time in Glasgow was a disaster.
He signed Nicolas Raskin and Todd Cantwell, however, and the two were probably his best signatures.
Todd Cantwell Rangers Statistics
Once Valued at 40 million pounds sterling By Norwich City, Cantwell had fallen into the hierarchical order of Carrow Road, which allowed Gers to sign it in January 2023.
Six goals and five assists Between February and May 2023, Cantwell turned into an excellent signature for the club. Someone who could perhaps be the team’s support point before 2023/24.
Todd Cantwell’s Premiere -Hip Statistics in Rangers | ||
|---|---|---|
Metric | 2022/23 | 2023/24 |
Goals | 6 | 7 |
Aid | 4 | 5 |
Big chances created | 5 | 7 |
Dribbles successful by game | 1.5 | 1.2 |
Key passages per game | 1.3 | 1.7 |
Unfortunately, although he may have recorded 15 goal contributions during his only full season in Ibrox, Cantwell often made long spells without showing enough, and it quickly became clear that he was not part Clement plans in the future.
The Rangers have shown interest in a multitude of players during Beale’s time. Could things could have been different if they were able to sign some players who appeared as targets?
A player who was linked at the January transfer window in 2023 was one of the best attackers in the Premier League – Cole Palmer.
The pursuit of Cole Palmer Rangers
Beale wanted to strengthen his team during the winter window, just a few weeks after taking the reins in Ibrox.
While Raskin and Cantwell finally joined, it was reported that the Light Blues had a loan offer rejected by Manchester City for a relatively unknown palmer.
The attacker midfielder had only presented with sparingly under Pep Guardiola during the first half of the season, not having marked or assisted, but one cannot deny his enormous talent.
A loan spell in Scotland could have given Rangers a major boost. Who knows, he could have stimulated the club on a trophy. In the end, this decision did not materialize and Cantwell was the only attacker player who joined the club.
What happened to Palmer anyway?
Current merchant value of Cole Palmer
Palmer helped City win a triple of the Champions League, the FA Cup and the Premier League during the second half of the 2022/23 season, and it seemed that his future turned to Etihad.
That summer, a The offer of 40 million pounds sterling has arrived de Chelsea, and he was duly accepted. Obtaining costs like this for a player who had only presented 41 times for City seemed that it was too good to refuse.
18 months later, Palmer became one of the best players in the elite, with the Stamford Bridge team under Mauricio Pocsettino and now Enzo Maresca.
Indeed, under the Argentinian, the 22-year-old was perhaps the most brilliant spark of an otherwise disappointing season. In all competitions, English scored 25 goals And caught 15 assists, leading the blues to a sixth place.
In the Premier League, he On average 3.2 shots per game In addition to the creation of 17 main chances and an average of 2.1 key passes per match, presenting its talents on a range of measures.
He made the England team for Euro 2024, which scored in the final against Spain, which set it for another excellent season.
At the time of writing, Palmer has Registered 20 objectives contributions While Guardiola, his former manager, Guardiola, even nicknamed the Young a “machine” After City over Chelsea’s victory earlier this season.
These performances have seen its market value soar since its arrival in London for what now seems to be a meager 40 million pounds sterling.
Indeed, according to Transfermarkt, Palmer is now worth a 130 million euros drugs (110 million pounds sterling), indicating that Chelsea will be held to make a huge profit on him if they decide to take advantage.
Imagine how good he would have been for the Rangers if he joined the club two years ago.
Instead, Cantwell was signed. The former Norwich starlet appreciated several purple patches in Gers, but rarely demonstrated its true potential.
He is currently back in the championship with Blackburn Rovers, after leaving Glasgow last summer.
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