Rangers don reject one offer wey dem receive for striker Youssef Chermiti, and manager Derek McInnes don confirm say the bid no reach wetin the club dey expect. The 22-year-old striker, wey start Saturday match against Hibernian for home, later comot because of injury.
McInnes tell BBC Scotland say: “I believe say the club valuation for the player no don reach. So from our point of view, any club wey dey look our players, na business as you were.” Reports say Turkish champions Galatasaray be the bidders.
Chermiti, wey don represent Portugal for under-21 level, don play 43 matches for Rangers, with 30 starts, and e don score 15 goals. E join Rangers from Everton for September 2025, and na im reportedly become their most expensive purchase since Tore Andre Flo for 2000.
McInnes talk more: “E no surprise say e get big tag and high potential, but thank God e be our player and e go still be like that. We dey try to build team here, and we still dey look for additions to add to the good players wey we get, including Youssef. So e no be something we go encourage, and as I talk, news don break today, but we just dey concentrate on the game today.”
Rangers don already make nine signings this summer after McInnes come from Heart of Midlothian, and e dey hope to add more. E add: “We get a few bids for several players and some tins dey ongoing right now, but everything else, ideally many of these tins for don finish quick. But hopefully, if any news dey, e go come for upcoming days on some of our targets.”
