Robin Propper to be shipped out of Rangers as wages to go towards replacement loan signing

Rangers would have been better off keeping hold of Connor Goldson than replacing him with Robin Propper and should move the Dutchman on again, says Derek Ferguson.

The defender arrived at Ibrox in the summer for £1.5million from FC Twente [The Herald, 2 August] after Englishman Goldson departed to Aris Limassol.

While Ferguson accepts the former vice-captain was past his best at Ibrox he still believes the 31-year-old would be more of an asset to Philippe Clement this term than the man brought in to fill the gap, who he has tipped to head to the exit already after struggling mightily so far.

Sam Lammers was a similarly underwhelming Dutch signing last season that was shipped out on loan to the Eredivisie in January before completing a permanent move to Twente in the summer, and the same scenario is already being speculated on for Propper ahead of the winter window [David Edgar, 27 October].

He scored an own-goal on debut against Motherwell on 10 August and has been an uncertain presence ever since, and with the manager increasingly leaving him out of important domestic fixtures it appears the Belgian is starting to lose faith in his own signing already.

Having already lost his place alongside John Souttar to 36-year-old Leon Balogun, the centre-back notably looked unhappy to remain on the bench in the League Cup semi against Stuart Kettlewell’s men on 3 November when Neraysho Kasanwirjo was preferred as an injury substitute.

Ferguson has backed the Feyenoord loanee to take his place more regularly, and believes a quick departure for Propper makes most sense all round so his wages can be used towards bringing someone else in.

Rangers better off keeping Connor Goldson at Ibrox?

“Well he didnae look to happy sitting on the bench [vs Motherwell],” he exclusively told Ibrox News.