Rangers demand £7.6 million as a multimillion-dollar offer is made for a first-team player today – source

The trustworthy Turkish journalist said earlier on Saturday, writing on his personal Twitter account (January 27), that the Istanbul club had offered £2.5 million plus bonuses to loan the left-back before this month’s deadline.

But the Ibrox club has turned down the bid and wants to loan the 22-year-old £3.8 million now with an additional £3.8 million commitment clause to make the deal permanent when he started in the 1-0 victory against St Mirren.

EXCLUSIVE: Rangers turned down a loan deal from Galatasaray that included a 3 million euro (£2.5 million) buyout option,” he said.

The Scottish squad asked for either a direct transfer fee of 4.5 million euros (£3.8 million) or a rental cost of 4.5 million euros (£3.8 million) with a mandatory buy clause.

“The transfer will be completed if Galatasaray grants the request.”

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Now that this trade is gaining momentum, it should come as no surprise that Rangers are putting up a fight before making any concessions.

Yilmaz was a second-choice, injury-prone player before the window opened, but he has maintained his fitness well enough to be the starting left-back ahead of Borna Barisic and is doing admirably.

Given the way things have played out, Philippe Clement would be insane to just let him go at this time. If Galatasaray wants to take him back to Turkey, they must present the Rangers with an offer that makes sense in order for them to release him.

ÖZEL | Rangers, Galatasaray’ın 3 milyon euro satın alma opsiyonlu kiralama teklifini reddetti.

• İskoç ekibi, 4.5 milyon euro zorunlu satın alma maddesiyle kiralama ya da direkt 4.5 milyon euro bonservis bedeli talep etti. Galatasaray talebi kabul ederse; transfer tamamlanacak.

— Yağız Sabuncuoğlu (@yagosabuncuoglu) January 27, 2024