Gers were recently told to bid just over £1m for the Jambos’ prized asset
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Lawrence Shankland is expected to fetch £2.5 million from Hearts, according to Lee McCulloch, while Rangers “should pay just over £1m.”
The Ibrox club is free to offer any amount they choose, although the Jambos will undoubtedly expect anything up to £5 million. The Gorgie team can afford that much if they finish third in the Premiership and receive the guaranteed European group stage football that they were not able to get last season.
It wouldn’t be overstatement to argue that Shankland would be essential to achieving that objective. He is by far their best scorer with twelve goals, followed by a ‘own goal’ on three and a trio of Jambos players with two thus far. For more than a month, no other Hearts player has found the net.
The rest of the team finds it disgraceful and disturbing, but it would be much more concerning if the 28-year-old were to leave in January. All hopes of the Jambos finishing ‘best of the rest’ and making it back to the European stage might pretty much be tossed to the wind.
Any player is only as valuable to his team as he is, and keeping the Scotland international is essentially their best chance to secure that transfer fee. For this reason, any offer that doesn’t fit should be turned down.
A bid of about £1 million would be disrespectful and ought to be dismissed. Given that McCulloch was hired by the Tynecastle club just this year and should be aware of the full value of their talisman, his remarks were peculiar.
Although the Rangers rumors are unfounded at this point, Football Scotland did disclose that Philippe Clement is trying to bolster his center striker position. However, we also recognize that they may be considering borrowing money in order to avoid paying more than is necessary.
The capital club and their supporters will be delighted to hear that. In the event that Glasgow makes a lowball offer, they have the option to decline.
Elias Melkersen was transferred by Hibs to Stromsgodset for £1.2 million last week. a Hibees player who netted three goals. Are we suggesting that a player who scores forty goals in seventy games at Tynecastle is equally valuable? Obviously not.
And if Rangers were willing to pay Cyriel Dessers £3.5 million…
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