“We definitely feel some of those players have made a fantastic return for us and others haven’t made a strong enough return yet,” said Ross Wilson in response to criticism of his recruitment in the most heated part of Rangers’ AGM on Tuesday.
For many Rangers fans, the latter part of the Ibrox sporting director’s statement is an understatement. One shareholder was roundly applauded as he spoke passionately about an area he felt Wilson had come up short.
“When you look at the players signed during your tenure we’ve had very few successes and a lot of failures. You could maybe pass Ianis Hagi, Kemar Roofe, Jermain Defoe and Calvin Bassey as successes but when you look at the failures under your watch and going by the reports it’s been quite expense. We spent £2 million on Juninho Bacuna, Aaron Ramsey was reported to be anything from £700,000 to £3 million. Zukowski was signed for £500k and played one game. Amad Diallo came up from Man United - failure. We’ve now signed Rabbi Matondo for £3 million and he hasn’t hit the ground. Did you action the signing of a centre half from Hearts when he’s missed 44 games at Hearts over the last two seasons?”
