Glen Kamara was bought for a bargain. At £50,000 you don’t get much more of a snip than the cut-price fee it cost Steven Gerrard when he pinched the former Dundee ace from Dens Park.
But now four years on, Mixu Paatelainen reckons Rangers risk losing a fortune if Gerrard’s old sidekick Mick Beale fails to find a way to maximise the value of one of his few sellable Ibrox assets. With nine players heading out of contract in the summer, the 27-year-old - who is tied to the Glasgow giants until 2025 - is among a small clutch of top-team stars nailed down on a long-term deal who could currently expect to fetch a decent fee.
The Finn has previously been linked with £10million moves to England and Europe but Paatelainen - the man who handed the Ibrox ace his first international call-up - fears Gers would struggle to command top dollar now. Kamara’s price tag has dwindled in recent months having been cast aside by former boss Gio van Bronckhorst. He made his first league start since September against St Mirren just before the World Cup break - a match that proved to be GVB’s final game in charge - but faced the indignity of being hooked at half-time after another meak performance.
