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- The Herald Scotland
Marcus Rashford makes Barcelona debut and Harry Kane lifts silverware in Germany
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Scotsman
2 hours ago
- Scotsman
Russell Martin confirms imminent Rangers exit and reveals replacement already identified
Rangers boss blunt on Igamane's hopes of starting v Brugge Sign up to our Football newsletter Sign up Thank you for signing up! Did you know with a Digital Subscription to The Scotsman, you can get unlimited access to the website including our premium content, as well as benefiting from fewer ads, loyalty rewards and much more. Learn More Sorry, there seem to be some issues. Please try again later. Submitting... Rangers manager Russell Martin has confirmed Brazilian full-back Jefte is on the brink of leaving the club and a replacement in the form of 19-year-old Brentford defender Jayden Meghoma has already been identified. Martin was speaking after his side had overcome League One side Alloa Athletic 4-2 to seal a Premier Sports Cup quarter-final clash against Livingston or Hibs. It was more of a struggle than he would have liked, with Alloa equalising after 24 minutes through a Joe Rothwell own goal and then causing some anxiety late in the game with a second goal, from veteran former Hibs player Scott Taggart, to make it 3-2. Rangers substitute Findlay Curtis sealed matters with a fourth in time added on. Advertisement Hide Ad Advertisement Hide Ad Martin now has his eyes set on Tuesday's Champions League play-off first leg against Club Brugge although he knows he won't have Jefe among his personnel options with the left-back set to join Palmeiras in his homeland. Meghoma is set to join on loan. Rangers head coach Russell Martin applauds the fans at full time after the 4-2 win over Alloa in the Premier Sports Cup. (Photo by Alan Harvey / SNS Group) | SNS Group 'Jefte was in yesterday and then by yesterday evening he is maybe not going to be here moving forward,' said Martin, with reference to the fast-moving transfer deal, reported to be worth as much as £6 million. 'It's a good deal for him and the club, so we will see what happens with that. We had to be ready to replace him, we always have been. Jayden is a player we know. He spent a year with us (at Southampton) as a young boy, training every day. He understands what it takes to be a top talent. Played for England at all the youth levels and then Brentford signed him for a lot of money (£5m) as a teenager. He went on loan to the Championship (at Preston North End) and did really well. So he is a player we know and like and hopefully at some point he will be a Rangers player and you will know that when he is.' Asked whether those fringe players who had come into the starting XI v Alloa, with Martin making ten changes, had done enough to force their way into the picture against Club Brugge, he was unsure. 'Some of them did some really good stuff - Manny (Fernandez) did some really good stuff,' he said. Advertisement Hide Ad Advertisement Hide Ad 'Obviously he scored but there are some moments we really need to work on with him, you can see all the attributes he has and the potential. Joe Rothwell in short spurts today was much more positive with the ball than he was in midweek. There's loads to come from this group. Some have taken an opportunity, some will be frustrated and will want to do a bit more.'
The Herald Scotland
3 hours ago
- The Herald Scotland
Jayden Meghoma a Rangers target as Russell Martin eyes transfer reinforcements
Brazilian left-back Jefte, who joined Rangers from Fluminense last summer, is reportedly set to join Palmeiras for £6million. The Gers boss was speaking after the 4-2 win over Alloa booked a place in the quarter-final of the Premier Sports Cup where they will host the winners of Sunday's Livingston versus Hibernian tie, albeit first they have the opening leg of the Champions League play-off against Club Brugge at Ibrox on Tuesday. Martin said: 'Jefte was in yesterday, and then by yesterday evening, he's maybe not going to be here moving forward because it's a good deal for him and the club. 'So we'll see what happens over the next couple of days with that. 'And so we have to be ready to replace him, and we always have been ready. 'So Jayden is a player we know from Southampton, spent a year with us as a young boy, training every day, understands the work, top talent, plays for England at all the youth levels. 'Brentford signed him for a lot of money for a teenager, and he went on loan last year in the Championship and did really well. 'So he's a player we know and like, and hopefully at some point he'll be a Rangers player and you'll know that when he is.' Martin made 10 changes from the side which started in the second leg of the Champions League qualifier against Viktoria Plzen in midweek and the match ended with Emmanuel Fernandez, Mikey Moore and Thelo Aasgaard all having made their debuts, while fit-again Hamza Igamane got more minutes. Nedim Bajrami, Fernandez, James Tavernier (penalty) and Findlay Curtis scored for the home side with Joe Rothwell's own goal and a Scott Taggart tap-in counting for the League One outfit. Martin said: 'I saw some really good bits and some stuff that I didn't like, but I don't think I expected anything different with guys that just haven't played very much. 'When you make 10 changes to the team it's going to disrupt something. So my feeling is we get through, we score four goals, we should score more goals for sure. 'In the first half, after the first 15 minutes, when you can't quite sustain the same level of intensity, they caused some problems which shouldn't happen. 'And I mean that really respectfully, because the way they approached the game, they were great. But there was a lack of a bit of energy, because we had so much of the ball. 'A lack of energy without it could have been really costly. So we have a couple of moments we shouldn't have, but I'm pleased with a lot.' Alloa player-manager Andy Graham was pleased with his side's performance. He said: 'My overriding emotion is pride. We dug in at times but we also played and passed the ball under pressure. They should real composure. 'I'm really pleased from that perspective. You're always going to think 'what if' when you get it to 3-2 with a couple of minutes to go. 'But I'm not sitting here saying we deserved to win the game.'
