Rangers ‘probably can't afford' to pay off forgotten £3m star – so he may have a future after all, says Kris Boyd
STAYING PUT? Rangers 'probably can't afford' to pay off forgotten £3m star – so he may have a future after all, says Kris Boyd
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IT promises to be a summer of change at Ibrox with new owners, a new manager and new players.
But could some stars remain at the club despite looking like they were on the road out?
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Rabbi Matondo scored his first international goal for Wales this year
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But his future with Rangers remains uncertain
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The current Rangers squad is in need of an overhaul and already several players have departed upon the expiration of their contracts.
Cyriel Dessers has been linked with a move abroad and there could also be serious interest in Nicolas Raskin as the summer progresses.
However, certain fringe players are on hefty deals and they could prove problematic to move on.
That's the view of former Rangers star and SunSport columnist Kris Boyd.
One such example is Rabbi Matondo.
The Welsh winger spent the second half of last season on loan at Hannover.
He has struggled to make a consistent impact in Scotland since his £3m arrival from Schakle in 2022.
And despite an impressive start to life at Hannover his season petered out with a whimper.
And Boyd thinks he could prove difficult to shift off the wage bill for Gers.
He told Top Rated Bingo Sites: "The thing is you never know because he is under contract and it is easy to say their time is up and they have to move on but when you are under contract, the club probably can't afford to pay it off.
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"I'm not just talking about Rabbi Matondo, but there's others in the same boat.
"There'll be a new manager coming in, so you just never know what way they are going to play.
"We've seen in other seasons that Rabbi Matondo can be a threat and cause teams problems.
"He has struggled to do it on a consistent basis and that may be one of the reasons Rangers have been inconsistent because a lot of their players have been inconsistent.
"Some of them have found levels for some weeks but then disappeared in other weeks.
"Rabbi Matondo has been out on loan, and it hasn't worked for him."
Boyd added: "I'm sure Rangers would have hoped for him to go out on loan and recoup some of the money they paid for him, but it is not to be.
"We've seen it before when players go out on loan and think 'that's it, it's done and we are going to move on' but with everything changing at Ibrox in the summer, he might come back and produce the goods.
"If he is going to do that then he will have to do a lot more than what he has produced in recent seasons."
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