Rangers’ Scottish Premiership challengers Rangers apparently want to sign Olympiakos left-back Kostas Tsimikas and he’d certainly be welcome at Ibrox.
If there has been a better left-back performance in the Champions League this season, we haven’t seen it.
If you were wondering why clubs from all over Europe are batting their eyelashes shamelessly in the direction of Kostas Tsimikas, his rampaging display in Olympiakos’s 1-0 triumph over Red Star Belgrade on Tuesday night has answered those questions in style.
The Greek international has been heavily linked with a move to Rangers, amongst others, in the few days with PageNews reporting that he could become the most expensive new signing at Ibrox since a certain Tore Andre Flo arrived in Glasgow.
But, during a Man of the Match performance in Piraeus, Tsimikas looked worth every penny of his £8.5 million price-tag.
The 23-year-old completed 85 per cent of his passes, five out of six attempted crosses and even produced five key passes – far more than anyone else on the pitch. If the post hadn’t denied Youssef El-Arabi, Tsimikas would have capped a fabulous performance with a glorious assist too.
If anyone was wondering whether a typically attack-minded full-back had a few defensive deficiencies in his game, Tsimikas’s impressive positional sense and tenacity in the tackle should silence those doubts.
If Rangers can somehow stump up that £8.5 million, they should have no concerns now about making Tsimikas the second most expensive signing in their history on this evidence. A five-star display against Red Star.
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