Rangers’ Calvin Bassey is wanted at Aston Villa – and Steven Gerrard is ready to ramp up his bid to lure the defender away from Ibrox.
The Gers face a big few months as Giovanni van Bronckhorst embarks on his first summer transfer window as Rangers boss.
Having lost the Scottish Premiership title to Celtic, Rangers need to bolster their starting lineup and progress under Van Bronckhorst.
That will mean some players leaving Rangers this summer to make way for new faces, and the Gers may want to make a big sale too.
That’s never ideal but it’s part of football – and Rangers may face a major battle to keep hold of Calvin Bassey.
Rangers’ Calvin Bassey is wanted at Aston Villa
There have been growing rumours about Bassey’s future ever since his display against Eintracht Frankfurt.
The Europa League final gave Bassey a huge platform to impress and he did just that, turning in a superb performance against the Bundesliga side.
Bassey was hailed as a ‘superstar’ by pundit Don Hutchison having dominated in Seville.
Rangers will now receive plenty of interest in Bassey and it looks like Aston Villa are keen.
Steven Gerrard was in charge of Rangers when Bassey joined the club and he allegedly loves the defender’s versatility.
The Times now add that Villa are ready to step up their pursuit of Bassey.
It’s claimed that Villa are ‘closing in’ on Bassey as they prepare to launch their raid on Rangers.
Villa want to back Gerrard with new signings this summer and seem ready to pay up for Bassey.
It’s unclear just how much Rangers will want for Bassey, but it would surely be a huge profit.
Rangers paid just £230,000 to sign Bassey from Leicester City in 2020 and can surely guarantee a huge profit should Villa make their move.
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