‘Special’ player can join Spurs or Rangers for just £6m on one condition

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Maccabi Tel Aviv are willing to sell Rangers target Oscar Gloukh for just £6 million with Premier League giants Tottenham Hotspur now leading the race for the teen sensation, as reported by Sport5. 

You may be wondering why Maccabi would so readily accept a very affordable fee for a baby-faced starlet labelled Israel’s most talented footballer since a young Yossi Benayoun.

Well, it’s simple, really. 

Sport5 point out that the club from Tel Aviv would welcome a £6 million bid – as long as Gloukh’s next club agree to include a substantial re-sale clause in his contract.

Imagine, for instance, Rangers signed the 18-year-old playmaker this summer before selling him on for £20 million a couple of seasons down the line. Maccabi Tel Aviv would then be entitled to a substantial fraction of that £20 million windfall.

Is Oscar Gloukh heading to Tottenham or Rangers?

The Scottish Sun reported in June that Rangers sent scouts to watch Gloukh during Israel’s run to the final of the U19 European Championships, where they were beaten by England.

According to The Mirror (10 July, page 74), Tottenham are currently the team in pole position. Spurs have made contact with Maccabi Tel Aviv already. Though snatching one of football’s most exciting, up-and-coming midfielders from under the nose of Rangers, Ajax and Borussia Dortmund may be easier said than done. 

“I would recommend him to leave,” says former Israel international Gil Vermouth.

“If a club signs him and takes him on as a project, then there’s a chance of success. Gloukh is something special. He needs to examine his options, sit down with his parents and coaches, and decide. 

“After (former Liverpool, Chelsea and West Ham ace) Benayoun, I do not remember such a player (coming from Israel).”

One-time Anfield favourite Martin Skrtel, meanwhile, believes Gloukh has a rosy future awaiting him ‘in the Premier League or the Champions League’. 

The teenager has already scored three times in eight league games for Maccabi Tel Aviv.

“I feel he is more ready than a couple years ago to make the move to a big league. I see him as a player who can cope in Europe,” explains Gloukh’s father. 

“I’m not saying he will have an easy life. He will have to compete with a lot of players for his place. (But) if it’s possible to leave, he will leave.”