Glasgow Rangers head coach Danny Rohl continued his spectacular begin to life within the dugout at Ibrox with a 2-0 win over Aberdeen within the Scottish Premiership on Tuesday evening.
Set-piece objectives from Emmanuel Fernandez and Nicolas Raskin had been sufficient to seal all three factors for the Gers in entrance of their house followers, to take the staff as much as second within the league desk.
The previous Sheffield Wednesday boss can have been happy with Raskin’s efficiency in the course of the park, because the Belgian obtained on the scoresheet and received 11 of his 15 duels, per Sofascore.
Nevertheless, there’s at all times room to enhance the squad and there might but be extra competitors for the central midfielder to return by means of the door within the subsequent few weeks.
Rangers are in talks to signal new midfielder
The German head coach is trying so as to add to his choices throughout the pitch earlier than the top of the month, and is reportedly taking a look at a star who could possibly be even higher than Raskin in midfield.
Based on Daring, Glasgow Rangers are at present main the race to signal Hacken central midfielder Silas Andersen earlier than the top of the January switch window with the participant ‘excessive on their want record’.
The report claims that the Gers have made contact with the Swedish membership to investigate a few potential deal for the 21-year-old starlet, as they give the impression of being to bolster their squad.
It provides that the Gentle Blues at the moment are in talks with Hacken to debate a switch price for the Danish teenager, however the report doesn’t reveal how a lot cash they need for his companies.
Daring additionally reveals that Celtic are additionally one in all quite a few different golf equipment within the race to signal the Allsvenskan expertise within the coming weeks, which signifies that Rangers do face competitors for his signature.
Why Andersen could possibly be even higher than Raskin for Rangers
The Gers might herald an excellent higher possibility than Raskin within the quantity six place by swooping to signal Andersen forward of Celtic and another events this month.
Just like the Belgian star, the Hacken central midfielder is often deployed on the base of the midfield, tasked with breaking apart play and taking part in passes to kickstart assaults for his aspect.
Within the 2025 Allsvenskan marketing campaign, Andersen confirmed that he might present high quality out and in of possession along with his performances in the course of the park, as he contributed with objectives, assists, tackles, and interceptions at a powerful price.
Expertise scout Jacek Kulig, as proven within the publish above, described him as a “very good” holding midfielder. U23 scout Antonio Mango, in the meantime, hailed his “spectacular” performances and his “relentless” nature.
This highlights how a lot he has caught the attention along with his shows for Hacken, which is additional backed up by the reported talks between Rangers and the Swedish aspect, as they’ve been impressed sufficient along with his performances to enter talks to signal him.
|
25/26 |
Raskin (SPL) |
Andersen (Allsvenskan) |
|---|---|---|
|
Appearances |
19 |
26 |
|
Targets |
2 |
2 |
|
Interceptions per recreation |
0.6 |
1.7 |
|
Tackles per recreation |
2.2 |
3.2 |
|
Clearances per recreation |
1.9 |
3.3 |
|
Duels received per recreation |
6.7 |
7.4 |
|
Floor duel success price |
56% |
60% |
As you possibly can see within the desk above, Andersen could possibly be an excellent higher possibility than Raskin in midfield for Rangers as a quantity six, primarily based on their respective defensive output, as he can produce extra defensive interventions while profitable the next proportion of his duels.
These statistics counsel that the Danish teenager might provide much more to the staff out of possession than the Belgium worldwide, breaking apart extra assaults and creating extra possessions for the Gers to construct assaults from, if he can carry his kind over to Scottish soccer.
This might then open the door for Rohl to play Raskin additional up the pitch, probably within the quantity ten place or in additional of a free position forward of Andersen and Connor Barron, which might permit him to showcase extra of his attacking high quality.
The Belgian star has scored two objectives and offered 4 assists within the Premiership to this point this season, per Sofascore, and produced 5 objectives and 11 assists in all competitions final season.
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Due to this fact, Andersen could possibly be a superb signing for Rangers as a result of he has the potential to be even higher than Raskin within the holding midfield place, while additionally giving the supervisor the liberty to unleash his present star in a brand new position.
