McAvennie predicts Kamara exit date as Rangers source reveals transfer ‘agreement’
Glen Kamara was given a new Rangers deal so the club can demand more money for him this summer.
That’s the opinion of Celtic icon Frank McAvennie, speaking exclusively to Football Inside about the latest out of Ibrox.
On Wednesday, Rangers confirmed Kamara has signed a new deal, keeping him at Ibrox until 2025.
Ibrox sources have told Football Insider that Rangers have protected the value of Kamara with the new deal but there is an agreement he will be allowed to leave at a certain price.
Football Insider revealed on 7 September Arsenal made a move to re-sign the midfielder during the summer and there were other Premier League clubs signing him.
McAvennie insists the new contract has nothing to do with keeping Kamara at Rangers and praised the player for allowing the club to make more money when he leaves.
“All this means is whoever buys him has to pay more money,” McAvennie told Football Insider correspondent Ben Wild.
“That’s all it means. It makes no difference to whether he will stay or go. I’m sure he will go, maybe not in the winter, next summer.
“Rangers have done well to tie him down and Kamara is a class act for letting them do that.
“But in Scottish football, if the right money comes in, the player will go. Nothing has changed.
“Unfortunately that’s the way. Kamara is one of the better players and the Rangers fans will be delighted.
“He doesn’t do much wrong, the boy. It’s a great move by the club but it makes no difference to whether he stays or goes.”
Kamara’s previous contract had been due to expire in the summer of 2023.
The midfielder has developed into a top-class operator since moving to Ibrox for a bargain £50,000 fee from Dundee in January 2019.
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