Rangers fans rage at board after 'disgraceful' Sam Lammers news

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18 Jul 2024, 5:05 am

Rangers fans have turned on their board once again after Sam Lammers' "ridiculous" weekly wages were revealed amid transfer talks.

Reports claimed that Utrecht have walked away from a deal to sign the forward as he would not take a pay cut from his £24,000 per-week wage.

Lammers spent the second half of last season on loan at the Eredivisie club and scored ten goals in 18 league games as well as providing three assists.

His form meant many expected the 27-year-old to depart Ibrox this summer, but his high wages have made a move more difficult.

As a result, fans have hit out at the board and former boss Michael Beale for agreeing to the terms on his current deal.

Rangers fans slam board and Michael Beale after 'disgrace' Sam Lammers twist

Rangers are in a difficult financial position and will need to sell players so that they can reinvest, but with players on big contracts, moving them on has become an issue.

Lammers joined the Glasgow club last summer in a deal worth £3.5million.

Fans labelled the deal "a disaster" and "a disgrace" in the latest incident drawing criticism towards the board and management at Ibrox.

We need to cap wages.
Paying ridiculous wages and getting nothing in return is a disgrace
— Joyful 🇬🇧🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇬🇧 (@weegie71) July 17, 2024

Standard wage for someone costing £3.5m. An absolute disaster of a signing, up there pound for pound as one of Rangers' very worst
— Grant Cameron (@grantybear) July 17, 2024

I don't have words to describe how poorly run we are as a club.

Sign dross, pay them a fortune, can't shift them. https://t.co/qZIVWgVGkH
— Macca (@Bluemaccauk) July 17, 2024

You can’t blame Sam Lammers, no one wants to take big pay cuts.

This is solely on us handing out braindead contracts. And the sad thing is there will be many more in this squad in the same situation as Lammers. https://t.co/3bUVD43hk8
— Kirst (@kirsten93_) July 17, 2024

So it looks like him being dropped to the B team is to try and force him out.

The blame for this still has to lie with Michael Beale, that salary is absolutely laughable. https://t.co/CfZc0ufXwO
— The Rangers Journal (@RangersJournal) July 17, 2024

Lammers on £25k a week wasn’t on my bingo card for the nonsense that would come out this week

Class squad management rangers
— Nathan (@nathanj3001) July 17, 2024

No wonder Lammers isn't leaving Rangers , on over 20k a week , some mental wages given out in the past 🤣🤣
— RH🇬🇧 (@RHardie54) July 17, 2024

Will we ever recover from Beale?. I really rate our current manager, but it seems he’s been dealt a poor hand. ☹️..
— William G McPloppy (@WMcploppy) July 17, 2024

It never rains when it can pour...
We will start next season with the failures of last season being the majority in our lineup... the current leadership of the club is nowhere to be seen, and we're stumbling from 1 crisis to the next .
— Rob (@rob_goldie) July 17, 2024

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