Sources: Rangers told £6m Stoke City asking price for Josh Tymon
Rangers have been told by Stoke City it will cost £6million to buy defender Josh Tymon, Football Insider can exclusively reveal.
A Rangers source has told Football Insider that Stoke are unwilling to sell the 23-year-old and, as a result, have priced him at a prohibitive £6m.
It is a fee likely to be beyond the Glasgow giants despite their increased revenues on the back of a remarkable run to the Europa League final.
Stoke’s price tag is based on Tymon’s consistent high standard as well as the fact he penned a contract extension last November that ties him to the club until the summer of 2025.
Rangers are eyeing Tymon as a potential replacement for Calvin Bassey or Borna Barisic, one of whom could leave this summer.
Bassey, who played half the recent season at left-back and the other half at centre-back, has been targeted by Premier League clubs.
Barisic could also leave Ibrox after four years and 155 matches for the Light Blues.
Tymon played almost every minute of Stoke’s 2021-22 campaign.
He’s an attacking full-back who likes to get forward and accumulated a remarkable 48 appearances, all of which were in the starting XI.
Stoke signed Tymon from Hull City when he was just 18 and he has been an important member of their team since.
In total, he has made
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