Rangers TV pundit issues ‘huge’ verdict after Oscar Gloukh transfer report
Alan Hutton has claimed Rangers would be taking “a huge risk” by signing Oscar Gloukh.
Speaking exclusively to Football Insider, the ex-defender and current Gers TV pundit suggested the .
According to the Daily Record (2 July) Giovanni van Bronckhorst has made the 18-year-old a transfer target.
Maccabi Tel-Aviv have placed a price tag of £8million on the midfielder.
Espanyol are said to have made a £4million bid for the youngster, while clubs such as Ajax and Borussia Dortmund have also been credited with an interest.
The Israeli has two years left on his contract after signing a professional deal.
When asked if Gloukh would choose one of the bigger European names over Rangers, Hutton told Football Insider: “It’s a difficult decision for him.
“Any player wants to play at the highest level. Obviously he’s only 18, I heard that he’d lit it up for Israel in the European Championships.
“I don’t know an awful lot about him but I think when you’re talking that amount of money from Rangers, it’s going to be difficult.
“It’s a huge risk, it’s a huge gamble. Some of the elite teams within European football, they can maybe afford to take a bigger gamble than Rangers can.
“It has to be a sure thing if you’re that size of transfer fee so I do think it would be a risk for Rangers to go ahead and pay that sort of money, even though all indications point to him being a real talented football player.“
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