Rangers could complete mega £9m deal to sign their best talent since Igamane

Glasgow Rangers will already have one eye on what they want to do in the upcoming summer transfer window, despite being in the middle of a title race.

The Light Blues face league leaders Hearts in a huge clash in the Scottish Premiership on Monday evening, with a chance to move to within one point of first place.

A loss would put the Gers seven points adrift of their opponents with three matches left to play, which could be the end of their chances of winning the title.

Irrespective of what happens in the league, Rangers will be in the market to bolster their squad and they should be looking for high-quality players who can improve the team and hold the potential to be sold for a profit in the future.

Hamza Igamane is a success that should be copied because they signed him for just £1.7m from FAR Rabat and sold him to Lille last summer for £10.4m.

How Hamza Igamane’s market value has changed since leaving Rangers

The Morocco international scored an eye-catching 16 goals in his only full season with the Light Blues before being sold for the £10.4m fee in his release clause.

It is a shame that the Gers were unable to keep hold of Igamane for longer than one season because his market value has soared since he made the move to Lille.

The 23-year-old attacker scored nine goals and provided two assists in 18 games in Ligue 1 and the Europa League before sustaining a season-ending ACL injury in January.

Despite picking up that injury at the start of the year, Igamane’s market value has soared to £15.5m on Transfermarkt, which is just over £5m more than the fee Rangers raked in for his services last term.

The Moroccan star has gone on to show that he has what it takes to deliver quality in one of Europe’s major leagues, hence his soaring market value, and Rangers must aim to sign similarly impressive young talents this summer.

Now, the Light Blues have already been linked with a player who could arrive at Ibrox as their biggest talent since they had Igamane on their books last year.

Rangers have held talks to sign biggest talent since Hamza Igamane

There is already work going on behind the scenes to bolster the squad in the off-season, as the club have reportedly made an approach to sign a £10m-rated star.

It was reported in March that the Light Blues have held talks with Tromso over a potential deal to sign central midfielder Jens Hjerto-Dahl, who is valued at up to £9m, in the summer transfer window.

The 20-year-old star could be the club’s biggest talent since Igamane because his form in Norway has already led his value to soar to £9m, which would make him Rangers’ most valuable signing or sale since the Moroccan ace.

Hjerto-Dahl’s impressive form for Tromso in the Eliteserien makes it easy to understand why the Norwegian side value him at such a hefty price, and why the Light Blues want to bring him to Ibrox this summer.

The Norway U21 international, who does not turn 21 until October, has scored nine goals in his last 38 league appearances for his club, whilst assisting five goals in that time.

Meanwhile, no Rangers central midfielder has scored more than six league goals this season and Nicolas Raskin is the club’s top-scoring midfielder in the league since the start of last term, with ten strikes in 65 matches.

Hjerto-Dahl, therefore, could arrive at Ibrox as Danny Rohl‘s most effective midfielder when it comes to making an impact at the top end of the pitch, if he can adapt to the quality and intensity of the Premiership, by offering even more of a goal threat than Raskin.

The Norwegian whiz has also completed more dribbles per game in 2026 than any Rangers midfielder has in the 2025/26 Premiership season, which suggests that he would be more effective at beating the opposition press by dribbling past defenders.

Overall, Hjerto-Dahl has the quality and potential to be the club’s biggest talent since Igamane, due to the possible fee involved in a deal, his goalscoring output, and his technical ability in possession.

It is now down to the board to splash the cash to get the deal done to bolster Rohl’s squad to compete for the title, and more trophies, next season.