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Thu 1 January 2026 20:15, UK <\/p>\n
Josh Windass is surely now on the verge of rejoining Rangers in the early stages of the January transfer window.<\/p>\n
The Wrexham star worked with Danny Rohl<\/a> during their time together at Sheffield Wednesday<\/a>, and the German is keen to bring him to Ibrox in the mid-season window. <\/p>\n Windass has emerged as a target for Rangers<\/a> in recent weeks, as they bid to bolster the firepower in their squad ahead of the second half of the campaign. <\/p>\n The 31-year-old has been a key player for Wrexham<\/a> so far this season, and eyebrows have rightly been raised in the aftermath of their 2-0 win away at Blackburn Rovers on Thursday.<\/p>\n Windass has heaped praise on Rangers<\/a> as a club on several occasions in recent years, and he could now be nearing a sensational return to his old stomping ground.<\/p>\n The Englishman is enjoying an excellent campaign for Wrexham on their return to the Championship<\/a>, as he has 10 goal contributions from his opening 21 league games so far this term. <\/p>\n StatsWindass TotalSquad RankApps21N\/AGoal Contributions102ndChances Created20=1stShots on Target per 900.93rdBig Chances Missed1=8thWindass\u2019 stats in the Championship in 2025-26, ranked against Wrexham teammates (Fotmob).<\/p>\n With that in mind, eyebrows were unsurprisingly raised when manager Phil Parkinson opted to leave him out of the matchday squad for the trip to Ewood Park. <\/p>\n MORE FOOTBALL INSIDER STORIES<\/p>\n Windass<\/a> hasn\u2019t been outside the 18 since way back in the middle of September, and had started in all four of Wrexham\u2019s previous games prior to Thursday. <\/p>\n That is surely a telltale sign that a move to Rangers<\/a> is a distinct possibility in the coming days, as Parkinson would have no need to weaken his team in that matter unless an exit is in the pipeline. <\/p>\n Injury is another possibility, but with Windass\u2019 impressive availability record in the last few campaigns, it seems far more likely that his head may have been turned instead.<\/p>\n Rangers fans unjustified in their reaction to Windass links<\/p>\n Rangers fans were seething when the Windass links emerged<\/a>, but their reaction towards the potential signing was certainly unjustified given the impact that he had during his previous stint. <\/p>\n The forward notched 19 goal contributions in the Premiership during the 2017-18 campaign, and he has since matured as a player and has begun to produce those kinds of numbers with far greater consistency.<\/p>\n He has become an increasingly reliable source of creativity in the English Championship, and perhaps most importantly, he knows exactly what Rohl wants and expects from his players. <\/p>\n The likes of Youssef Chermiti<\/a> and Bojan Miovski<\/a> are not showing enough consistency to fire Rangers into the title race, and as a result, a new attacker is a clear and obvious requirement.<\/p>\n Rohl and Windass enjoyed a hugely successful relationship during their time together at Sheffield Wednesday, and Rangers fans should perhaps be a little bit more receptive towards the plan to try and build that again.<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"(Credit: Imago) Thu 1 January 2026 20:15, UK Josh Windass is surely now on the verge of rejoining…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":347699,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[218,129449,10044,101,56,54,55,3773],"class_list":{"0":"post-347698","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-football","8":"tag-football","9":"tag-josh-windass","10":"tag-rangers","11":"tag-sports","12":"tag-uk","13":"tag-united-kingdom","14":"tag-unitedkingdom","15":"tag-wrexham"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/347698","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=347698"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/347698\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/347699"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=347698"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=347698"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=347698"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"Rangers](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/imago1069044083-scaled-1-1024x732.jpg\")
Credit: ImagoJosh Windass absent from Wrexham squad amid Rangers interest<\/p>\n![\"Josh](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Josh-Windass-1024x683.jpg\")
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