{"id":662581,"date":"2026-06-28T10:25:35","date_gmt":"2026-06-28T10:25:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/662581\/"},"modified":"2026-06-28T10:25:35","modified_gmt":"2026-06-28T10:25:35","slug":"rangers-close-in-on-defender-godfrey-gossip","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/662581\/","title":{"rendered":"Rangers close in on defender Godfrey &#8211; gossip"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Serie A defender set for loan to Rangers as MLS clubs close in on out of contract Hearts midfielder&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">England-capped defender Ben Godfrey, 28, has passed a medical and is set to join Rangers on loan from Atalanta, with an option to buy. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rangersreview.co.uk\/features\/26234136.rangers-close-third-summer-transfer-medical-passed\/\" class=\"ssrcss-1fqyhkk-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">(Rangers Review &#8211; subscription required), external<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Rangers defender Emmanuel Fernandez, 24, is on a short-list of possible targets for French club Rennes. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailyrecord.co.uk\/sport\/football\/football-transfer-news\/ben-godfrey-set-rangers-transfer-37356648\" class=\"ssrcss-1fqyhkk-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">(Daily Record &#8211; subscription required), external<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Real Betis are confident they can persuade Rangers to sell them midfielder Nicolas Raskin for below \u00a320m. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.glasgowtimes.co.uk\/sport\/26234019.la-liga-side-confident-can-get-rangers-lower-asking-price\/\" class=\"ssrcss-1fqyhkk-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">(Glasgow Times), external<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Rangers are in talks with Hull City over a deal for goalkeeper Ivor Pandur, while Manchester United shot-stopper Radek Vitek is another option being considered. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.skysports.com\/football\/live-blog\/11781\/13176154\/scottish-premiership-news-transfers-rumours-gossip-and-more\" class=\"ssrcss-1fqyhkk-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">(Sky Sports), external<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Despite rumours of Rangers interest, Real Salt Lake are leading the chase for Cammy Devlin, while MLS rivals Chicago Fire and Seattle Sounders are also tracking the midfielder who is out of contract at Hearts but has been made an offer to stay at Tynecastle. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailyrecord.co.uk\/sport\/football\/football-transfer-news\/derek-mcinnes-decides-rangers-next-37355628\" class=\"ssrcss-1fqyhkk-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">(Daily Record &#8211; subscription required), external<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Celtic face transfer competition for \u00a36m-rated Borussia Dortmund winger Cole Campbell, with newly-promoted Bundesliga side Elversberg interested in the 20-year-old. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.glasgowtimes.co.uk\/sport\/26234174.celtic-face-bundesliga-battle-sign-dortmund-star\/\" class=\"ssrcss-1fqyhkk-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">(Glasgow Times), external<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Celtic have set a club record selling price for midfielder Arne Engels, with Roma the latest club linked with the Belgian. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thenational.scot\/sport\/26233875.celtic-set-stars-asking-price-interested-clubs-circle\/\" class=\"ssrcss-1fqyhkk-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">(Football Italia via The National), external<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Turkish clubs have submitted offers to Kelechi Iheanacho now that the option to extend his Celtic stay has expired. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.allnigeriasoccer.com\/celtic-risk-losing-iheanacho-as-turkish-clubs-make-lucrative-offers-to-super-eagles-striker\" class=\"ssrcss-1fqyhkk-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">(AllNigeriaSoccer.com), external<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Midfielder Mark O&#8217;Hara, 30 has rejected a one-year contract at St Mirren and agreed a two-year switch to former club Kilmarnock. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailyrecord.co.uk\/sport\/football\/football-transfer-news\/transfer-news-live-celtic-rangers-37328527\" class=\"ssrcss-1fqyhkk-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">(Daily Record), external<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">St Mirren are weighing up a return for  midfielder Dylan Reid, 21, who left the Paisley club for Crystal Palace in 2023. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailyrecord.co.uk\/sport\/football\/football-transfer-news\/transfer-news-live-celtic-rangers-37328527\" class=\"ssrcss-1fqyhkk-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">(Daily Record), external<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Serie A defender set for loan to Rangers as MLS clubs close in on out of contract Hearts&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":662582,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[218,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-662581","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-football","tag-football","tag-sports","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/662581","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=662581"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/662581\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/662582"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=662581"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=662581"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=662581"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}