{"id":39928,"date":"2020-08-04T14:54:24","date_gmt":"2020-08-04T21:54:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.persianfootball.com\/news\/?p=39928"},"modified":"2020-08-04T14:54:24","modified_gmt":"2020-08-04T21:54:24","slug":"rangers-fc-in-the-hunt-for-player-with-uncontrollable-speed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.persianfootball.com\/news\/2020\/08\/04\/rangers-fc-in-the-hunt-for-player-with-uncontrollable-speed\/","title":{"rendered":"Rangers FC in the hunt for player with “uncontrollable speed”"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Give Me Sport – GLASGOW, Rangers FC got their SPFL campaign off to a solid start on Saturday as the Gers swept aside Aberdeen.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

It wasn’t completely comfortable for Steven Gerrard’s side who had to work hard to bring all three points back to Ibrox.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, Ryan Kent was on hand with a cool first-half finish to score what was ultimately the winning goal in a 1-0 victory.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What was most satisfying, however, was the performance of Alfredo Morelos.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Linked\u00a0with a move to Lille, he showed willing commitment to the cause and supplied the ball for Kent to run onto and open the scoring.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Colombian may still leave Glasgow behind but for now, he is still very much a Light Blues player.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For that, the fans have plenty of reasons to believe they can challenge Celtic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Though, they will have to improve. The Hoops got their campaign off to an incredibly promising start, defeating Hamilton 5-1. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Borna Barisic didn’t add to his assist tally from last term on the opening day and he will now have reasons to be worried after a fresh transfer report emerged.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Het Nieuwsblad (via\u00a0Sport Witness) claim that Rangers and Leeds United are interested in signing\u00a0Milad Mohammadi.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Iranian left-back is currently with Gent and has a price tag of\u00a0\u20ac7m\u00a0(\u00a36.3m), a value that hasn’t put the Gers off from pursuing him.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The 26-year-old has 25-caps to his name and has spent just a season in Belgium. That, it seems, has done enough to attract British eyes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

GIVEMESPORT’S Matt Dawson says… <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mohammadi may not be known to many households but he’s certainly an exciting player.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dubbed\u00a0someone with “uncontrollable speed” in Iran, he is a versatile performer with adequate qualities, certainly defensively.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the Europa League last term, he won\u00a03.3\u00a0tackles per game and managed\u00a01.7\u00a0successful crosses per match.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, there are some concerns. From his deliveries into the box, he could only help himself to\u00a0two\u00a0assists in 24 appearances.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Barisic and James Tavernier registered a combined\u00a029\u00a0assists in all competitions last season so if Mohammadi wants to fit in seamlessly, he needs to improve his attacking output.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Iranian may put balls into the box but it doesn’t appear as though they find the target with great regularity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Perhaps having someone like Morelos to pounce on his deliveries would be beneficial. Though, of course, it cannot be guaranteed whether he’d still be at Ibrox if Mohammadi arrives. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

At \u00a36.3m, it’s not a hugely expensive transfer but as far as Scottish deals go, it’s a fairly sizable sum of money.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Perhaps Gerrard and Ross Wilson ought to swerve this move.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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