With the dust settling on the 2025/25 season, manager Danny Rohl and club chairman Andrew Cavenagh have confirmed that there will be widespread changes to the squad, which is why it’s clear these five Rangers players must leave this summer.
Sources have indicated to Read Rangers that a large group of players are heading for the exit, having been deemed surplus to requirements for good reason
Too many high-earning players aren’t contributing enough to justify their positions.
Regardless of wages, the output that matters is on the pitch.
There hasn’t been enough end product, resulting in the unacceptable third-place finish in the Scottish Premiership table this season.
These five players must leave Rangers
It would almost be easier to make the case for who should stay, for the select few who have done enough to be considered important first-team players for next season.
However, a clear-out of sorts will take place.
Around nine players are out of contract or returning to parent clubs from loan spells in Glasgow this season.
It will be important to move on players who can’t be relied upon for the next phase, and that includes some big hitters.
Jack Butland
The unfortunate reality is that Jack Butland no longer deserves to be Rangers number one.
His awful mistake on the final day at Falkirk compounded a miserable season for the former England international.
Earlier in the season, his presence and contributions were key for Rangers remaining competitive, but it was a campaign peppered with individual errors that cost goals.
Moving forward, he doesn’t have the capacity to play with his feet, to distribute the ball and to be the keeper Rangers require.
Butland won’t be short of offers in England or abroad.
Nico Raskin
The enigma.
On his day, he’s excellent. But how many of those days do we get?
Raskin’s quality of being good in various different midfield functions often clouds that he excels in few of them.
Not a true playmaker or enforcer, not a consistent box-to-box player, it’s difficult to pinpoint his best role.
Raskin said in April:
“I just think I can play wherever the manager wants me to play. If you ask me where I want to play or where I see myself, I would say in the middle.
“I can play as a No.6, like with the national team. I feel really good as a No.6, a holding No.6, defending, trying to organise, to be there for protection if my offensive player loses the ball.”
Three failed campaigns tell the story. He doesn’t have the consistency or leadership credentials to go again.
Hopefully, his World Cup odyssey can be a productive one for the player and for Rangers, with a summer sale to follow.
Bojan Miovski and Nedim Bajrami
Two current internationals, with North Macedonia and Albania, respectively.
Miovski and Bajrami will carry a residual value, even if it could be difficult to recoup the full amounts paid for their services in the first place.
Here are two signings that have ultimately been unsuccessful.
There’s an argument that the former Girona striker deserves more time but Rangers must be ruthless.
This writer does not expect the pair to be at Ibrox by the time the transfer window closes at the end of summer.
Mo Diomande
Diomade is another who has flattered to deceive.
Glimpses of quality, but nowhere near enough. He hasn’t shown the consistency required, and quite simply, he needs to be replaced and improved upon if Rangers are to move forward.
His lack of gametime in the closing stages are an indicator of Danny Rohl’s thinking, too.
At just 24 and already a full international with the Ivory Coast, it should not be difficult to offload the former Nordsjaelland man.
A switch to France or Germany would be a shrewd move for the midfielder.
Sell and reinvest.
