Rangers sun cimfin yarjejeniyar sa hannu guda biyu a lokaci guda, suna siyan dan wasan harbi na Venezuela Kevin Kelsy daga Portland Timbers da kudin da ba a bayyana ba, da kuma daukan dan wasan gefen Algeria Badredine Bouanani a bashi na kakar gaba daya daga Stuttgart. Wadannan 'yan wasan biyu sun kawo jimlar sabbin 'yan wasan da suka shigo Ibrox wannan lokacin rani zuwa 14, yayin da sanarwar ta zo ne daidai da rufe tagar canja wurin lokacin rani ta Scotland ranar Alhamis.

Wane ne Kevin Kelsy?

Kelsy, wanda ke da shekaru 22, ya sanya hannu kan kwantir na shekaru hudu tare da zabin shekara daya kari a kulob din Scottish Premiership. Dan wasan harbi mai yin harbi da kafar hagu mai tsayin kafa 6 da inci 4 an haife shi a Valencia, Venezuela, kuma ya fara aikinsa da Mineros de Guayana kafin ya koma Boston River a Uruguay. Daga nan ya yi shekaru biyu masu nasara tare da Shakhtar Donetsk a Ukraine, inda ya zura kwallaye tara a wasanni 37.

A watan Afrilu 2024, Kelsy ya yi jarabarsa ta farko a Major League Soccer a bashi zuwa Cincinnati, inda ya ci sau shida a wasanni 23. Portland Timbers sun sanya shi hannu bayan Shakhtar Donetsk suka sayar da shi a watan Janairu 2025. A wannan kakar, ya buga wasanni 16 na Portland, yana ba da gudunmawar kwallaye 10 da tallafin kwallo uku ga kungiyar da ke matsayi na 11 a Yammacin Taro da na 17 a MLS baki daya. A duk aikinsa, dan wasan harbin ya zura kwallaye 19 kuma ya bayar da tallafi 5 a wasanni 63, ban da zayyana wasanni 6 na kasa da kasa na Venezuela.

Hanyar Bouanani zuwa Ibrox

Bouanani, wanda ke da shekaru 21, ya shiga Stuttgart daga Nice kadan fiye da shekara daya da ta wuce kan kudin da aka ruwaito ya kai £13 miliyan. Duk da haka, ya kasa samun lokacin wasa a yawance a Bundesliga, inda ya yi farawa tara kacal da kuma shiga a matsayin wanda aka maye gurbinsa sau 13 a lokacin da Stuttgart ya kare a matsayi na hudu a Jamus. Bai buga wasa ko daya ba a wannan kakar.

Dan wasan gefen Algeria ba bako bane ga kwallon kafa ta Scotland. Ya kasance wani bangare na kulob din Nice da Philippe Clement da Rangers suka doke 4-1 a UEFA Europa League shekaru biyu da suka wuce, kuma ya fara wasan Stuttgart da ya sha kashi 1-0 a gida da Celtic a kasan wasan Europa League a kakar da ta gabata — wanda ya taimaka wajen fitar da zakaran Scotland bisa jimlar sakamako biyu.

An haife Bouanani a Lille kuma ya yi horon matasa a kulob din birninsa kafin ya koma Nice. Ya yi bashi zuwa Lorient a lokacin da yake Nice, ya kuma wakilci Faransa a matakan matasa kafin ya canza amincinsa na kasa da kasa zuwa Algeria a 2023.