Robin Propper is negotiating a pay off for the remainder of his Ibrox contract.
A year ago the Dutch defender was signed in a £2m deal to replace Connor Goldson after he accepted a pay off to join Cypriot giants ARIS, the fifth biggest club on the island.
Phil Clement incredibly discovered a get out clause that allowed the Twente skipper to leave for a knockdown fee of £2m.
Without international recognition at any level or playing in any UEFA competitions Propper scored an own goal on his debut then lost to Dinamo Kiev and Celtic as the season fell apart for the Belgian Beale and his exciting young team.
Things didn’t get much better under Barry Ferguson, likewise Russell Martin isn’t a fan but with his contract running until May 2026 Propper won’t be jumping at a pay cut when he can sit things out for the remainder of his Ibrox wages.
Discussing the week ahead at FC Twente, local publisher Tubantia reveals:
And when will Robin Propper show up? Propper and his management are in negotiations with Rangers FC. The club wants to get rid of him, but Propper still has a running contract. So that has to be compensated for somehow, that’s the point of the talks.
Propper and his agents are following the template set last summer when five first team players left for combined fees of £810,000.
The usual suspects discussed fees of £2m for Sam Lammers and £1.5m for Goldson but alongwith Todd Cantwell, Scott Wright and Robbie McCrorie they left for less than half of the fee that Celtic collected for Bosun Lawal.
Ben Davies, Rabbi Matondo, Jose Cifuentes and Kieran Dowell are all in the same situation as Propper as they sit tight waiting on the sweetener to move on to the next stage in their footballing journeys.