Rangers have accomplished a double deadline day swoop by signing Kevin Kelsy and Badredine Bouanani.
Kelsy was recognized as a precedence goal when Youssef Chermiti sustained a critical knee damage in opposition to Hibernian final month.
The Venezuelan worldwide ahead has price the Ibrox membership £9.2million from MLS facet Portland Timbers and has signed a four-year cope with an possibility of a fifth.
The 22-year-old provides supervisor Derek McInnes an alternative choice up entrance to compete with Lawrence Shankland, Ryan Naderi and Bojan Miovski.
The charge is the second highest in Rangers’ historical past, second solely to the £12m spent on Tore Andre Flo in 2000.
Kelsy got here via the ranks of Mineros de Guayana in his residence nation then moved to Uruguayan outfit Boston River for a brief spell earlier than becoming a member of Shakhtar Donetsk in January, 2023.
Rangers unveiled the £9million signing of striker Kevin Kelsy from Portland Timbers
The Ibrox membership additionally secured the mortgage addition of Algerian Badredine Bouanani from Stuttgart
He then joined Portland Timbers in January 2025 after a mortgage spell at FC Cincinnati.
‘I’ve heard loads in regards to the membership,’ he mentioned. ‘Even once I was youthful, I noticed the workforce in Europe. I do know what the membership means to the followers.
‘I might like to convey some pleasure to the followers and the membership, and rating targets to convey wonderful moments to the workforce.
‘I do know we now have to win all of the video games and play nicely, and I’ll be prepared for this with my teammates. I’m prepared for this new chapter in my life.’
Boss Derek McInnes mentioned: ‘We’re actually happy to welcome Kevin to the membership. He’s an thrilling participant with plenty of attributes, and what actually stood out in our conversations is how hungry he’s to make an affect.
‘He’ll convey actual high quality to an space of the pitch we now have been eager to strengthen, and his arrival provides us one other thrilling possibility going ahead.
‘Kevin has a fantastic angle and an actual want to enhance, and we’re trying ahead to seeing what he can convey at Rangers.’
Bouanani, 21, has arrived on a 12 months’s mortgage from Stuttgart, the place he operated on the proper wing.
The Algerian moved to Germany from Good in 2025 having performed and scored in opposition to Rangers for the French membership in a European match.
The pair’s arrivals imply Rangers have signed 14 gamers on this window — both completely or on mortgage.
Thelo Aasgaard has gone within the different route after transferring on mortgage to Anderlecht, whereas Nico Raskin is staying on the membership after Rangers turned down a second bid from Turkish facet Besiktas.
