7 breaking Rangers transfer headlines as new striker eyed up, Dessers 'offered' to Italians and £8m West Ham fear emerges

Cyriel Dessers has reportedly been offered to Serie A side Monza as Rangers continue to clear the decks this month – and that could pave the way for a new striker to come in.

The Ibrox side are looking to offload some fringe players before more signings can arrive with Rabbi Matondo on the verge of sealing a move to Coventry City on loan with an option to buy, with Kieran Dowell another who has been put up for sale. Both of those exits would make room in the squad and on the wage bill, but the one that could really budge the needle is Dessers.

He has tumbled down the pecking order and now finds himself third choice behind Hamza Igamane and Danilo, but has maintained a strong enough vein of form that there is interest in his signature. Various clubs in Europe have expressed interest, with St Etienne, Cagliari, Empoli and Leganes among them. Now Nicolo Schira reports that Monza have joined the queue - with Dessers being 'offered' to the Serie A outfit. They paid £4.5m to sign him from Cremonese and likely want the bulk of that reimbursed to sell him now - although previous reports have suggested their demands cooled some interest from Spain.

If Dessers does go then Rangers need to sign a striker, and can't afford to lean on Igamane and Danilo for the rest of the season. That's the view of pundit Alan Hutton anyway who told Glasgow World: “Igamane has been outstanding. I think he came in at the start of the season and the manager was basically saying this is one for the future, he's not quite ready, we need to get him up to speed. We've seen flashes of him. He's different from Dessers, he likes to move about, he likes to get on the ball and make things happen and link up. But he's got an eye for a goal.

“If you give him