Cantwell price drop, Dessers roadblock and Wright closing in on exit – Rangers transfer clearout state of play

Rangers have reportedly closed the door on an exit for Cyriel Dessers with the transfer deadline fast approaching.

Reports had suggested that the Light Blues would be open to a deal for the striker if they could recoup the £4.5million they paid Cremonese a sale - despite the 29-year-old being the undisputed first-choice striker since Philippe Clement stepped into the hot seat last season. Danilo is now challenging the frontman while summer recruit Hamza Igamane ramping up their fitness behind the scenes at Auchenhowie.

The Nigeria international has been touted with a move to Cagliari and PAOK already this summer - with reports suggesting that a move to Atlanta United collapsed as Dessers did not want to make a move to Major League Soccer. The Rangers Review now report that while Dessers was subject to interest earlier in the transfer window he is now "unlikely to leave" before Friday's deadline.

Gers will be desperate to offload Todd Cantwell before the window closes - with Blackburn Rovers said to be in talks over bringing the former Norwich City playmaker back to the English Championship. And former Canaries' striker John Hartson reckons that Rangers could be forced to heavily drop their asking price with the 26-year-old stuck in the reserves after submitting a transfer request.

He told the Go Radio Football Show: “A player like Cantwell, you thought when he was playing regularly last season his fee would be at a decent amount if somebody came in for him. Now we are edging towards the end of the window, they might have to rethink and think ‘we have to get his wages off the books’.

"Also, they might just have to accept a lower fee as well. Other clubs are looking at that situation and it puts Rangers in a bit of a