'Having regular conversations' - Rangers in contract talks with 'virtually perfect' colossus

Rangers remain in talks with Connor Goldson over the possibility of a new contract, the club’s managing director Stewart Robertson has told Sky Sports. 

The 29-year-old, who featured in the 2020/21 Premiership Team of the Season after putting together a ‘virtually perfect’ campaign to help Rangers end their Glasgow rivals’ run of nine consecutive league titles, could be into the final months of his Ibrox career.

His £27,000-per-week deal is up at the end of May, and The Athletic’s Jordan Campbell wrote recently that the defender is expected to leave, along with fellow out-of-contract duo Allan McGregor and Steven Davis.

Robertson has said that decisions will be made on the Rangers trio in the next few months, but dialogue with all three players is continuing.

Speaking to Sky Sports about Goldson, the Ibrox chief said: “We’re not resigned to losing him. I know Ross [Wilson, sporting director] is having regular conversations with all the players whose contracts are expiring in the summer and that’s something that will be addressed in the coming months.”

Perhaps the key to Goldson’s future lies in Rangers’ fortunes for the rest of the season.

A recent report from The Scottish Daily Express suggested that winning the Premiership, and potentially securing the £35m bonus which comes from Champions League group stage qualification, could be a game-changer. That may enable Rangers to award the centre-back the kind of lucrative new deal he’s perhaps demanding.

It’s worth noting, however, that the situation is different with McGregor and Davis – at the ages of 40 and 37 respectively, they won’t be far off retirement.

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