Rangers transfer bulletin as alternative route to Josh Doig coup emerges and Fabio Silva rejected megabucks for Ibrox

Fabio Silva could have earned MORE money elsewhere before deciding on Rangers.

The Wolves loanee was handed his Ibrox bow from the bench as the Light Blues bounced back from their Celtic disappointment to get back to winning ways in the first game of 2024 and go into the winter break on a high. Ross McCausland and Abdallah Sima scored two goals inside three first half minutes to put the hosts in a commanding position before Daniel Armstrong pulled one back from the spot. However, Todd Cantwell restored the two-goal advantage minutes later to secure all three points for the home side.

Philippe Clement was able to hand Silva his debut late on in the second half while Nicolas Raskin also made his long-awaited return from injury. The attacker - who made the move to England for a reported £35million fee - is in Glasgow until the summer but his Belgian boss has revealed he had the option to pocket extra cash elsewhere but opted for a spell in Govan due to THREE key reasons.

Speaking after the win over Kilmarnock, Clement explained: "First I think it’s always great if a player does good things in training - and he did yesterday – to give him minutes at Ibrox. That’s a magical place to play the first time and he had to feel it also.

"Then you go also with that feeling into this break. It’s different to when you are on the bench all the time. He understands the story because we had a lot of talks before he came about football about how I see players playing.

"We spoke about several positions – not only one – where he can play. And how I see that. He could have gone to places where he could earn much more money, but he came for the football story and for the tradition of the club also and to win trophies because he is somebody who