Rangers transfer news latest as Jack Butland 'sellable' but cash not only consideration

Scott Allan inists Rangers selling Jack Butland would send the wrong message to fans about what the club want to do.

The keeper was Gers' Player of the Year last season and kicked off the new campaign with a clean sheet against Hearts. An enquiry from Nottingham Forest was booted out last season and as yet, there have been no fresh offers from England despite a stellar season between the sticks for the Light Blues last term.

Butland still has three years left on his deal at Ibrox and would command a hefty fee. That could help Philippe Clement strengthen other areas of his side, with the Belgian admitting players must be sold before more can be added. But Allan can't see the benefit in weakening a key area to add in others, regardless of Butland being the club's most sellable asset. And he reckons the message it would send to the Rangers fans would outweigh the financial rewards, especially with Clement trying to build his own vision in Govan.

He told PLZ: “It’s such an important position in your team. How does (selling Butland) look to the fans when they are trying to build something? It would be a big shock to me.

"That balance between being sellable and being in touch with your fanbase and where the club is going, especially at a Rangers or Celtic, is huge.”

Meanwhile Connor Goldson's new boss is delighted with what he's seen from the former Rangers defender so soon after joining Aris Limassol. Head coach Aleksey Shpilevsky says the centre back is "exactly" what Aris needed headed into the new season as Goldson settles in with his new Cypriot teammates on their Austrian pre-season training camp

"I very much like what I have seen from Connor already," he said. "He is exactly what this team needed - a leader. He has it