Rangers transfer state of play as Jefte move comes armed with twist while Cifuentes and Yilmaz take Turkey call

Rangers fans have been told to strap themselves in for the remaining days of the transfer window so we could be in for some drama as the clock continues to tick towards Thursday night’s deadline.

Philippe Clement said after Saturday’s win that he expects plenty of activity both in terms outgoings and incomings at Ibrox. And there was an indication of that when just a matter of hours after the Belgian made his prediction, news broke of a potential move to Turkey for flop Ecuadorian midfielder Jose Cifuentes.

It was one that came right out of the blue with no previous mention of an exit for the former LAFC man yet Sky Sports News presenter Clare Tomlinson just casually dropped it in during a transfer bulletin at teatime on Saturday. Here, Record Sport looks at those likely to be involved in Rangers transfer news with Mohamed Diomande and Fabio Silva the two signings so far with Alex Lowry also returning from a loan spell at Hearts, albeit the young playmaker is now injured.

Rangers fans are going to be more excited about potential incomings than those heading for the exit door and the Brazilian full back is very much a live one. In fact, when the news came out on Friday it almost felt like it was one where an announcement was imminent as reports said a deal had been struck with the 20-year-old’s club Fluminense. However, he is on loan at APOEL Nicosia and it is now being claimed in the Cypriot outlet Balla that a deal might not be so straightforward as they have an option to buy him and would therefore have to be part of any negations. It could be that his parent club in Brazil have to compensate APOEL to terminate his loan spell and then sell him to Rangers or the Cypriots take up the option to buy and then sell to