"I had a long think after the World Cup about my future and I was a little bit unsure but nothing was ever that close," Lewis Ferguson said when revisiting the summer speculation around Rangers. The Bologna captain, now 27, says the move never got near the line. He was released by Rangers at 14, but the idea of one day returning has not disappeared.
Ferguson's line on the summer talk
Ferguson repeated the same point when speaking to Sky Sports, saying: "I was a little bit unsure but nothing was ever really that close to be honest." That is the key part of this story. The talk around Ibrox was real, but not close enough to become a deal.
He also left the future open in a way that will sound familiar to anyone who has followed him for a while. "It's no secret that I grew up a fan and my family is involved in the club. It was a dream of mine as a kid and that's not changed but I don't want to speak about that while I'm a player at Bologna. In the future, you never know. It might happen, it might not, but it's always been something in the back of mind."
Bologna still has his attention
The more immediate point is where Ferguson is putting his football. He has captained Bologna since 2023 and has played every minute of their five Serie A games so far this season. That workload is a better guide to his current mindset than the summer noise.
He made just 17 league starts last season, so the contrast is clear, and his role now is far more central. Bologna have kept him on the pitch for 464 Serie A minutes already, and his 7.18 Serie A rating suggests he has backed that responsibility up on it.
The Rangers question is not dead, but it is not the same as a deal being there to be done. Ferguson sounds focused on Bologna first, with the Ibrox dream left in the future tense. Rangers fans will keep the link in mind, but the player himself is still on the pitch in Italy.
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