Rangers transfer news after Aberdeen win keeps late-window pressure on

"I think there will be." Derek McInnes said that after Rangers beat Aberdeen 1-0 at Aberdeen vs Rangers, and the line fits the mood around Ibrox. L. Shankland's second-half penalty settled the game at Pittodrie, but Rangers were knocked out of Europe by Jablonec in midweek and this was McInnes' first league win in charge.

Late window business

McInnes did not sound like a manager expecting the squad to stay as it is. "I still think we're looking to replace Youssef [Chermiti]. It's a few weeks ago now, he went down, and we've been working really hard to try and bring in an added goal at the top end of the pitch," he said.

He also left the door open on Nicolas Raskin. "Nico might be one that moves on. But I don't - as I said yesterday, there were no bids in for Nico," McInnes said. He added: "But we all know how the last part of the window happens. It's normally the last couple of days that things really motor."

Rangers' league start has not given much cover for delay. They are 1W-1D-1L in their last three league matches and 1W-2D-2L across their last five, with an 11th-place standing in the current Premiership table.

What Boyd thinks Rangers still lack

Kris Boyd was even more direct on Sky Sports. "You're asking yourself again what is going on with recruitment?" he said.

Boyd also argued that Rangers are still missing a midfielder who can knit things together. "I think they're still shy of someone who can connect the midfield and be creative," he said. He added that Rangers "must have over 30 players; it's not sustainable," which is an opinion, but one that matches the feel of a squad still being pulled in different directions.

The football at Pittodrie backed up part of that view. Rangers' best chance before the winning penalty came from a rapid counter-attack, and Connor Devlin and Dan Neil were preferred in midfield. McInnes has the first league win in the books, but the final days of the window still look busy.