Derek McInnes has opened the door to Nico Raskin moving on from Rangers, while the club are still waiting for official bids for the midfielder. Phil Neville has also backed K. Kelsy, and Kris Boyd has gone further by saying Rangers need to get five, six, seven players out before the window closes.

Rangers' exit talk

The most concrete line in the round-up is still the one around Raskin. Rangers are waiting for official bids, which keeps the situation in limbo rather than moving it into completed-deal territory.

Boyd's view matches the mood around the rest of the squad turnover. He did not frame it as a tweak at the edges, but as a bigger clear-out, and the wider talk around Djeidi Gassama adds to that sense of movement. Danny Rohl's RB Salzburg have already made an offer to Rangers for Gassama.

Raskin has made just 1 Premiership appearance for Rangers this season, so any exit chatter is about a player with limited domestic minutes rather than a settled core piece. McInnes' line, Boyd's numbers and the lack of official bids all point in the same direction: this window is being shaped more by possible departures than by fresh arrivals.

Kelsy and the wider market

Neville's comments on Kelsy were positive, saying the Venezuela striker has "the physical, technical and mental tools to make it to the top". That sits alongside the broader churn around Rangers, even if it is not a direct departure story.

Across the city, Celtic are also in motion. They have reached a broad agreement with PSV Eindhoven for Joel Van Den Berg, with the 19-year-old midfielder set to travel to Glasgow on Monday. They have also taken an interest in Justin Devenny, the £6m-rated Crystal Palace midfielder.

Celtic have shown tentative interest in Newcastle United goalkeeper Nick Pope as well, but the main story here is the scale of movement around Rangers. If Boyd is right about the number who need to go, the rest of the window should be about trimming the squad rather than padding it.

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