Rangers have made an offer for Crystal Palace winger Jesurun Rak-Sakyi.
The approach from the Scottish Premiership club was for an initial loan with a potential obligation to buy worth up to £10million.
The offer was rejected by Palace but Rangers’ pursuit of the 22-year-old remains ongoing and there is interest from elsewhere.
Rak-Sakyi came through the youth ranks at Chelsea before moving to Palace in 2019 and signing a first professional deal with the club back in 2021.
Rak-Sakyi has made 10 first-team appearances for Palace and spent last season on loan in the Championship with Sheffield United.
He played 36 times in all competitions, scoring seven goals, as Chris Wilder’s side missed out on promotion to the Premier League with defeat in the playoff final.
Capped at Under-20 and Under-21 level by England, Rak-Sakyi is also eligible to represent Ghana through his parents.
Rangers have had a busy summer with Oscar Cortes, Thelo Aasgaard, Joe Rothwell and Max Aarons among a number of new arrivals.
New head coach Russell Martin kicked off his tenure with a 2-0 win over Panathinaikos in the second round of Champions League qualifying on Tuesday.
Analysis
By Crystal Palace correspondent Matt Woosnam
Rak-Sakyi has been unsettled at Palace after a disappointing season in 2023-24 where he was not loaned out and overlooked for selection as well as suffering from injury problems.
The 22-year-old was wanted previously by Southampton when Martin was manager there, and a loan with an option to buy was proposed, only to fall well below Palace’s asking price. The winger had been impressed by Martin’s sales pitch and preferred a permanent departure but no move was forthcoming.
After just six substitute appearances in the Premier League that season, he was loaned to Sheffield United last summer as he was not in Palace manager Oliver Glasner’s plans. There he played 1,743 minutes in the Championship.
His future at Palace remains uncertain, but they had previously looked to the £20million fee Chelsea received from Ipswich Town for Omari Hutchinson as a benchmark as to his potential value should he perform well out on loan.
With two years left on a five-year deal signed in August 2022, there is no immediate rush for Palace to make a decision on whether to sell, but they will need to persuade him to sign fresh terms if they want to achieve maximum value in future.
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