'Absolute No-Brainer' - Heart & Hand delighted as Rangers confirm another 'Quality' signing

Connor Barron was an “absolute no-brainer” of a signing for Rangers to make this summer, according to Heart & Hand Podcast.

Host David Edgar reacted via Twitter on 20 June after the club confirmed a deal the same day to bring in the former Aberdeen midfielder after he left Pittodrie at the end of his contract.

The 21-year-old joins a Light Blues midfield that has already lost John Lundstram and Ryan Jack at the expiry of their own deals, so Philippe Clement needs replacements.

Edgar wrote: “Barron is an absolute no-brainer signing. Quality young Scot available for very little. Glad we did deal.”

Connor Barron joins Rangers after Aberdeen exit

The Gers hierarchy needed to start restocking the midfield and in Barron they have landed a proven Scottish Premiership operator who they believe will continue to improve.

How much he will actually cost will likely now depend on a tribunal ruling unless the club can agree a fee with the Dons [Scottish Sun, 12 June], but it is sure to be less than a similar player would cost who wasn’t out of contract.

Added to Clinton Nsiala’s arrival on a free from AC Milan and the expected return to Ibrox of Liam Kelly on the same basis [Sky Sports, 18 June] after his departure from Motherwell the Light Blues are managing to do a decent amount of their business in a cost-effective way so far.

It is just as well when they have agreed to pay a hefty fee for Oscar Cortes to stay, with £4million reported by the Daily Record on 1 June as what the deal would have to cost, with another £2m plus add-ons spent on Jefte [Daily Record print edition, 25 May, page 58].

It is likely to cost a fair few more millions to sufficiently restock the squad this summer, and John Bennett has assured the manager that money will be made available [Daily Record, 14 June].

But it will certainly make that easier for other targets to bring in a potential new starter in central midfield for what should be relatively small compensation.

In other Rangers news, Ally McCoist has issued a new Lawrence Shankland to Ibrox verdict.

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