Nicolas Raskin has "been good as gold" despite no signs of a transfer from Rangers and the Belgium midfielder's absence from their latest two match-day squads, manager Derek McInnes has stressed. The 25-year-old was widely expected to be sold after starring at the World Cup, but there have been no bids yet that have piqued Rangers' interest. Raskin signed a four-and-a-half-year contract when he joined the Scottish Premiership club from Standard Liege in January 2023.
"Nico's been first-class since he came back from the World Cup - he's been good as gold, he's trained brilliantly," McInnes insisted on Sky Sports as he looked forward to Wednesday's visit to Falkirk. What are big questions in final two days of Scottish transfer window? Why is Scotland's transfer window closing on Thursday?
Who has your Premiership club brought in & let go this summer? "Obviously there's been a lot of chat about potential interest and there's been a lot of conversations had with the club and prospective buyers. "But, until an offer comes in that the club need to consider, Nico just has to knuckle down and train.
"I've no doubts that, if the window closes and Nico's still a Rangers player, he'll give brilliant service as he's done previously. He's getting interest because he's a good player. I want to work with good players.
We just need to wait and see how things develop." As for incomings, McInnes indicated that Rangers are likely to make just one more signing before Thursday's transfer deadline, with Kevin Kelsy reportedly close to a move from Portland Timbers. The 22-year-old Venezuelan forward appears to the Ibrox club's choice as a replacement for Youssef Chermiti, who suffered a long-term injury last month just as the Portuguese was subject of major transfer interest. "We're still working hard to get one in at the minute," McInnes said.
"We're getting closer on that one, but we believe it's only going to be the one in. "If we can get a striker in, that helps alleviate the disappointment of Youssef's injury. I think that would be pretty important for us.
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