{"id":533155,"date":"2023-10-27T07:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-10-27T06:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.footballinsider247.com\/?p=533155"},"modified":"2023-10-27T07:00:00","modified_gmt":"2023-10-27T06:00:00","slug":"sources-major-update-on-rangers-bid-to-sign-abdallah-sima-permanently","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.footballinsider247.com\/sources-major-update-on-rangers-bid-to-sign-abdallah-sima-permanently\/","title":{"rendered":"Sources: Major update on Rangers bid to sign Abdallah Sima permanently"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Rangers do not have the option to buy on-loan Brighton star Abdallah Sima at the end of his Ibrox spell, <strong>sources have told Football Insider<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Seagulls sent Sima, 22, to the Glasgow giants in a bid to get him more first-team football.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He has impressed the opening months of the 2023-24 campaign in one of the bright spots of an otherwise dismal season.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\ud83d\udc4a A brilliant finish from <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Sima_Abdalah?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@Sima_Abdalah<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/aCmJsh435Q\">pic.twitter.com\/aCmJsh435Q<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Rangers Football Club (@RangersFC) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RangersFC\/status\/1716031643201466630?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 22, 2023<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>But Rangers will need to open talks with Premier League high-fliers Brighton to find out their valuation of Sima if they are to press ahead with a permanent swoop.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Seagulls have a history of getting top-dollar for their best performers and raked in a British-record <a href=\"https:\/\/www.skysports.com\/football\/news\/11741\/12939945\/moises-caicedo-chelsea-sign-brighton-midfielder-for-british-record-fee-of-115m#:~:text=Get%20Sky%20Sports-,Moises%20Caicedo%3A%20Chelsea%20sign%20Brighton%20midfielder%20for%20British,record%20fee%20of%20%C2%A3115m&amp;text=Chelsea%20have%20signed%20Brighton%20midfielder,performance%2Drelated%20add%2Dons.\">\u00a3115million<\/a> when Moises Caicedo joined Chelsea in the summer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sima has not been a regular starter for Rangers in all competitions this season but has nonetheless managed nine goals across 16 total appearances.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He has, however, managed four goals in his last three Scottish Premiership starts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>That includes a brace as Rangers ran out 4-0 winners against Hibernian on Saturday (21 October) &#8211; Philippe Clement&#8217;s first game in charge at Ibrox.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>His form has earned him a recall to the Senegal senior squad for the first time since September 2021.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"703\" src=\"https:\/\/www.footballinsider247.com\/static\/uploads\/1\/2023\/10\/Philippe-Clement-1024x703.jpg\" alt=\"Rangers\" class=\"wp-image-531402\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.footballinsider247.com\/static\/uploads\/1\/2023\/10\/Philippe-Clement-1024x703.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.footballinsider247.com\/static\/uploads\/1\/2023\/10\/Philippe-Clement-300x206.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.footballinsider247.com\/static\/uploads\/1\/2023\/10\/Philippe-Clement-768x527.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.footballinsider247.com\/static\/uploads\/1\/2023\/10\/Philippe-Clement-1140x783.jpg 1140w, https:\/\/www.footballinsider247.com\/static\/uploads\/1\/2023\/10\/Philippe-Clement-750x515.jpg 750w, https:\/\/www.footballinsider247.com\/static\/uploads\/1\/2023\/10\/Philippe-Clement.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Sima could miss as many as six games in the new year if he is included in Aliou Cisse&#8217;s squad for the African Cup of Nations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He signed for Brighton from Slavia Prague in 2021 and is under contract at the Amex Stadium until June 2025.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In other news, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.footballinsider247.com\/sources-clement-plotting-to-lure-stars-to-rangers-in-january-he-knows-well\/\">Clement plotting to lure stars to Rangers in January.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rangers do not have the option to buy on-loan Brighton star Abdallah Sima at the end of his Ibrox spell, sources have told Football Insider. 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