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Rangers May Sell Bassey For N10.5 billion – Former Scotland Star

Former Scotland international, Alan Hutton believes that Glasgow Rangers will be open to selling Nigeria international Calvin Bassey in the summer transfer window if they receive a substantial bid of £20million-plus (approximately N10.5 billion in Nigerian currency).

The Gers reportedly value their versatile Nigerian fullback at more than £25m – a fee that is considered excessive considering that the fullback has made less than 70 career appearances combined for club and country as a professional.

Bassey has been linked with possible moves to Steven Gerrard’s Aston Villa and West Ham United after a breakout season that saw him help Rangers win the Scottish Cup and qualify for the final of the Europa League.

In an attempt to fend off interest from the Premier League, Rangers are preparing to offer the Super Eagles star a new improved deal.

“I think you have to be aware that every player at Rangers and Celtic has a price. If it’s met, they will go,” Hutton said to Football Insider.

“If someone comes in with £20million-plus for Calvin Bassey, he’ll be gone. It’s as simple as that.

“They obviously don’t want to let their top assets go. Bassey is the type of guy you could build your team around, whether it’d be at centre-half or full-back.”

Bassey, 22, has two years to run on his contract with Rangers, whom he joined from Leicester City in the summer of 2020.

Izuchukwu Okosi

Izuchukwu Okosi is a Nigerian sports and entertainment journalist with two decades of experience in the media industry having begun his media journey in 2002 as an intern at Mundial Sports International (MSI) and Africa Independent Television (AIT), owners of Daar Communications Plc. In October 2004, Okosi joined Complete Communications Limited, publishers of Complete Sports newspaper and Complete Football magazine as a reporter and later script writer for the Complete Sports studio. He worked there for 13 years until October 2017. Okosi also worked various times as Correspondent, Content creator and Editor at Sports Market International Magazine, Opera News, All Nigeria Soccer Media and Iconic Media Watch. He also undertook freelance writing gigs for some local and international organizations. Okosi is a member of the Actors Guild of Nigeria (AGN), Association of Movie Producers (AMP), Association of Voiceover Artistes of Nigeria (AVOA), Sports Writers Association of Nigeria (SWAN) and Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ). He has been part of cast in some Nollywood movies and radio dramas including Blood Money 2, Scores To Settle, Dead End 2, Another Campus Tale and Battle Line. Aside mainstream media and the entertainment industry, he has interests in scouting/unearthing of talents in the sports and creative sectors, exports business and property development.