Rangers transfer news: Philippe Clement assesses January window plans

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By Alison Conroy and Gordon Duncan

Tuesday 5 December 2023 15:29, UK

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Rangers manager Philippe Clement is preparing for a «hectic» transfer window but that might not mean wholesale changes to his squad.

In just seven weeks in charge, Clement has taken charge of 10 games as he looked to turn the club's fortunes around and remain on track for silverware this season.

Rangers are unbeaten under the Belgian and are eight points behind Celtic in the Scottish Premiership title race, albeit with a game in hand. They have a League Cup final against Aberdeen later this month and are guaranteed European football after Christmas.

Clement has hinted there will be signings in January, but insisted players already at the club would also be given the chance to prove themselves.

«It's always a busy period, but that doesn't mean a lot of players are coming in and out,» he told Sky Sports News.

«It's always a busy period for managers at all the clubs because anything can happen until the last second with players coming in and going out.

»To be honest I'm always happy when it's the first of February!

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«It's always a hectic period because players start to doubt whether to stay or not, there are a lot of talks from us with players and their agents to convince them about things.

»First, we focus on December because it's going to be busy also."

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