Rangers and Leeds United share the same ownership group.
Rangers have been backed to use their 49ers connections at Leeds United to make a summer transfer move happen.
The Light Blues and Premier League side are both operated with 49ers Enterprises as part of their ownership structure, with US health insurance tycoon Andrew Cavenagh ultimately the chairman at Ibrox. There is a clear behind the scenes link though between Rangers and Leeds United, so perhaps unsurprisingly, transfer rumours have cropped up.
Joel Piroe has been one Leeds man linked with a switch to the Premiership title chasers, who are a point off first after defeating Falkirk 6-3 last weekend, amid the summer window looming. Head coach Danny Rohl has been chasing a reliable marksman with Ryan Naderi, Youssef Chermiti and Bojan Miovski all sharing the load over this season.
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Piroe was linked to Rangers in the winter window and has only started two Premier League games for Daniel Farke this term. He broke through at PSV before showing his mettle at Swansea City, where Leeds snapped him up from, and he’s since scored 34 goals and 10 assists from 115 matches.
Keith Wyness, who runs a consultancy firm advising elite clubs after CEO stints at the likes of Aberdeen, Everton and Aston Villa, can see the 49ers link being deployed. Piroe is one player who fits the bill as an ideal candidate.
Wyness said via the Inside Track: “Nothing has really happened in terms of the Leeds and Rangers connection yet, but this could be the window where something happens. There’s one or two potential players that Rangers and Leeds should be starting to look at, that makes sense and is a benefit to both clubs. Piroe is one that I think could well be a potential to go.
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“If it fits both clubs that, Leeds feel they’re oversupplied in that area and Rangers think that they’re undersupplied in that area, then it could be done quite easily, and it should be done quite easily. That [Piroe to Rangers] is one that has big potential of working. If not that one, there’ll be something happening this summer in that sort of connection.”
Focus right now is on the title race and Rohl said after defeating Falkirk in a chaotic clash: “We struggled in the first ten to 15 minutes. We weren’t really in tune with the pitch and found ourselves in a difficult moment being 2-0 down. I thought pulling it back to 2-1 before half-time was crucial, and then at half-time we were very calm and said some tactical things.
“But the spirit is there, and there’s no question mark. We know what we can do, and what we have to improve, and we did. And then in the second half it was in one direction. We played good football, created good ball-winning situations, were clinical in front of goal, and very aggressive. This is what we need to do. I liked the reaction after the game.”
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