{"id":824804,"date":"2025-02-06T10:11:42","date_gmt":"2025-02-06T16:11:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2025\/02\/06\/why-cyriel-dessers-failed-to-leave-rangers-during-the-january-transfer-window\/"},"modified":"2025-02-06T10:11:42","modified_gmt":"2025-02-06T16:11:42","slug":"why-cyriel-dessers-failed-to-leave-rangers-during-the-january-transfer-window","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2025\/02\/06\/why-cyriel-dessers-failed-to-leave-rangers-during-the-january-transfer-window\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Cyriel Dessers failed to leave Rangers during the January transfer window"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Soccer <\/p>\n<div>\n<div>\n<p><strong>Super Eagles and Rangers striker, Cyriel Kolawole Dessers, remained at Ibrox despite offers from ten clubs due to the difficulty of the transfer market,<a href=\"https:\/\/soccernet.ng\/\"> Soccernet.ng<\/a> reports.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The 30-year-old forward fell down the Gers\u2019 pecking order in November, immediately becoming a bit-part player while U-23 Moroccan forward, Hamza Igamane, flourished in his stead.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/soccernet.ng\/2025\/01\/we-need-to-talk-cyriel-dessers-breaks-silence-amidst-transfer-exit-links-from-rangers.html\">Dessers<\/a> wanted to play, and with minutes not forthcoming at Ibrox, several clubs became alert of the situation surrounding the Nigerian, while the former Genk man also admitted\u00a0could return to the <a href=\"https:\/\/soccernet.ng\/\">Dutch Eredivisie<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>However, he\u2019s done well to turn his career at Ibrox around, starting the last three games for Philippe Clement\u2019s side. His agent has revealed why a January move did not happen.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_149548\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-149548\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/soccernet.ng\/app\/uploads\/2025\/02\/imago1058318530-1024x683.jpg\" alt width=\"1024\" height=\"683\"  ><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-149548\">UK: Rangers v Union Saint-Gilloise, UEFA Europa League at Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow, Scotland on 30 January 2025: Pictured: Cyriel Dessers Rangers screams after missing a chance. [Photo Credit\/ Imago]<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h3><strong>Get Our Sports News First \u2013\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.whatsapp.com\/channel\/0029VagMHLcA89MZvw0Btc21\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Join Our WhatsApp Channel Now!<\/a><\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Dessers\u2019 agent, Stijn Francis, revealed his client had exactly ten offers to leave the club during the winter transfer window, but the deals were complicated considering the nature of the market at the time.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cThere is still a lot of probing but clubs are pushing much less. Look at Cyriel Dessers \u2013 he had ten offers but the market was much more difficult at that time. Many wanted to loan him but Rangers only wanted to sell, and that is not ideal for the player\u2019s focus,\u201d the former Westerlo midfielder said in quotes revealed by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.voetbalnieuws.be\/news\/820085\/er-waren-tien-aanbiedingen-voor-cyriel-dessers\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"VoetbalNieuws (opens in a new tab)\"><strong>VoetbalNieuws<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<figure id=\"attachment_149551\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-149551\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/soccernet.ng\/app\/uploads\/2025\/02\/imago1058337129-1024x1011.jpg\" alt width=\"1024\" height=\"1011\"  ><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-149551\">UK: Rangers v Union Saint-Gilloise, UEFA Europa League at Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow, Scotland on 30 January 2025: Pictured: Cyriel Dessers Rangers and Hamza Igamane Rangers embrace. [Photo Credit\/ Imago].<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>It is quite ironic that the Rangers\u2019 player with the most offers during the just-concluded transfer window gets to stay, while Kieran Dowell, Rabbi Matondo, and Adam Devine were all shipped out on loan.<\/p>\n<p>In Rangers\u2019 last three games, Dessers has played alongside Hamza Igamane, and it appears the pair are getting along in attack just fine, instead of competing for spaces.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_148303\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-148303\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/soccernet.ng\/app\/uploads\/2025\/01\/imago1058072251-1024x653.jpg\" alt width=\"1024\" height=\"653\"  ><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-148303\">Manchester, England, 23rd January 2025. Cyriel Dessers of Rangers L scores his side\u2019s goal during the UEFA Europa League match at Old Trafford, Manchester. [Photo Credit\/ Imago].<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The former Cremonese striker also showed mental fortitude, revealing he was willing to fight for his place before the winter transfer window slammed shut.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cThere\u2019s a lot of unfinished business at Rangers for me. That\u2019s also why I kept pushing in the last weeks, in the gym, in training, in the minutes that you get, that\u2019s because of that,\u201d the Nigerian forward said as previously quoted by <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/soccernet.ng\/2025\/01\/dessers-to-stay-at-rangers.html\">Soccernet.ng<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Dessers has scored 18 goals and provided five assists in 37 games for Rangers this season across all competitions.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<p><img alt=\"Soccer Adefolahan Guerreiro\" src=\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/740e257566cac1cbb2887e0f85afd655?s=80&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g\"  height=\"80\" width=\"80\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\">\t\t<\/p>\n<div>\n<h3>\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/soccernet.ng\/author\/guerreiro\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\tAdefolahan Guerreiro\t\t\t\t<\/a><br \/>\n\t\t\t<\/h3>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\tAdefolahan is a multilingual journalist and writer at Soccernet Nigeria.<\/p>\n<p>With a track record of involvement in College sports, Adefolahan is focused on crafting engaging football content and utilising his language skills and extensive sports knowledge to enhance content accessibility for a global audience.<\/p>\n<p>He has interviewed Nigerian stars like Finidi George, Junior Lokosa, and Abraham Onahi Ogbu.\t\t\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/soccernet.ng\/2025\/02\/dessers-rangers-stay.html\" class=\"button purchase\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Read More<\/a>Adefolahan Guerreiro<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Soccer Super Eagles and Rangers striker, Cyriel Kolawole Dessers, remained at Ibrox despite offers from ten clubs due to the difficulty of the transfer market, Soccernet.ng reports. The 30-year-old forward fell down the Gers\u2019 pecking order in November, immediately becoming a bit-part player while U-23 Moroccan forward, Hamza Igamane, flourished in his stead. Dessers wanted [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":824805,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[123736,123737,2005],"tags":[123734,123735],"class_list":{"0":"post-824804","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-cyriel","8":"category-dessers","9":"category-soccer","10":"tag-cyriel","11":"tag-dessers"},"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/824804","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=824804"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/824804\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/824805"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=824804"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=824804"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=824804"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}