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Hardly getting the regular minutes he was hoping for this season at Rangers, Ridvan Yilmaz could end up heading back to Turkey if Galatasaray get their way.

The news comes from Haberturk, who explain that with the idea of sending Angeliño back to RB Leipzig gaining strength, the need for a left-back is growing, and that’s why Philippe Clément’s defender at Ibrox is being looked at.

Not only that, but the desire to have a Turkish player arrive in their squad is also playing a big part in their targeting of the Rangers full-back, who only has five Scottish Premiership starts to his name this season to date.

Wanting a foreigner to replace Tanguy Ndombele in the centre of the pitch, the possibility that the left-back ‘will be local’, meaning originally from Turkey, is ‘increasing day by day’.

Not only that, but the idea of getting Yilmaz from Rangers is also ‘gaining more and more weight’, although it’s not specifically explained how they would be going about that.

Money could be exchanged, or it could be a loan, but we will be likely getting more details about this from the Turkish press if there is more on the subject.

Prior to his move to Rangers back in 2022 for €4m, the 22-year-old defender had spent his entire career at Besiktas, joining them in 2013.