In the winter market, Rangers manager Danny Röhl let Clinton Nsiala leave Ibrox and complete a loan move to KVC Westerlo. 

As a part of the loan deal, the Jupiler Pro League side have agreed a purchase option with Rangers.

The 22-year-old had joined Rangers on a free transfer in June 2024, after spending three years at AC Milan’s youth system.

Rangers overcame competition from Monza, Empoli, Hamburg SV and VfB Stuttgart to secure his services, 

He ended up playing 1,110 minutes from 17 matches at Ibrox, of which 139 minutes came under Röhl. Due to the limited game time at Rangers, the manager let him go out on loan in February.

The move allowed him to reunite with former Rangers assistant manager Issame Charaï at Westerlo. At Ibrox, he mainly operated as a centre-back while Charaï has utilised him as a left-back.

The Frenchman’s Jupiler Pro League stats are as follows:

  • Appearances: 3
  • Starts: 3
  • Total minutes: 185
  • Minutes per game: 62

On March 1st, the Rangers owned player was shown a red card in the 29th minute in his side’s goalless draw against Royale Union Saint-Gilloise. The sending off resulted in a three-match suspension, forcing him to miss last three matches.

Westerlo make decision on Rangers man

Saturday’s edition of Gazet van Antwerpen has a report on KVC Westerlo’s plans for the summer window, to reshape their squad next season.

Clinton Nsiala gets a mention when discussing their plans for defence, and the newspaper state the Ibrox man ‘will return to Rangers’.

His contract expires in 2028, and Transfermarkt value him at €500k.

Danny Röhl has to decide whether to sell in the summer or include him in his plans next season.

Rangers funds awaited

Meanwhile, another Belgian newspaper, Het Belang van Limburg, has a report on Cyriel Dessers.

The Belgian spent two years at Rangers and left Ibrox permanently to join Panathinaikos in September.

The 31-year-old striker had two different spells at SK Tongeren’s academy. The first was in 2006-07 and the second was between 2009 and 2011. This allows them to receive part of the fee from his sale to the Greek club.

Hubert Jack­ers is taking over from Steven Van Geeteruyen as Tongeren’s new chairman. He gave an interview to HBVL, where he talked about waiting for money from Rangers.

The lower division Belgian club are going through a difficult phase and are eagerly awaiting funds.

“I also want to emphasise that I’m not just working on the club’s recovery. We’ve brought in some experts, so I’m fully confident that everything will work out in the end. The club’s negative situation is being blown out of proportion. It’s not nearly as bad as some people are claiming,” he said.

“On the revenue side, we’re still receiving income from sponsors, membership fees, and the FIFA payments from Rangers and Panathinaikos for Cyriel Dessers.

“The outstanding payments to the players will all be cleared by the end of this month. So, as far as the license is concerned, I’m optimistic. We may still need to clarify a few things for the committee, but otherwise our application is pretty much complete.”

FIFA solidarity payments are taking an increasing amount of time for many clubs in recent years. That would suggest it’s a FIFA issue rather than down to Rangers and others dragging their feet.

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