On january 2022 · The National
Rangers defender Nathan Patterson is closing in on a club-record £16million move to Everton, with negotiations believed to be at an advanced stage at the time of writing.
The fee is a colossal sum for the Ibrox club and comfortably dwarfs any they have received in the past, should the deal go through as expected.
The National remember the top 10 transfer fees Rangers have ever recieved for their players.
One of them is Carlos Cuéllar (£7.8m to Aston Villa, August 2008)
The Spanish centre-half was something of an unknown prospect when he arrived from Osasuna in 2007 for £2.4m but when he left a year later for over three times the fee Rangers paid, he had established himself as a cult figure in Glasgow’s South Side.
Cuéllar played a significant role in the heart of defence as Walter Smith’s side reached the UEFA Cup final in 2008 and perhaps could have commanded an even higher fee. When Villa made their move, they activated a buy-out clause in Cuéllar’s contract that forced Rangers to accept the bid.
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