Danny Rohl makes Rangers’ first summer transfer decision

Robin Bairner

• Updated: 25 Mar 2026 14:08 CDT
• 3 min read

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Rangers may have been transformed into serious Premiership title candidates by Danny Rohl, but the German retains ambitions for the club to improve further during the summer transfer window.

The Gers splashed out around £25 million (€30m) in the summer of 2025 to little effect, and while some of that damage was undone in January, there remains a sense that Rangers’ squad needs an overhaul.

Rohl has made his first important transfer decision ahead of the window opening, with Findlay Curtis set to be retained by the Gers, despite being loaned out to Kilmarnock in January.

Surprise move

Curtis’ transfer came as something of a surprise given the impact that he had made on Rangers’ first team when called upon this season.

The 19-year-old scored three goals in 21 appearances for the Gers in the first half of the season, memorably getting the opener in a 2-0 Champions League qualifying game against Panathinaikos.

Despite these efforts, he struggled for game time at Ibrox, amassing only 596 total minutes, despite regularly making bright cameos.

He has retained such form under Neil McCann at Kilmarnock, scoring one goal and creating another in seven appearances, and has been rewarded for his efforts with a call-up to Steve Clarke’s Scotland squad to face Japan and the Ivory Coast in friendly matches in the next week.

Findlay Curtis: Returning to Rangers

Rangers plan to retain Curtis in their first-team squad next season, allowing Rohl to concentrate what transfer funds are made available to him in other areas of the team.

“I think the long-term plan is for Curtis to go back to Ibrox in the summer and fight for his place in Danny Rohl’s plans next season,” transfer insider Pete O’Rourke claims on FootballInsider.

“It was a case of Rangers just sending him out on loan so he could get regular first-team games and gain more experience, ready to come back next season and really challenge for a place in that starting XI.”

A shining light

Data analytics firm rates Curtis’ performances in the Premiership as among the best in the league, though it stresses that his limited number of minutes means that this is not necessarily an accurate representation of his current abilities.

Nonetheless, it does suggest that Rangers might have been wise to have retained him and given him more minutes as opposed to signing the likes of Andreas Skov Olsen on loan. The experienced Dane has struggled to have a positive impact at Ibrox, with Curtis set to take his spot in the squad next term.

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