As we continue to push forwards towards the January transfer window things have started to calm for Rangers after the calamitous start to the season under Russell Martin. 

Since Danny Rohl came in on the 22nd October, Rangers are unbeaten in the league under the German’s stewardship and are looking to close the points gap on Hearts and Celtic above them.

It’s indicative that Rangers get their January transfer business right in order to give themselves the best opportunity to do that so recruitment of both quality and in the correct positions is paramount.

Here are five players I feel should be on the Rangers shopping list in the most important winter window in many years for the club.

Jordy Makengo

The 6’3 French left back currently plays for Bundesliga side Freiburg, a market you’d think Rohl would know well being a German native.

Left back is a position Rangers will be looking to strengthen considering the only natural left back currently in the first team is 19 year old Brentford loanee Jayden Meghoma.

Makengo is 24 years old and has an estimated transfer value of around £4 million, he shows great pace and ball carrying skills but his real strengths are his natural defending abilities.

Recovery runs, ball interceptions and aerial duels are what make this a shrewd signing for Rangers. A player that reminds me a lot of Calvin Bassey.

If he was to sign for Rangers it would be expected of him to increase his attacking output having never registered a senior goal or assist, however with the general drop in quality of opposition between Germany and Scotland I feel he has the ability to do so.

Amos Pieper

Sticking in Germany, I have picked this 6’4 centre half currently playing for Werder Bremen as I really feel its a market Rohl should exploit.

Centre half is another area Rangers desperately need to strengthen with John Souttar and Derek Cornelius out long term and Nasser Djiga going to AFCON very soon, the cover there is again short.

Pieper is a classic ball winning centre half winning over 80% of his aerial duels and also excelling in interceptions, but what really makes him stand out is his use of the ball.

Pieper enjoys playing long and progressive passes, something that Rohl asks his defenders to do a lot. Pieper plays an average of nine progressive passes per 90 minutes played.

With an estimated transfer value of around £2.5 million plus a contract that expires in June 2026 this is a great option that I feel Rangers should be looking at if not in January then in the summer.

Jamie Lawrence

Moving over the border from Germany to Austria I’ve gone with a goliath 6’7 centre half to further strengthen the centre half options.

This German national currently plies his trade for Austrian Bundesliga team WSG Tirol and his transfer value sitting at a steal at around £350,000.

As you can imagine he wins a high amount of aerial duels winning just under three quarters of those per 90 minutes.

He defends his area incredibly well, excelling in 1v1 situations very rarely being dribbled past and completing an average of six interceptions as well per 90 minutes.

Another guy who’s contract is up in the coming summer. I feel he has all the right tools to be taken by Rangers in January but if not a great addition in the summer when his deal in Austria is up.

Andy Irving

Moving into central midfield I’m always wary of having a good core of Scottish players in my squad for European purposes because of UEFA’s homegrown rules for Euro squads.

So I’ve picked out a Scottish player for this one and it’s 25 year old Andy Irving currently of West Ham.

He’s had precious little game time at West Ham since moving there in 2023 but has had two spells at Austrian Bundesliga side Austria Klagenfurt which I feel he’s shown enough to prove he’s worth his shot at Rangers.

He’s played 59 games in all for Klagenfurt and scored 14 goals and got nine assists, proving himself as a midfielder who is able to score goals and create for teammates at a decent level.

He has played an average of eight passes into the opposition final third per 90 minutes played so he has that ability to find wingers or strikers in dangerous positions.

Like Pieper and Lawrence his current contract is up in June 2026, his transfer value at around £3 million it is possible to pick him up at cut back price in the summer if not in January.

Jonas Wind

After the disastrous striker recruitment by Rangers with Chermiti and Miovski, despite Miovski having a recent upturn in form. This is someone who I really feel would do well in a Rangers shirt.

The 6’3 Danish international currently at Vfl Wolfsburg has struggled for game time this season but got nine goals and three assists in 33 games last season for Wolfsburg, only 12 starts as well, which considering the level of opposition in Germany, that is a decent return.

As you can imagine as a striker of considerable height his main strengths comes from dropping deep linking up play then making runs into the box to score headers or cut back shots.

He wins an average of seven aerial duels per 90 minutes of game time and a goal to shot conversion rate of around 25%.

However considering he’ll have many more chances and clear cut chances created for him at Rangers I feel this will be considerably higher in a blue jersey.

At a transfer value of around £6 million this is a real push for Rangers but I believe if available it’s a no brainer.