Rangers Face PSV Standoff Over Driouech as Celtic Nears Hassan

The market has moved on from the early-summer feelers. Now it’s hard bids, hard lines, and clubs testing how far their rivals are willing to go.

Rangers Hit a Wall Over Driouech

Rangers pushed back to the table for Couhaib Driouech with an improved £6m offer. PSV Eindhoven didn’t blink. The Dutch club rejected the bid, and the race for the 24-year-old winger has opened up.

Burnley and Celta Vigo have now stepped in, with talks described as being at an early stage. The money is on the table, the interest is real, but this is still the negotiation phase, not the endgame.

Driouech, for his part, is not indifferent. He is understood to hold a slight preference for Celta Vigo after the Spanish side joined the chase alongside Rangers. La Liga, a technical league, Spanish lifestyle, a different kind of spotlight – it all carries its own pull for an attacking player in his mid-twenties.

For Rangers, the message is clear: if they want him, they will have to go higher or move faster. PSV know they have a seller’s market and more than one suitor.

Celtic’s Wing Plans: Hassan Close, Ghedjemis Gone

Across the divide in Glasgow, Celtic’s winger search has split into two very different stories.

On one side, Haissem Hassan. The 24-year-old Egypt winger has been left out of Real Oviedo’s squad for their pre-season match against Le Havre, with a £9m bid from Celtic on the table and an agreement in place for a contract running until 2030.

The deal is not quite over the line yet. Hassan is currently dealing with visa issues, a bureaucratic delay rather than a footballing one. Real Oviedo stand to make £6m up front, with a further £1.3m if the Scottish Premiership winners reach the Champions League proper. For a Segunda División club, that is significant business.

Crucially, Real Oviedo head coach Julian Calero has made the club’s stance plain: they will not stand in Hassan’s way. When a manager speaks like that, it usually means only paperwork and timing remain.

Celtic are positioning Hassan as a long-term piece. A contract to 2030 is not a stop-gap. It’s a statement that this is a player they expect to grow into European nights and domestic title races.

The other flank of their planning, though, has already slipped away.

Monaco have identified Fares Ghedjemis, the 23-year-old Algeria international, as their top target for the right wing. Their first offer – £6m plus £1.7m in bonuses – was rejected by Frosinone, who have taken a hard line all summer.

Frosinone had already turned down £8.6m bids from both Celtic and Rangers. Italian resolve has held, and Monaco are now preparing an improved proposal to try to break it.

For Celtic and Rangers, that door looks close to shut. Ghedjemis has moved out of the “maybe” column and into the “Monaco priority” category, and when a Ligue 1 club with Monaco’s track record focuses on a single target, they rarely walk away quietly.

Glasgow’s Wide Battle

Strip it back, and the picture is sharp.

Rangers are locked in a multi-club fight for Driouech, trying to tempt PSV and outmanoeuvre Celta Vigo and Burnley, while Celtic are on the brink of landing Hassan and have already been priced out of Ghedjemis.

Two clubs, one city, both chasing width, pace and goals from the flanks – and discovering that Europe’s winger market is unforgiving, expensive, and crowded.

The question now is simple: who lands their man first, and who is left scrambling for Plan C when the music stops?