Rangers turn down bid for Youssef Chermiti as striker leaves Saturday’s game with injury

Rangers have rejected an offer for striker Youssef Chermiti after the 22-year-old went off injured having started Saturday's home match against Hibernian, manager Derek McInnes confirmed. McInnes said the bid did not meet the club's valuation.

Chermiti joined Rangers from Everton in September 2025, reportedly becoming their most expensive signing since Tore Andre Flo in 2000. When asked about reports that Turkish champions Galatasaray were the bidders, McInnes said: "I'm led to believe the club's valuation of the player hasn't been met," adding: "So, from our point of view, like everything else, when you get clubs looking at your players, it's business as you were."

The 22-year-old has been capped at under-21 level by Portugal and has made 43 Rangers appearances, 30 of them starts, scoring 15 goals. On Chermiti's potential, McInnes said: "It's no surprise that he's a player who's got a big tag on him and he's got high potential, but thankfully he's our player and that will continue to be the case,"

McInnes outlined the club's wider transfer activity, noting Rangers have made nine signings already this summer after his arrival from Heart of Midlothian and that he is aiming to add more players. He said: "We're trying to build a team here at the minute and we're trying to still bring additions to the team that helps us add to the good players that we've got, including Youssef. "So it's not something we would encourage at any point and, as I say, obviously news has broken today, but we're just trying to concentrate on the game today."

Addressing other targets, McInnes confirmed there are multiple ongoing approaches elsewhere at the club: "We've got a few bids in for several players and a few things are ongoing at the minute, but everything else, ideally a lot of these things would have came to fruition a wee bit quicker," he added.

"But hopefully, if there is any news to tell, it'll be in the upcoming days on a few of our targets," McInnes said, indicating the club expects to provide transfer updates shortly.