Robbie Ure is absolutely tearing it up with 15 goals in his last 15 games for IK Sirius, including a ridiculous 10 in his last six, and now Spanish powerhouse Sevilla wants to sign him for close to £8 million. This kid, now 22, has matured and excelled, making waves across Europe. But here’s the kicker: just a few years ago, he was making his debut for Rangers at 18, even scoring in a League Cup tie against Queen of the South in August 2022.
The One That Got Away From Ibrox
After that initial goal-scoring appearance, Ure barely saw the pitch. We’re talking one minute apiece in two different Premiership games, six months apart. For a young striker hungry for game time, those meagre rations from Rangers just weren’t cutting it. It’s wild because even with Rangers toiling on all fronts, his prospects weren’t looking good. What’d they do instead? They went out and dropped a cool £6 million on Danilo, a deal that’s now costing them around £10 million cumulatively, and then another £3.5 million on Sam Lammers, costing more than £4 million with salary. All while Ure was right there. With zero clear path at Ibrox, Ure bounced to Anderlecht in Belgium and then to IK Sirius in Sweden, where he’s obviously found his stride. The news of Sevilla’s interest dropped on Sunday, the same day Rangers lost 2-1 at home to Hibs. Man, talk about a gut punch for the collective Rangers mood. Imagine letting a former academy kid walk for nothing, only to see him courted for a multi-million pound deal by one of Spain’s most storied clubs. Brutal.
‘Made In Scotland?’: A Plea for Youth
This isn’t just about one guy, either. Ure’s incredible story is private grist to the mill for the Scottish FA as they get ready for their “critically important” forum next month in St Andrews. This summit, billed as ‘Made In Scotland?’, will be led by SFA chief executive Ian Maxwell and chief football officer Craig Mulholland. It’s basically a direct plea to clubs, especially in the Premiership, to seriously look at their youth pathways and actually give young Scottish players a real shot. If they wanted to be less diplomatic, Maxwell and Mulholland could totally point to Ure’s case. It screams: if only Rangers had trusted their youth, they could’ve saved a fortune on those other signings and then made another fortune by developing and selling him years later. Sure, there’s 20-20 hindsight here; Ure might not have shown this exact promise back then. But it still stings for Rangers, just like it had to sting for Celtic after losing a young Ben Doak, now Gannon-Doak, to English football after hardly playing him. Another multi-million pound talent that slipped away.
We don’t even need the stats from the first two weeks of the Premiership to see the problem, but they sure hammer it home. Across the opening two rounds, only 31% of the players on the field were Scottish. And get this: only 5% were Scots aged 21 or under. Forty-six different nations were represented. It’s a stark reality, with extreme cases like Dundee United using just one Scottish player, Dylan Tait, in action. The SFA forum isn’t just critically important; it’s a necessary intervention for the future of Scottish football.
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Originally reported by Yahoo Sports.
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