Cyriel Dessers Rangers transfer fee, contract length and medical timescale set out as forward closes in on Ibrox move

Cyriel Dessers is expected to leave Cremonese and join Rangers later this week.

Rangers are expected to conclude the signing of Nigerian forward Cyriel Dessers in the next 24 to 48 hours after agreeing a fee with Cremonese.

The 28-year-old striker has been a main target for Rangers manager Michael Beale for some weeks and after lengthy negotiations with the Italian club, The Scotsman understands that a fee in the region of £4.5million has been agreed. Dessers is now in the process of undergoing his medical examinations and provided there are no last-minute hitches, he will complete his move to Ibrox and sign a long-term contract.

Rangers hope to have the deal for Dessers all wrapped up in time for the team’s departure to Germany on Friday, with Beale taking his players there on a training camp. Dessers will become the Rangers’ sixth signing of the current transfer window in what has been a busy summer overhaul of the squad by Beale. Goalkeeper Jack Butland, defender Dujon Sterling, midfielder Kieran Dowell and forwards Sam Lammers and Abdallah Sima have already been recruited, with Beale making good on his promise earlier in the year that there will be sweeping changes at the club.

Dessers scored six times in 26 appearances for Cremonese last season but was unable to help the club avoid relegation from Serie A. Previous to his spell in Italy, he spent three seasons at Belgian club Genk as well as a loan spell with Feyenoord in the Netherlands. Much of his professional career has been in those two countries, with other stints at Heracles, Utrecht, Breda and Lokeren. He has been capped four times by Nigeria.

Meanwhile, Rangers look set miss out on a potential sell-on windfall from the potential transfer of defender Calvin Bassey from Ajax to Brighton. The 23-year-old is reported to be closing in on a move to the English Premier League outfit, a year on from his €22million switch from Ibrox to Amsterdam, but as the mooted fee that Brighton are paying is said to be in the region of €20m and therefore less than what Ajax paid Rangers, the Glasgow outfit will not net any addition windfall.