{"id":347900,"date":"2025-08-16T00:59:37","date_gmt":"2025-08-16T00:59:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/347900\/"},"modified":"2025-08-16T00:59:37","modified_gmt":"2025-08-16T00:59:37","slug":"rangers-make-final-decision-on-pierce-charles-deal-amid-sheffield-wednesday-turmoil","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/347900\/","title":{"rendered":"Rangers make final decision on Pierce Charles deal amid Sheffield Wednesday turmoil"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <img width=\"1140\" height=\"677\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Pierce-Charles-Rangers-1140x677.jpg\" class=\"attachment-single-feature size-single-feature wp-post-image\" alt=\"Rangers breaking news on Pierce Charles.\" layout=\"fill\"  style=\"object-position: 50% 50%\" loading=\"eager\" fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" \/><\/p>\n<p>(Credit: Imago)<\/p>\n<p>   <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/IMG_8959.jpg\" width=\"64\" height=\"64\" alt=\"Pranav Shahaney\" loading=\"lazy\"\/>   <\/p>\n<p> Fri 15 August 2025 15:18, UK <\/p>\n<p><strong>Rangers and West Ham are the clubs linked with a move for Sheffield Wednesday goalkeeper Pierce Charles.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ibroxnews.com\/2025\/07\/24\/rangers-move-to-sign-carl-rushworth-to-hinge-on-one-condition\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Russell Martin wants Rangers to sign a keeper<\/a> in this transfer window despite having Jack Butland and Liam Kelly as the first and second options.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/pierce-charles-to-clear-medical-as-rangers-launch-new-transfer-bid\">Charles, 20, has emerged as a legitimate target for the Ibrox outfit<\/a>, who are looking to sign him at a bargain given Wednesday\u2019s financial woes.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ibroxnews.com\/2025\/08\/14\/pierce-charles-camp-baffled-after-rangers-bid-for-brand-new-transfer\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Rangers have tabled a bid north of \u00a31million<\/a> for the Northern Ireland international, but they did not hear back from the English Championship club.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" loading=\"lazy\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/imago1064602433-1-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Jack Butland Rangers\" class=\"wp-image-179239\" \/>Butland has started the season strongly. (Credit: Imago)<strong>Rangers walk away from Charles\u2019 transfer<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Wednesday\u2019s reluctance to do a deal at that price has seen the Glasgow outfit walk away from the deal.<\/p>\n<p>While <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ibroxnews.com\/tag\/pierce-charles\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Charles<\/a> was unlikely to replace Butland as the number one for the 2025\/26 campaign, he was viewed as a long-term option. <\/p>\n<p>If they are to secure his services, they will have to beat another club to it, as Strasbourg have entered the race as well.<\/p>\n<p>Telegraph journalist Mike McGrath reported on 15 August that his \u201cFrench sources\u201d have told him that the Ligue 1 side are considering a move for the young keeper.<\/p>\n<p>Both <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ibroxnews.com\/club\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Gers<\/a> and West Ham have walked away as they want to avoid a bidding war.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read More<\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ibroxnews.com\/2025\/08\/10\/rangers-have-green-light-to-sign-goalkeeper-anthony-elanga-called-amazing\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Anthony Elanga is a big fan of the potential new Rangers recruit<\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Strasbourg are interested in a deal for Sheffield Wednesday keeper Pierce Charles, according to French sources. As revealed by <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TeleFootball?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@TeleFootball<\/a> yesterday West Ham and Rangers walked away from deals after no response to bids. <\/p>\n<p>\ud83e\udd89\ud83e\udd89\ud83e\udd89<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Mike McGrath (@mcgrathmike) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/mcgrathmike\/status\/1956354586152776027?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">August 15, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>View Tweet<\/p>\n<p> <strong>Kevin Thelwell must push to sign Charles<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Rangers may regret abandoning their pursuit of Charles, who could have been their long-term successor to Butland. <\/p>\n<p>The Northern Ireland international, with 17 appearances for Wednesday, has showcased his potential, earning praise for his command and distribution. <\/p>\n<p>With Butland\u2019s form questioned last season and Liam Kelly as the primary backup, it makes sense to have a proven high-potential keeper at the club.<\/p>\n<tr>\n<td>Appearances<\/td>\n<td>Goals conceded<\/td>\n<td>Clean sheets<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>17<\/td>\n<td>24<\/td>\n<td>1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<p>Charles\u2019 stats for Sheffield Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>Negotiations collapsed due to Wednesday\u2019s unreasonable demands, but Kevin Thelwell should push for the 20-year-old to secure a future number one, as his skills align with modern goalkeeping demands and could stabilise Rangers\u2019 goalkeeping unit for years. <\/p>\n<p>Failing to revisit this deal risks missing a generational talent.<\/p>\n<p>Charles was seen as a high-reward investment despite his inexperience, offering resale value and the chance to develop under Butland. <\/p>\n<p>Sign up for the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whatsapp.com\/channel\/0029VaFQ8Rl1XquQFStNWa0Q\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Ibrox News WhatsApp channel<\/a> and turn on notifications to have all the latest, breaking Rangers news sent straight to your phone.<\/p>\n<p>Related Posts<\/p>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"(Credit: Imago) Fri 15 August 2025 15:18, UK Rangers and West Ham are the clubs linked with a&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":347901,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8817],"tags":[748,393,4884,119322,1620,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-347900","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-sheffield","8":"tag-britain","9":"tag-england","10":"tag-great-britain","11":"tag-pierce-charles","12":"tag-sheffield","13":"tag-uk","14":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115035738431766615","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/347900","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=347900"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/347900\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/347901"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=347900"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=347900"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=347900"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}