The Rangers striker suffered a serious injury immediately after the failure of the multi-million dollar transfer

Rangers Scotland striker Youssef Shermiti suffered a serious ACL injury during his side's 2-1 defeat against Hibernian on Sunday. The incident occurred as a result of a sharp collision between the football player and the billboards behind the goal. After the fall, the Portuguese immediately raised his hand, signaling the need for urgent medical assistance. The club's statement confirmed the worst fears. This injury happened at the least suitable moment, because on the same day the Rangers management rejected a solid offer for the transfer of the Portuguese. According to media reports, Turkish champions Galatasaray offered around 22 million pounds for the striker. At the shareholders' meeting, the chairman of the board, Andrew Cavena, defended the club's decision not to protect the player amid transfer interest: "Just because someone drops an unsolicited offer on a piece of paper doesn't mean a player can be removed from a really important match." The head coach of the team, Derek McInnes, also emphasized that the proposed amount did not meet the expectations of the club: "It is no surprise that he is a player with a high price and high potential, but we are now trying to build a squad and complement it with the good players we have, including Youssef." The loss of Shermity was a significant blow for the team from Glasgow. Having joined Ibrox from England's Everton in September 2025, he became the club's most expensive signing since Tore Andre Flo in 2000. The central striker of the youth national team of Portugal (U-21) managed to play 43 matches for Rangers (30 of them in the starting lineup) and score 15 goals. McInnes now faces the difficult task of finding an effective replacement for the leader of the attack ahead of the crucial Europa League qualifier against Poland's Jagiellonia. The current reserves of Lawrence Shankland, Ryan Naderi and Bojan Miovski (who has yet to play a single match under the new coach) have yet to impress. However, there is hope: the chairman of the Cavena board has already announced that the club plans to sign three to five new players in the near future, and the search for a goal-scoring forward will now obviously become the number one priority.