RANGERS are closing in on a move for Besiktas left-back Ridvan Yilmaz for a fee believed to be around £5.4million.
The 21-year-old Turkey internationalist, who made his debut for the senior national team in May 2021, is a product of the Istanbul club's youth academy and has gone on to make 62 first-team appearances for the Turkish giants.
Croatian defender Borna Barisic is the sole recognised left-back on the books at Ibrox after Calvin Bassey was sold to Ajax for a club-record fee, leaving Rangers manager Giovanni van Bronckhorst short of options at the back.
Some of the funds raised by Bassey's move were reinvested in the first-team squad as Ben Davies joined from Liverpool in a £4m switch on Tuesday and Rangers are reportedly prepared to spend again to add another defensive recruit to the team.
The Scottish Sun report that a fee of around £5.4m has been agreed between Ibrox chiefs and their Besiktas counterparts, with the Turks entitled to 20 per cent of any future profit on the full-back.
Reports in Turkey claim that Yilmaz has left Besiktas' pre-season training camp to put pen to paper on a five-year contract with the Premiership runners-up.
Rangers have already completed moves for Antonio Colak, Rabbi Matondo, Tom Lawrence, John Souttar, Malik Tillman and Davies this summer, as well as tying Connor Goldson, Allan McGregor, Scott Arfield and Steven Davis and captain James Tavernier to the club on longer deals.
