Rangers Academy product Jamie Newton is set to join Nottingham Forest, with the Premier League side ready to table a two-year deal, according to the Daily Record.
The newspaper shared via their transfer blog [9 January] that the 18-year-old defender has previously worked with Forest Academy chief Craig Mulholland which may have contributed to the deal.
No transfer fee is disclosed by the newspaper, but according to Transfermarkt, his contract is set to expire in May which may have allowed the English side to swoop for his services early.
It’s always sad to see an academy product go from Ibrox, particularly when he was showing so much promise that a Premier League team was enticed to make an offer for him.
Newton’s two-year contract offer from Forest indicates that they believe he has some long-term potential. Although he will probably join their academy team for the time being, the ultimate goal is for him to play in the first team.
Newton had not yet played for Rangers as a senior, but he had played for Rangers B during the previous season’s Lowland League competition, giving him a taste of football outside of the academy.
More information about this transfer will probably become available eventually, but the main queries that fans will have after hearing this news will be about the potential transfer fee and whether Rangers tried to keep him at Ibrox.
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