Paul Gascoigne, Walter Smith and Steven Davis with interior of Ibrox in background
All 87 Walter Smith Rangers Signings Totalling Near £94m Spend
Here, we list all of Walter Smith’s Rangers signings made during his highly successful two spells as manager of the club.
Quite simply, Walter Smith was the godfather of Rangers’ modern history. He was easily one of the most dominant managers top-flight Scottish football has ever seen.
He first joined Rangers on April 16, 1986 as Graeme Souness recruited him from Dundee United to be his new assistant manager at Ibrox.
Souness left for Liverpool in 1991 and Walter subsequently stepped up to the main managerial position, embarking on an incredibly triumphant eight years in Govan.
Walter led Rangers to seven of their 9IAR league titles during the 1990s, as well as lifting the Scottish Cup and League Cup three times each.
His first spell came to an end in 1998 when Celtic stopped Rangers from winning 10IAR. He had already announced his departure before the title was wrapped up by the Light Blues’ city rivals.
Walter returned for a second spell in 2007 to rescue Rangers after Frenchman Paul Le Guen’s disastrous stint as boss.
The former Scotland boss went on to win three league titles in succession, while also securing another two Scottish Cup medals and three League Cup crowns.
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All in all, Walter is the second-most successful Rangers manager of all time with a haul of 21 major trophies. Only Bill Struth won more honours as boss with 30.
Why is he one of the best managers Rangers have ever had? A massive part of it is down to his recruitment and using the cash he had to spend very well.
Walter made a whopping 114 signings as Rangers manager between 1991-1998 and 2007-2011. So below, Rangers News takes a look at ever single one of them.
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Walter Smith’s Rangers signings
1991/92
Transfers IN:
Oleksiy Mykhaylychenko – £2m
Stuart McCall – £1.2m
Dale Gordon – £1.2m
Andy Goram – £1m
David Robertson – £970k
Paul Rideout – £500k
David McKellar – £20k
Total = £6.89m
1993: Trevor Steven of Rangers fends off Antonovich of CSKA Moscow during a Champions League match at Ibrox Stadium in Glasgow, Scotland. Mandatory Credit: David Rogers/Allsport
1993: Trevor Steven of Rangers fends off Antonovich of CSKA Moscow during a Champions League match at Ibrox Stadium in Glasgow, Scotland. Mandatory Credit: David Rogers/Allsport
1992/93
Transfers IN:
Trevor Steven – £2.4m
Dave McPherson – £1.1m
Ally Maxwell – £300k
Total = £3.8m
1993/94
Transfers IN:
Duncan Ferguson – £4m
Gordon Durie – £1.2m
Craig Moore – free
Fraser Wishart – free
Total = £5.2m
19 Oct 1996: Brian Laudrup of Rangers celebrates their second goal during a Scottish Premier League match against Aberdeen at Ibrox Stadium in Glasgow, Scotland. The match ended in a 2-2 draw. Mandatory Credit: Ben Radford/Allsport
19 Oct 1996: Brian Laudrup of Rangers celebrates their second goal during a Scottish Premier League match against Aberdeen at Ibrox Stadium in Glasgow, Scotland. The match ended in a 2-2 draw. Mandatory Credit: Ben Radford/Allsport
1994/95
Transfers IN:
Basile Boli – £2.7m
Brian Laudrup – £2.3m
Alan McLaren – £1.25m & Dave McPherson
Alec Cleland & Gary Bollan – £750k
Billy Thomson – £25k
Total = £7.025m
1995/96
Transfers IN:
Paul Gascoigne – £4.3m
Oleg Salenko – £2.5m
Gordan Petric – £1.5m
Stephen Wright – £1.5m
Erik Bo Andersen – £1.2m
Derek McInnes – £300k
Theo Snelders – £200k
Peter van Vossen – swap deal
Total = £11.5m
Photo by Graham Whitby Boot/Sportsphoto/Allstar via Getty Images
Photo by Graham Whitby Boot/Sportsphoto/Allstar via Getty Images
1996/97
Transfers IN:
Jörg Albertz – £4m
Sebastian Rozental – £3.5m
Joachim Björklund – £2m
Mark Hateley – £300k
Andy Dibble – free
Total = £9.8m
1997/98
Transfers IN:
Lorenzo Amoruso – £4m
Marco Negri – £3.5m
Sergio Porrini – £3m
Stale Stensaas – £1.65m
Antti Niemi – £700k
Jonatan Johansson – £500k
Gennaro Gattuso – free
Jonas Thern – free
Tony Vidmar – free
Richard Gough – free
Total = £13.35m
Photo by Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images
Photo by Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images
2006/07
Transfers IN:
Kevin Thomson – £2m
David Weir – free
Ugo Ehiogu – free
Adda Djeziri – loan
Total = £2m
2007/08
Transfers IN:
Carlos Cuellar – £2.37m
Lee McCulloch – £2.25m
Steven Whittaker – £2m
Steven Naismith – £1.9m
Daniel Cousin – £1.1m
DaMarcus Beasley – £700k
Thomas Kind Bendiksen – £90k
Isa Bagci – undisclosed
Georgios Efrem – free
Graeme Smith – free
Kirk Broadfoot – free
Jean-Claude Darcheville – free
Alan Gow – free
Roy Carroll – free
Arturs Vaiculis – free
Neil Alexander – free
Christian Dailly – free
Andy Webster – loan extension
Marco Michetschlager – loan
Amdy Faye – loan
Steven Davis – loan
Total = £10.41m
Photo by Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images
Photo by Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images
2008/09
Transfers IN:
Kyle Lafferty – £3.25m
Pedro Mendes – £3m
Steven Davis – £3m
Maurice Edu – £2.6m
Madjid Bougherra – £2.5m
Kenny Miller – £2m
Andrius Velicka – £1m
Andy Webster – £450k
Aaron Niguez – loan
Total = £17.8m
Photo credit should read OLIVER LANG/DDP/AFP via Getty Images
Photo credit should read OLIVER LANG/DDP/AFP via Getty Images
2009/10
Transfers IN:
Jerome Rothen – loan
Total = £0
2010/11
Transfers IN:
Nikica Jelavic – £4m
James Beattie – £1.25m
Vladimir Weiss – £700k (loan)
David Healy – free
Salim Kerkar – free
Andrew Mitchell – free
El Hadji Diouf – loan
Kyle Bartley – loan
Richard Foster – loan
Total = £5.95m
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