Rangers Backed To Sell This £20m Winger: Is McInnes Using Him Right?

Rangers Backed To Sell This £20m Winger: Is McInnes Using Him Right? Rangers spent big this summer. Derek McInnes inherited a squad short on fresh legs, so the club filled the wide areas fast. Badredine Bouanani arrived as a key signing, Daisuke Yokota cost around £2.8 million, and Óscar Cortés, Danilo and Nedim Bajrami all left on loan to Huracán, Botafogo and Al-Taawoun. One signing cost £8.5 million, and he has quickly become a regular. Minsu Kim, a 20-year-old South Korean, arrived from Girona after a loan at FC Andorra, where he scored six goals in the Spanish second tier. Rangers triggered his release clause, handed him a four-year deal and made him the club’s first South Korean signing. Ibrox News claims Rangers could pocket more than £20 million for him. South Korean football expert Joel Kim, who owns the KNTFootball accounts, told the outlet that Kim’s value will easily double what Rangers paid. The expert expected more goals and assists by now, although he believes Kim’s pace and physicality already trouble Scottish Premiership defenders. The report stresses there is still a long way to go in his development. A fee at that level would smash the club record. Calvin Bassey left for Ajax in 2022 for more than £19 million, and Nathan Patterson’s £16 million switch to Everton sits second. Kim’s numbers in 2026/27 Across 10 appearances for Girona and Rangers, Kim has played 704 minutes without scoring or assisting, while collecting three yellow cards. Seven of those came in the Premiership (486 minutes), one in the League Cup (74) and two in LaLiga HyperMotion. FotMob data shows 19 shots, eight on target, 1.88 expected goals, nine chances created, 99 accurate passes at 83.9 per cent, 13 dribbles completed, 19 recoveries and a 7.20 average rating. South Korea have capped him three times since his Ecuador debut. Pace is the headline strength. Kim stretches back lines, and his strong frame lets him shrug off challenges. Born in Gwangju, he looks comfortable in a physical league. He presses hard, as the recoveries show, and he can play left wing, right wing or number ten. Finishing is the problem. Eight shots on target have brought nothing against 1.88 xG, and his final-third composure still wobbles. Rivals crowd him as well. Djeidi Gassama has the left flank pace, Findlay Curtis earned Scotland caps, Bouanani starts on the right, and Ross McCausland offers cover. Gassama also attracted interest from Monza before the season, giving McInnes another option as he rotates his wide players. Is McInnes using Kim in the right way at Rangers? GLASGOW, SCOTLAND – OCTOBER 10: Kim Min-su of Rangers is seen warming up during the William Hill Premiership 2026/27 match between Glasgow Rangers and Kilmarnock at Ibrox Stadium on October 10, 2026 in Glasgow, Scotland. (Photo by Ian MacNicol/Getty Images) Yes, and the numbers back him up. McInnes uses Kim as an inverted left winger who runs at full-backs, pins them deep and drags centre-backs out of position. That opens space for Bouanani, Yokota and the midfield runners. A winger who creates nine chances in seven league games is doing his job, assist or not. Goals will come. He scored six in Spain’s second tier last season, so finishing isn’t a skill he has never shown. McInnes must sharpen his shot selection, because 19 efforts without a goal is a habit worth breaking early. Rotation could help him. Gassama and Curtis give McInnes left-sided cover, so Kim can start when pace punishes tired full-backs and sit when games turn tight. A 20-year-old with 704 minutes already logged and international duty on top needs managed workloads. His four-year deal gives Rangers control, so no club forces a sale on the cheap. Money talks as well. Doubling an £8.5 million outlay needs end product, because buyers pay for goals and assists. McInnes knows it. Give Kim another dozen games and a couple of goals, and a £20 million valuation could start to look more realistic.