Rangers Renew Interest in Josh Windass as Wrexham Holds Firm
Rangers have come back for Josh Windass. Again.
According to talkSPORT, the Ibrox club have now formalised their interest in the Wrexham forward ahead of the summer window, marking a third attempt to bring him back to Glasgow. They know exactly what they’re chasing: a player who once lit up their forward line and has just delivered a record-breaking season in Wales.
Rohl’s trusted lieutenant
This pursuit is not coming from the boardroom alone. Danny Rohl is driving it.
The Rangers manager worked closely with Windass at Sheffield Wednesday, where the attacker thrived under his watch, scoring 50 goals. Rohl has seen first-hand how Windass can shape an attack, and that familiarity is clearly informing Rangers’ recruitment push as they plan a major reset after a bruising campaign.
A third-place finish behind Celtic and Hearts has stung. The response at Ibrox is a planned overhaul of the frontline, with Windass right at the top of the wishlist.
Windass’ stance: contract and conviction
The problem for Rangers is that Windass has spent the last few months sounding very comfortable at Wrexham.
Named the club’s Player of the Season, the 30-year-old has not hidden his satisfaction with life at the Racecourse Ground. Speaking to talkSPORT earlier this month about his future, he underlined both his contract and his ambition.
“Yeah, I signed a three-year deal in the summer. I feel like I had a really good year this year, and yeah, hopefully next year we can go one better,” he said.
That deal ties him to Wrexham until 2028. It also hands the Hollywood-backed club enormous leverage in any negotiations.
Record season, rising price
Windass has given Wrexham every reason to dig in.
He has just completed a historic individual campaign, registering five assists and a club-record 16 Championship goals in 41 league appearances. Those numbers are not the profile of a bargain. They are the profile of a centrepiece.
Wrexham already showed their resolve in January, rejecting a formal mid-season approach from Rangers. With their forward now coming off a record haul and a player-of-the-season award, their stance is unlikely to soften.
Transfer specialist Ben Jacobs reports that formal club-to-club talks have not yet begun. When they do, Wrexham will know they hold the strongest hand.
Rangers’ rebuild and the Shankland factor
Rangers’ interest in Windass is part of a broader, aggressive reshaping of their attack.
While they continue to circle their former player, they are also in advanced negotiations to sign Hearts striker Lawrence Shankland. That double move underlines the urgency at Ibrox: goals are non-negotiable next season, and Rohl wants proven scorers, not projects.
Whether both deals can be done is another matter. Shankland would already command a significant outlay. Windass, locked into a long contract at a club in no rush to sell, would require an even more forceful push.
Wrexham’s project versus Rangers’ pull
Wrexham’s owners are unlikely to entertain cut-price offers. The club is building towards a serious tilt at the Championship play-offs next season, and stripping away their top scorer would run directly against that plan.
They have the backing, the momentum and the contract length to say no. Rangers, for their part, have history with the player, a manager who trusts him, and the lure of a return to a club where he made 73 appearances between 2016 and 2018.
One side is protecting a project. The other is trying to ignite one.
The question now is simple: how far are Rangers prepared to go to turn long-standing admiration into a deal Wrexham simply cannot refuse?
