Meet Djeidi Gassama, born and bred in the sweltering heat of Mauritania on the 10th of September, 2003 - which, fathom this, still makes him only 22 years old; an age at which most of us were either inebriated, chasing skirts or both. Currently he's formulating his assault on the football pitch as a left winger for Rangers and if you look up, you might just catch a glimpse of him in his number 23 shirt. Standing at a slightly underwhelming 5ft 9in (that's 1.77m for the metrically minded amongst us) and tipping the scales at around 11st (or 70kg), he's got all the physique of an athletic hare.
Grab your calculators, because according to the financial wizz-kids over at Transfermarkt, the boy's worth around €4.00m, which for those of us in the UK, equates to roughly £3.4m. To put that into perspective, that's a fair chunk of change more than most of our houses. Cheerful thought.
Gassama’s got quite a giddy career history for someone so young. He cut his teeth in the City of Love, where he partook in the role of trainee at Paris Saint-Germain back in July '19. He graced first team play once in his debut season (2021 - 2022). A giddy start to his career, indeed.
In a mirthfully bureaucratic twist, Gassama was then shipped off like returned merchandise to Eupen in Belgium on loan in September 2022. He made 19 first team appearances and even knocked one (or two, if you're counting) into the back of the old onion bag during the 2022 - 2023 season.
Next up in this merry-go-round career saw Gassama transferring to our dear rainy isle, joining Sheffield Wednesday in August 2023 for an undisclosed fee (which makes the intrigue all the more titillating, does it not?). During two seasons with the Owls, Gassama made a combined total of 78 appearances, managing to belt in a collective 10 goals. Decent, respectable, not bombastic.
In 2025, Gassama took the brave (or potentially career-suicidal) leap to our northern brethren by transferring to Rangers for around £2.2m. He's still in the prime of his career there, having made 29 first team appearances and scored twice in his current 2025 - 2026 season. As a treat, he personally delivered four goals in the Champions League Qualifiers and a further two goals in the Europa League. Keep the change, pal.
