There’s a well-worn playbook in football: a midfielder toils away in the Scottish Premiership for a couple of seasons, gets a World Cup call-up, and suddenly every club with a checkbook remembers he exists. Nico Raskin is living that script in real time.
The 25-year-old Rangers midfielder has turned Belgium’s 2026 World Cup campaign into his personal audition reel, and the bidding war is already underway. Hull City, fresh off promotion to the Premier League, have reportedly tabled an offer in the £12-14 million range. Rangers, who presumably also have access to a calculator, want closer to £20 million.
A tournament to remember
Raskin’s breakout moment came during Belgium’s emphatic 4-1 demolition of the USA on July 4. That performance propelled Belgium into the quarter-finals and cemented Raskin’s status as one of the competition’s genuine revelations.
Earlier in the group stages, Raskin came off the bench against Egypt and contributed to an equalizing goal.
