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During the January transfer window, there was the rather odd quirk of a left-back linked with a mid-season move to Rangers being joined at his current club by, well, another left-back linked with a mid-season move to Rangers. With Ridvan Yilmaz on Galatasaray’s wishlist and with Borna Barisic’s future uncertain, Philippe Clement’s side looked at a number of left-footed full-backs before the February deadline. There was reportedly interest inGijs Smal, the FC Twente assist machine who, like Barisic, will be a free-agent in July. Smal is now expected to join Feyenoord on a free-transfer. And his…