Hull City Jack Butland swap is closing in on a deal that would send Ivor Pandur to Rangers and bring Jack Butland to the MKM Stadium. The move sits inside Hull City’s need to sell after promotion, with the club still working to clear a £6m PSR deficit.
Pandur is at the World Cup with Croatia and has not yet made a senior appearance for his country. Rangers are believed to be paying around £6m for him, and he is expected to agree a long-term contract at Ibrox.
Ivor Pandur and Jack Butland
Hull City signed Pandur from Fortuna Sittard in January 2024 for £1.5m, so a £6m exit would turn one short-term deal into a much larger return. Last season he played all but one Championship game and kept clean sheets in both legs of the Championship play-off semi-final and final as Hull City won promotion back to the Premier League.
Butland would go the other way as the 33-year-old looks set for a return to England and the Premier League with Hull City. He played 55 times in league, cup and Europe for Rangers last season and has 450 career appearances behind him.
Hull City and PSR
The exchange is not just about the goalkeeper shirt. Hull City have been forced into player sales despite promotion because they need to avoid breaching Financial Fair Play rules, and the expected exits for Pandur and Kyle Joseph are meant to clear the £6m Profit and Sustainability Rules deficit.
That leaves Hull City with a clear financial trade-off: keep a promoted squad intact, or move players on and stay clear of punishment. Butland’s previous top-flight games for Stoke City and Crystal Palace, plus loan spells at Manchester United, Birmingham City, Barnsley and Derby County, give Hull City a ready-made replacement if the swap is completed.
Rangers at Ibrox
For Rangers, the deal would hand them a goalkeeper who has already handled a full season in the Championship and international duty with Croatia. For Hull City, it would bring back a former Three Lions goalkeeper who became the youngest-ever England keeper at 19 against Italy, in a 2-1 win, and who still has the experience to start immediately at the MKM Stadium.
The only real open question is whether the exchange moves from closing in to signed paperwork. Hull City already know the financial side has to work, and the next step is whether both clubs settle the structure quickly enough for the goalkeeper switch to land with the new season planning.
