‘No way,’ says the national team manager, warning the £3 million player to quit Rangers or risk being dropped.
If a Rangers player wants to secure a spot on the national team, he has previously been advised to think about moving to a different area.
Even though he held Robby McCrorie in the highest regard, Scotland manager Steve Clarke said in November that the goalkeeper would not have room on his squad until he had left Jack Butland’s shadow at Ibrox.
It’s possible that McCrorie was still thinking about Clarke’s remarks when he wrote at Kilmarnock during the ensuing summer window.
Ianis Hagi, on the other hand, is currently in a state of uncertainty.
It’s not getting any easier for a man who has had a terrible time since sustaining that career-ending knee injury two years ago—out of Philippe Clement’s plans and out of his squad with the similarly banished Todd Cantwell.
Ianis Hagi is someone the Rangers wish to cut.
Tuttomercatoweb claims that the Rangers might even be open to severing Hagi’s contract and allowing him to go for free. Moves to rumored targets like Fiorentina and Fenerbahce have not materialized.
Rangers are quickly running out of time if they were to have any chance of securing a permanent deal and recovering part of their £3 million investment, as the window closes in less than a week.
Conversely, Hagi’s chances of keeping his spot on the Romanian national squad would be severely harmed if he stayed at Ibrox.
For their Nations League matches against Kosovo and Lithuania this month, Romania’s preliminary team includes the former Genk starlet. However, his spot on the roster is extremely precarious.
He will rapidly fall down the Tricolorii hierarchy if he spends a few more months with the Rangers B team.
Mircea Lucescu, the very experienced new head coach of Romania, claims via Fanatik that “there are players who want to change clubs and run down their contracts out of desire for the better” after every tournament.
No matter the moniker, summoning an unprepared player is difficult. No way (will I keep mentioning those).
Hagi made a brief appearance at Euro 2024 after struggling on a loan with Deportivo Alaves in La Liga, which caused him to lose his spot in the Romanian starting lineup.
Although Lucescu’s patience is limited, the former manager of Inter Milan, Galatasaray, and Shakhtar Donetsk expresses sympathy for Hagi’s predicament.
The 79-year-old tactician continues, “Only players who are present on the field will perform with the national team.”
“Big changes (this early in my tenure) cannot be made.” I’ll travel with the same group, but I’ll undoubtedly make adjustments along the way. There are issues.
At Ibrox, Philippe Clement sees no room for a £3 million man.
Hagi, who was born in Turkey, was noticeably absent once more on Saturday as Rangers defeated St Johnstone to go to the Scottish League Cup quarterfinals.
When asked if Hagi will play a part in Clement’s plans for 2024–2025 via the Rangers’ official YouTube channel, Clement responded, “No,” a few weeks ago. “We had obviously discussed that with him and his representatives before to the preseason.
“With the club, there are many things we need to consider. Regarding salaries, regarding the number of players that can be placed in a position given our budget, and obtaining funding for transfers.
It is quite evident that the aim is to make a sale. That was also his desire. Thus, it is the evident circumstance.