IT’S DONE: Ianis Hagi’s massive Rangers transfer request is accepted, and Rapid is getting ready to spend a ton of money.
Despite the fact that Ianis Hagi will have to accept a significant pay drop from his present Govan wage, it is rumored that Rapid Bucharest will attempt to persuade the player to leave Rangers by making him their top earner. Philippe Clement, who is eager to move the Romanian international before the August 30 transfer deadline, has kept Hagi out of the starting lineup despite the fact that he spent the entire previous season on loan with Alaves in La Liga. The former star of Fiorentina has kept himself occupied by practicing with the Light Blues B team, for which he has made appearances early in the new campaign.
The 25-year-old has drawn interest from Liga I rivals Rapid and Universitatea Craiova, and now it’s known how much the former are prepared to pay the creative midfielder. A monthly wage of €30,000 (£24,400) is what Rapid’s primary shareholder Dan Sucu reportedly offered Hagi. This amounts to €360,000 (£304,860) annually, according to the Romanian site Spotmedia. The annual salary of €500,000 (£423,400) plus contractual bonuses might be reached by that amount. According to the article, this amount would push Alex Mitrita of Universitatea Craiova, who is said to make €600,000 a year, to second place in the Romanian premier division and make the Rangers’ most paid player.
Hagi would have to accept a substantial pay decrease from his current Rangers contract if he were to accept the transfer. The playmaker, whose contract has two years left on it, reportedly earns €1.3 million ($1.1 million) annually.