RANGERS TOP PLAYERS reveals dangerous secrets that will cost RANGERS title hopes and……
Ianis Hagi does want to leave Rangers for La Liga because he thinks the style of football there is best suited to him.
The Gers winger told MARCA on 21 March that Spain is “where I want to be” after falling in love with everything about La Liga while on loan with Alaves this season.
His father, Romanian legend Gheorghe, had only this week shot down claims the 25-year-old is looking to leave Ibrox in the summer as “false” but now the man himself has admitted it is his aim, despite speaking highly of his time in Glasgow and saying he is “very grateful” for the love of the fans.
Hagi said (translated to English): “I love the level of La Liga, I love everything in Spain: the teams, the competition between players and teams, the pressure that exists here…
“I feel that it is the League in which I can be most successful and in which I can bring out all my qualities and it is the league that I have followed since I was a child and it was always my dream to be here. I’m here now and I want to be here for a long time.”
Asked specifically if he saw himself in Spain next year he answered: “Yes, it is where I want to be. It is the football in which I want to grow, it is the football that I believe can unlock the best version of me. I’ve only been here 6-7 months and I already feel like I’m a better player, I’m growing every day, in training and in games.
“I see progression every day and I believe that in the near future my best qualities will be unlocked and I will show everyone who I am.”
Rangers man has played his last game at Ibrox already?
It seemed that perhaps the changing picture back in Scotland, with Philippe Clement replacing Michael Beale and revitalising the title challenge, might have interested the Romanian international in returning to fight for a place under the new manager.
But he appears to have directly contradicted what his father had just claimed so now it looks like an exit is probably on the cards.
The landscape in his positions at Ibrox has changed a great deal from last season to this, with the departures of Ryan Kent and Fashion Sakala and the arrivals of Abdallah Sima and Oscar Cortes, along with the emergence of Ross McCausland.
However, with the futures of both Scott Wright and Rabbi Matondo unclear and the it equally uncertain if Rangers will try to, or be able to, sign the injured star loanees – Sima and Cortes – this summer there would likely be an opportunity.
improvements of a number of players who were increasingly forgotten under Beale, such as John Lundstram, the versatile Dujon Sterling, and Ridvan Yilmaz.
But that may not matter if Hagi, who spent over a year out injured between the Giovanni van Bronckhorst and Beale eras, has decided Spain is where his future lies.
In other Rangers news, a BBC Sport pundit is convinced that the Gers remain favourites for the title despite Celtic going back top of the SPFL.
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