Ianis Hagi is not in a favorable moment at his club team Glasgow Rangers, even though the Romanian midfielder was recently reintegrated into the first team coached by Belgian Philippe Clement.
The son of the legendary Gheorghe Hagi played the final minutes of the turbulent match between Romania and Kosovo on Friday evening in the Nations League, a match that unfortunately did not end on the field as the Kosovar guests did not want to return from the locker room.
These days, while Hagi is at the national team's camp in Mogoșoaia, one of his midfield rivals at Rangers seems to have already decided to leave the club in the summer. We are talking about Czech Vaclav Cerny, the midfielder brought in July 2024 on loan from Wolfsburg, the man who scored 2 goals against FCSB in the Europa League match won at Ibrox, with a score of 4-0.
"I should return to Wolfsburg after this season, but I am only focused on this campaign, on the success of Rangers and mine. I want to have the best season of my career in terms of goals and assists, then I will see. Of course, I have a plan, but there is no point in talking about it yet. Rangers is an extremely big club, similar to Ajax, but I could say it is even bigger because the fans and the entire club have huge expectations. When the game doesn't go well, the fans make their voices heard. The stadium is special, especially during European matches," said the Czech midfielder to Football Scotland.
At the same time, Scottish journalists did not hesitate to use another reason to criticize Clement, because he keeps insisting on not giving Hagi a chance in the first team: "In the last match, the biggest problem was the quality of passes and, even so, Clement chose to give a chance to McCausland and Dowell, instead of introducing Hagi. If Clement believes that any of these players can offer more than Ianis, who cost 3 million pounds, then Rangers have a serious problem. It is disrespectful to leave Ianis on the bench in a game lacking quality and control," wrote Rangers News.
Ianis Hagi was an unused substitute in Rangers' most recent league match against Hearts, which ended in a 1-0 victory.
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