7 Rangers training takeaways as Yilmaz blanks transfer talk while jiving John Lundstram shows his moves in Spain
dailyrecord.co.ukPhilippe Clement didn’t waste any time after the Rangers squad touched down in Spain as the Belgian immediately put his players through their paces on day one of their La Manga training camp.The Light Blues have taken advantage of the Scottish Premiership shutdown to fly out to the Murcia region to prepare for the second half of the season as they look to add to the Viaplay Cup trophy they won last month and close the gap on leaders Celtic at the league summit and progress in the Scottish Cup, which they kick off in their first competitive fixture on their return with a trip to Dumbarton.But before that they have a couple of friendly games - the first out in Spain when they take on German outfit Hertha Berlin on Saturday followed by the visit of Copenhagen to Ibrox next midweek.
After that it will be all systems go with a trip to The Rock but here’s a few things we spotted from the La Manga football training camp.There has been huge speculation surrounding the future of Ridvan Yilmaz with the Turk having not lived up to the £5million Rangers splashed out to sign him from Besiktas.
Reports in Italy had him arriving at Hellas Veronas with the Light Blues eyeing the Serie A side’s former Hibs full back Josh Doig.
Going by how close he seemingly was to the exit door, it wouldn’t have been a major surprise if he didn’t even board the flight to Spain but one fan requested a photo of him and the club’s social media administrator duly obliged.Nice moves, Lunny!
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