Ianis Hagi to STAY in Rangers wilderness as Clement directly responds to Cantwell claims
dailyrecord.co.ukPhilippe Clement insists Ianis Hagi will remain frozen out at Rangers despite failing to land a move away from Ibrox - and the arrival of playmaker Nedim Bajrami will make it even more difficult for him despite the Albanian NOT being available for Sunday's trip to Celtic.Europa League rivals Steaua Bucharest were one of the clubs desperate to land the 25-year-old as they looked to take the star who carries Romania’s most famous football name back to his homeland.
Fiorentina and others were also linked throughout the summer. But Hagi has remained in Glasgow despite not getting a first team look in - and that situation won’t change, according to Clement.If Hagi - just one game away from becoming a Rangers centurion as he sits on 99 games - hits a certain number of appearances for the Light Blues then it will trigger a wage hike on the contract extension he signed at Ibrox shortly after Michael Beale was appointed in December 2022.
Record Sport revealed that the figure his weekly pay packet would rise by is around £6000, meaning it would cost the club around £600,000 if he remained in Glasgow for the remainder of the two years has deal has to run.And after the deadline-busting signing of Albanian international Nedim Bajrami from Sassuolo, Clement, speaking at his Old Firm derby pre-match press conference, said: "There are not any developments.
We spoke about that months ago, really openly with him and his agent also. That we don't see him to become the next No. 10 for Rangers for the next couple of years, so to look out for other opportunities so that story stays the same.
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