Targeted PAOK boss Razvan Lucescu refused to be drawn on Rangers strike goal Antonio Colak 's future - after he performed one other 45 minutes in a pre-season defeat.
The Greek facet are within the Netherlands for his or her pre-season coaching camp, with the way forward for £2 million-rated Colak nonetheless unsure, with Rangers determined to signal him, however PAOK refusing to budge till they line up a substitute. The Croatian worldwide was solely a sub as they crashed to a 2-1 defeat in opposition to Groningen and performed the second half of their pleasant.
And Romanian boss Lucescu insisted he wanted to enhance the crew with out being drawn on whether or not Colak nonetheless had a future in Greece. He mentioned: "It is not the time to be discussing people within the crew, it is about attempting to make the squad higher. I wished to see how every participant did and we're working arduous to conclude what our greatest crew will probably be for the opening video games of the season.
"The squad just isn't large enough and we even needed to play some gamers out of place in opposition to Groningen. We noticed the best way the crew performed, what labored, what did not work effectively, when it comes to health, techniques. We have to cease the straightforward errors and these are video games the place we are able to try this and slowly enhance."
Colak starred for Malmo final season and was instrumental in dumping Rangers out of Champions League qualifying and he's now very a lot atop Gio van Bronckhorst 's signing wishlist.
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