Barry Ferguson is baffled by Ridvan Yilmaz’s lack of Rangers motion, however has a concept as to why the Turk hasn’t been used a lot.
The left again arrived from Besiktas for a charge of £5million in the summertime because the Ibrox membership ploughed a number of the £19million they received for Calvin Bassey again into Gio van Bronckhorst ’s squad. Issues didn’t get off to an excellent begin for Yilmaz nevertheless as he made his debut in Rangers’ 2-0 Champions League third qualifying spherical first leg defeat to Union Saint Gilloise.
He’s performed simply 3 times since. Yilmaz received simply over an hour of the 3-0 residence Premiership win over Kilmarnock and 90 minutes in opposition to Queen of the South within the Premier Sports activities Cup, which a a lot modified Gers aspect gained 3-1. It was then again into chilly storage till a late cameo on this month's 4-0 victory over St Mirren at Ibrox.
Given the not insignificant quantity spent on the Turkish Underneath 21 worldwide, followers have been left questioning why they haven’t seen extra of him. Borna Barisic is the established first alternative on the left hand aspect of defence, however the Croats kind hasn’t been so good as to make him undroppable, particularly after one other Previous Agency conflict in opposition to Celtic through which he was discovered wanting.
Yilmaz has been linked with strikes again to his homeland already. Besiktask are considered keen to take him again on mortgage with various their home rivals additionally preserving tabs on the state of affairs.
Ferguson admits he’s asking the identical questions as punters pose to him when out and about in Glasgow. However he reckons there might be an underlying purpose for Yilmaz’s lack of motion up to now.
“I’ve not seen sufficient of him,” he informed Go Radio. “I watched the Queen of the South recreation and I am not being disrespectful, nevertheless it’s laborious to evaluate gamers in that recreation.
“I’m shocked and quite a lot of Rangers followers, whether or not it is on the street or within the store, are mentioning his title. What’s happening? Why’s he not taking part in?
“I’m at nighttime like many different Rangers supporters. If you shell that kind of charge out, you count on him to be not less than be pushing. Generally he’s not even been within the 18. Currently he’s been concerned.
“However it’s some huge cash to shell out. He's younger and all gamers take completely different occasions to adapt and possibly that’s why. He’s a younger man away from his household.
“However you need to see guys play soccer, particularly once you shell out £5million.”
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