Borna Barisic 'not happy' as Rangers benchwarmer but insists there's no drama with Gio van Bronckhorst

Out-of-favour Borna Barisic confessed he's "not happy" at being consigned to the Rangers bench.

But the Ibrox star stressed there's no "drama" between he and manager Giovanni van Bronckhorst.

Barisic was one of the stars of the Ibrox side's title triumph last season but a nightmare display against Celtic has dropped him behind Calvin Bassey in the pecking order.

The Croatian, on international duty in Qatar, has since started only four of 13 matches for the Premiership champions.

Barisic, however, is adamant he will not lose heart.

He said: "As far as Rangers goes, I'm still playing plenty of minutes because we are playing every three or four days at the moment.

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"I haven't played in a few games and I'm not happy about that, but it's not a drama.

"It's been a fairytale for me at Rangers and some things have changed now. But it's nothing terrible."

Barisic could feature in a new formation for Croatia, with manager Zlatko Dalic set to try out a new-look, three-at-the-back formation in the friendlies.

And the 29-year-old would be more comfortable playing as a wing back.

He stated: "Throughout my career, I have played more often in a four-man defence, although I have also played wide with three