Cantwell 'return' silence broken, Hagi rumours addressed and latest on Cifuentes - Rangers transfer state of play

Philippe Clement remains in the dark on the date his team will be back at Ibrox. And he admits he knows nothing about rumours Rangers could rip up Ianis Hagi’s deal and allow the Romanian to leave on a free.

Reports in Turkey suggest Trabzonspor are in for want-away ace Todd Cantwell. The former Norwich playmaker was pictured at training but Clement shot down suggestions he’s back in his plans for this weekend. He said: “He's training separately because he said clearly that he wanted to go. At the moment, I'm training, I'm working, I'm playing games with the players who want to do that here. I cannot give any more information (about bids). It's a rumour. I don't know how close it is or not. No idea.”

On Hagi, he added: “That's a rumour. Not a rumour that I hear until now. But I'm not busy all this time for what amount of money is a player going out or coming in? It’s not my job to do.”

Jose Cifuentes, meanwhile, is in Greece looking to seal a new loan move with Aris Salonika, which includes a £4million obligation to buy according to local sources.

Meanwhile the boss admits he's no closer to finding out when the club will return to Ibrox this season. The Light Blues have collected the keys to Hampden as they prepare to begin their temporary flit to the national stadium with today’s clash against Motherwell. The move to Mount Florida was initially supposed to last only for the first month of the new season. But chairman John Bennett has been forced to admit their Ibrox exile could rumble on into October as the club desperately awaits the delayed steel shipment holding up work on the Copland Road cantilever project.

The disruption is the last thing Clement needs as he aims to steer his new-look squad through the early days