Cyriel Dessers tells Rangers fans 'we’re hurting as well' as misfiring striker draws up repayment schedule
Cyriel Dessers accepts Rangers’ under-achieving players owe their hurting fans and Philippe Clement and they have to start to repay them by delivering a Premier Sports Cup Final place.
The pressure has been cranked up on the struggling Light Blues as they lost 2-1 at Aberdeen and that sparked an angry response from the travelling support. This latest damaging defeat leaves Rangers in third spot and some nine points adrift of both Celtic and the Dons in the Premiership. That is why they need to relieve some of that pressure by taking care of Motherwell at Hampden on Sunday and looking to take another step towards retaining their League Cup trophy.
Dessers said: “It (the semi-final) was already huge. A chance to go to a final, hopefully our third cup final in a row, that would be massive, but with the result against Aberdeen, obviously it will become even bigger to give our fans something back.
“But we fully realise that and we will be ready for them. We as a group, as players, we have that feeling, not only towards staff or people in the club, but also to the fans that are travelling here, that are showing up at all of our games. Like I say, we need to bounce back and I think we will.”
Rangers announced big financial losses this week and the club still has to fill a number of key off-the-field positions. That has just added to the frustrations of the Ibrox support as their team also appear to be getting left behind on the park. Dessers reckons they have every right to be angry and demand so much more.
The 29-year-old stated: “Obviously, they travelled all the way here to support us again so I can understand them. They want to see us win, they want to see us compete, they want to see us on the top of the table. We're