Glen Kamara breaks Rangers transfer silence in veiled Nice address as he reveals 'truth' behind starting squad struggles

Rangers midfielder Glen Kamara admits he hopes to move to a "top five" European league as he addressed his Ibrox future for the first time since links with OSG Nice.

The Finland international has been linked with a number of potential suitors last summer but Gio van Bronckhorst had been keen to hold on to the former Dundee man, with speculation over his future reaching boiling point on deadline day amid talks of a move to Ligue 1. Reports in France suggested that the player’s agents travelled to the Allianz Riviera in an attempt to thrash out a deadline day deal with Nice willing to go up to £10million to seal a move for Kamara.

A deal failed to materialise and the 26-year-old remained at Rangers, and he has found game time more difficult to come by this term having been in and out of the starting line-up under Gio van Bronckhorst. He has made just two starts this campaign so far, the last of which came when he was hooked at half time in their hammering at Celtic.

And he admitted that he's not in an ideal situation at Ibrox at the moment. He said: "The head coach decides the team. Whether I'm on the bench or on the pitch, I'll do my job. I work hard, I just have to keep doing it. That's the truth.

"Sometimes I know why I'm not in the starting line-up. I've talked to the manager sometimes after games or before a match. Of course, it's difficult to have full confidence when I don't get to play.

"I haven't played in that many games now or started many. It hasn't been easy. As I said, you have to keep working and then everything will be fine."

And former Arsenal player Kamara, in an interview in Finnish publication Helsingin Sanomat, admits he's made no secret that he would love to try to move up a level.

He said: "I