Ianis Hagi and Philippe Clement have FALLEN OUT suspects former Rangers ace as Romania cameo cranks up return pressure
Former Rangers star Dorin Goian reckons compatriot Ianis Hagi and Philippe Clement have FALLEN OUT. And he believes there's now pressure on the Belgian boss to bring Hagi in from the cold after he played for Romania in midweek.
Hagi is on the outside looking in under Clement after being told he has no future at Ibrox and has been banished to the B team. Record Sport exclusively revealed that Hagi is due a wage hike if he plays his 100th game for Gers - currently on 99 - due to a clause in his contract. However, he remains an important player for his country and came off the bench as Romania cruised to a 3-0 away win at Kosovo in the Nations League - his first competitive action of the season.
Goian - who played for Rangers for just over a year in 2011 and even played two games in the Third Division before eventually leaving the club - insists Hagi featuring for Romania makes it all the more stranger he can't get a look-in at Ibrox. He said: "Ianis Hagi is a valuable player. Unfortunately, he is not having a great time at Rangers, given that he is not on the best of terms with the manager there.
"His summoning to our national team is also to do with helping his morale and I think that our manager Mircea Lucescu did the right thing by picking him. It gives him a confidence boost and there is now extra pressure on Rangers to play him.
"Rangers are not playing great, they have just been outclassed in the Old Firm by Celtic and things are not rosy. I know their supporters are demanding the return of Ianis Hagi to the first team.
"The facts are that Rangers have a talented footballer who, until he got injured, was playing very well there. And now that he has been called up and played after doing so well at the Euros puts