da premier bet： With lots of business done at Rangers already this summer, fans are taking a look at the squad already in place and wondering who should stay and who should go to accommodate the new signings.
da bet7k： Pedro Caixinha has made six signings so far from defence right through to attack and many of the established first team stars of last season suddenly find their status at Ibrox in doubt.
Rangers made lots of signings last summer too but in those cases the majority of them didn’t work out; Joey Barton left mid-season, Philippe Senderos made a handful of poor appearances and Joe Garner was sold last week.
Another much-hyped arrival who didn’t quite live up to the excitement was former Liverpool player Jordan Rossiter. The 20-year made just six appearances before injury ruled him out for the rest of the season.
While he has ability and potential, we reckon that he’s another who should be axed this summer, after The Express reported his future at the club is uncertain.
Here are THREE reasons why…
He’s too injury prone
Since the start of 2015 back when he was a young prospect at Liverpool, it seems as if Jordan Rossiter has been almost permanently injured.
From February that year to July he was out with a serious ankle injury, returning for the Red’s pre-season tour. Starting the 2015/16 season well embedded within Brendan Rodgers’ squad, he made his Premier League debut against Arsenal in Auguest and then his European debut in September.
However, by September he was out injured again, picking up a hamstring injury that effectively ruled him out for the rest of the season, returning for just one match in December.
He then joined Rangers and his injury problems at Ibrox have been well documented, with his calf injury keeping him out for the season as specialists tried to figure out where his recovery was going wrong.
It’s a shame to see such a young player ravaged by so many injuries but from a Rangers perspective they must be selfish about the situation. They can’t keep a player that seemingly picks up muscle injuries so easily.
The club reportedly sent him to England to get to the root of the problem and he has returned to pre-season training but there’s no guarantee that will work.
His wages are big by Rangers standards
Compounding his injury problems is the fact he’s on a decent wage at the Light Blues. The Daily Mail report he earns around £10,000-a-week which by Rangers standards is a fair chunk of money.
Rangers aren’t blessed with limitless resources and they have to make sure what they do have is stretched as far as possible and having players on the treatment table earning a significant portion of their wage budget must be a source of frustration for supporters.
He’s not the only one either with Niko Krancjar having also spent almost his entire spell at the club injured.
With Pedro Caixinha bringing in talent from Portugal, Mexico and the Scottish Premiership, there’s simply no room for players who will be unable to contribute to the first team.
Pedro Caixinha is moving on without him
It’s become pretty clear that Pedro Caixinha doesn’t fancy much of the squad already in place at Ibrox. Mark Warburton spent a few transfer windows bringing in players mostly for the British isles, the majority of them coming from England and Caixinha is going for a vastly different strategy.
Jordan Rossiter may have been an exciting signing at the time but with the likes of Carlos Pena, Ryan Jack and Daniel Candeias arriving at the club, the Portuguese clearly has his own ideas about how his first team will look at the club next season.
The Ibrox boss isn’t taking any prisoners and having admitted as many as 11 players could leave Ibrox this summer, we don’t see much scope for Rossiter being one of the ones who survive.