Rangers head coach Russell Martin believes Hamza Igamane “will not be our participant anymore” after the striker reportedly refused to play in opposition to St Mirren.
The 22-year-old has been linked with French membership Lille all through the summer time, and after a bid was rejected final week, the Morocco worldwide refused to return off the bench within the 1-1 attract Paisley.
“All of us anticipate that to return to a detailed very quickly and he will not be our participant anymore,” Martin stated on the eve of Rangers' Champions League play-off tie with Membership Brugge.
“[It's] probably not [disruptive]. I have never seen him. He had a scan yesterday and obtained assessed. After which, clearly, stuff's occurring at this time, so he wasn't in. So, it hasn't been disruptive shifting ahead in any respect.
“He is obtained what he needed. Effectively, he appears more likely to get what he needed to play someplace else, and it means we have a few of the cash that we needed for him.”
Igamane reportedly informed Martin he was injured on Sunday. Requested whether or not his scan revealed an damage, Martin added: “I anticipate him to move his medical.”
Nonetheless, the Rangers head coach was fast so as to add that he didn't blame the Moroccan for the present state of affairs.
“It isn't a shock to me, and it is not the participant's fault,” he stated. “It is actually not. It is actually tough for a younger man, that does not communicate the language, that is being informed, ‘don't be concerned, your future's going to be elsewhere'.
“After which I am asking him to be all in and do that and that is what we'd like from you and all that stuff. It is so tough. I do not take it personally.”
