£2 million Rangers player to miss pre-season in Portugal

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Winger Eros Grezda will not be taking part in pre-season with Rangers according to the player’s agent.

Steven Gerrard’s men fly out on Saturday to their camp in Portugal, but the £2 million signing from Osijek mysteriously won’t be joining.

Speculation has been rife about Grezda’s future after a poor debut season at Ibrox.

The Albania international – who withdrew from international duty earlier this month – struggled to break into the side, making just 17 appearances in all competitions.

Grezda’s representative Ives Cakarun told Press Association Sport (quoted by The Scottish Sun): “He is still with Rangers but at the moment, because he was with the national squad and there was some problems last week, he will not be in the [pre-season] squad.”

TBR’s view

Grezda’s time at Rangers could well be coming to an end.

The star simply couldn’t get going last term and was fighting a losing battle against Ryan Kent and Daniel Candeias for a regular starting berth.

With Jordan Jones, Greg Stewart and Sheyi Ojo all joining the club this summer, one would assume Grezda’s chances of playing regularly are slim to zero.

The fact that he won’t be participating in pre-season training suggests that an exit – albeit perhaps a temporary one – is on the cards.