Eros Grezda must look at Borna Barisic for Rangers redemption hope

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It has certainly been a tumultuous few weeks for Eros Grezda. As reported by the Express, an incensed Steven Gerrard informed the Albanian international to find a new team before the transfer window shut. It came after he fell down the pecking order at Rangers and an incident in which he allegedly spat at a Ballymena player in action for Graeme Murty’s under-23s. 

Despite rumblings of interest from Qatar, the transfer windows around the world slammed shut and Grezda remains a Rangers player. 

He is certainly making the most of it. This week, he scored two crucial goals as Rangers’ Colts team came back from 3-1 down to knock Solihull Moors out of the Challenge Cup. Rangers’ youngsters are now into the quarter-finals of the competition.

So can he have a Borna Barisic like resurgence at Ibrox?

Grezda and Barisic both came to the club from Osijek last summer, the defender costing a reported (BBC) £2.2 million. The pair also seemed to be on their way out equally as fast. In April, it was suggested that Gerrard was fuming at the efforts of the pair, and Kyle Lafferty, in a behind-closed-doors friendly with Liverpool’s under-23s, as reported by The Scottish Sun.

It seemed all three were set for the chop. Lafferty went to Norwegian side Sarpsborg in the summer, Grezda is in his current mess but Barisic has turned things around. 

The left-back knuckled down and has now become an instrumental member of the Rangers first-team squad. 

Grezda appears to have a longer road back to redemption than Barisic did. The fact he also plays in Rangers’ over-saturated wide positions will not help his cause. 

But there is clearly an outside chance the 24-year-old could force his way back into Ibrox contention just like his old pal Barisic.