Giovanni van Bronckhorst has Steven Gerrard moment after fresh Rangers outburst
Fraser Wilson has insisted that Giovanni van Bronckhorst has now had his Steven Gerrard moment at Rangers after his outburst in the Champions League.
The Daily Record journalist believes that no money being spent after the £30million+ Champions League windfall was a coded message to the Ibrox board.
Van Bronckhorst admitted his side cannot compete with the likes of Liverpool, Napoli and Ajax after being smashed by the latter in midweek 4-0.
Writing in his latest column for the Daily Record, Wilson shared what the outburst could mean for Van Bronckhorst as he looks to bounce back as soon as possible.
“Transfer deadline day when there wasn’t even a hint of a new face to bolster van Bronckhorst’s squad arriving in Govan,” he wrote. “The week between securing a £30m Champions League bounty and the transfer window slamming shut brought nothing in the door.
“Van Bronckhorst’s Amsterdam outburst was referring to the hundreds of millions banked and spent by the powerhouses in Rangers’ group in comparison to the £10m or so signed off from the Ibrox chequebook.
“This appears to be the Dutchman’s Steven Gerrard moment. A coded message to the marble staircase hierarchy that the glass ceiling had been reached without serious investment.”
Outburst.
Everyone had complaints about the fact that Rangers finished the window so quietly, and that has been followed by these two demoralising defeats on the biggest stage.
One person who didn’t though, and publicly admitted he was happy with his squad was Van Bronckhorst, so unless he was told to say that, where are these complaints coming from?
Rangers competed with and beat the likes of Borussia Dortmund and RB Leipzig in the Europa League last season, so the least they could have done was compete against Ajax.
That wasn’t about money spent or transfer business, it was about desire and heart, something that the whole squad simply lacked over in Amsterdam.
Worryingly, once Gerrard opened up on his concerns regarding money spent and transfer business at Ibrox, it was the beginning of the end for him.
A matter of months later, he was packing his bag and running to move back to the Premier League and join Aston Villa, something that hasn’t paid off yet.
We aren’t saying that will happen with Van Bronckhorst, but he needs to respond.
In other Rangers news, Michael Stewart got stuck into one player after what he did in the past week