Rangers ace Ridvan Yilmaz now on Trabzonspor radar for January move
Ridvan Yilmaz is already attracting interest from abroad with the Rangers left-back now wanted by Trabzonspor, according to Fanatik.
The 21-year-old joined the Light Blues from Besiktas this summer for £3.5million but he has been stuck behind Borna Barisic in the pecking order all through the campaign.
So far this season, Yilmaz has made just four appearances for the Gers, only playing 90 minutes once against Queen of the South in the League Cup.
As a result of his lack of games, sides in his native Turkey have started to take an interest in making a loan move for the senior international and Trabzonspor are only the latest side to be linked.
Takvim reported on 9 October that fellow Turkish giants Galatasaray had put the 21-year-old high on their January transfer window agenda in a recent club meeting.
Give him a chance
Giovanni van Bronckhorst is almost entirely to blame for Yilmaz’s lack of games and therefore sharpness when he has come off the bench because he refuses to waiver from Barisic.
The humiliating 7-1 defeat to Liverpool on Wednesday evening (12 October) should be the indication to the manager that he needs to try something else because the Croatian international was ripped to pieces by Mohamed Salah who bagged a hat-trick from the bench.
Yilmaz may not have done much better but nobody knows that for certain and he now needs to play a number of games successively to start getting a rhythm in Scottish football.
van Bronckhorst has been too quick to judge him as Steven Gerrard was with John Lundstram last season before the Dutchman brought him back to be a key part of his team.
At 21 years of age, he should not be expected to be the finished product but his ceiling is far higher than Barisic’s and now is the time for him to try and get close to it.
In other Rangers news, things are getting desperate in one position at Ibrox with only two options left to choose from.