Robby McCrorie surely losing patience with Philippe Clement at Rangers, bags must be packed for January exit already
Forgotten Rangers player Robby McCrorie must already have his bags packed ahead of a possible exit in January.
The 25-year-old shot-stopper has been a bit-part player at Ibrox ever since his emergence in the first team in August 2021, and since then he’s only gone on to make five league appearances.
The Light Blues reportedly wanted as much as £1million in the summer to sell McCrorie, with his first-team opportunities increasingly limited at Ibrox under Michael Beale’s management following the signing of Jack Butland.
And the young goalkeeper could have sealed his desired exit during the summer transfer window when Jack Butland joined.
Mail Plus reported on 11 August, that Premier League giants Manchester United were joined by Hull and Polish champions Rakow Czestochowa in battling for the 25-year-old who is “unsettled” at Rangers and “eager to start afresh away from Ibrox”.
Herald Scotland also reported that Manchester United could have firmed up their interest in McCrorie had the now departed Dean Henderson joined up with Nottingham Forest, but the Old Trafford outfit ended up going down another route on transfer deadline day.
It is believed that Rangers would not have stood in McCrorie’s way regarding a possible exit.
The shot-stopper enjoyed a promising run in Michael Beale’s first team last season when he kept clean sheets in wins against Celtic, Aberdeen and St Mirren during a four-game spell in May [SofaScore].
Since then, the 25-year-old has become an afterthought at Ibrox, especially after the signing of Butland when at one point during the summer, it seemed as if he’d be Allan McGregor’s long-term successor after his retirement.
However, Butland became available after his torrid period at Manchester United, an opportunity Beale simply could not turn down, making him one of his marquee acquisitions in the summer window.
And two months into Philippe Clement’s reign at Ibrox, it is still the same old story for McCrorie with his long-term future in Glasgow looking non-existent with every passing week.
It is clear that Butland is now swiftly the undisputed Rangers number one and will certainly continue that way throughout Clement’s reign.
It certainly isn’t the Belgian’s fault but the young shot-stopper is certainly losing patience and it is the reason why he may already have his bags packed ahead of a January exit. It’s the best decision for his flailing career.
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