Hamza Igamane ‘hasn't been happy' at Rangers since LAST SEASON and he'd jump at the chance to leave, claims Gers insider
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HAMZA IGAMANE may or may not get his big move to Lille this summer.
But either way he's not been happy at Rangers for several months now, according to one Ibrox insider.
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Hamza Igamane wasn't a regular under Barry Ferguson at Rangers
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Lille appear keen to snap him up this summer
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Igamane has been the subject of intense speculation between Gers and the Ligue 1 side all summer long.
The most recent suggestion is that while there's been no formal approach from the French outfit, both they and Rangers are quite some distance apart in their valuation of the player.
It's believed Gers want upwards of £15million for the 22-year-old Morocco international but Lille are hovering closer to the £10m-£12m mark.
The Ibrox club only paid £1.7m for his services last summer and although he took a while to settle in and adapt to Scottish football, he was a rare bright spark in an otherwise poor year for the Light Blues last season.
He hit 16 goals in 46 games but notably dropped down the pecking order below Cyriel Dessers towards the end of the campaign - though he did manage a superb sub appearance against Celtic in the March derby that Rangers won.
Interim boss Barry Ferguson seemed to prefer Dessers due to his higher workrate, and indeed hinted as such during a number of interviews and press conferences.
Dessers is also linked with a move away, to AEK Athens, and like Igamane he hasn't featured in any of the pre-season outings under new boss Russell Martin.
But Rangers star-turned pundit Derek Ferguson - Barry's older brother - reckons Igamane's absence is far more of an indication of him wanting to leave.
And he thinks the striker has been unhappy ever since he was demoted to the bench on a regular basis.
In an interview with Ibrox News, Ferguson said: 'He hasn't played in a couple of the friendlies now, and that tells me he's probably wanting to avoid injury.
Rangers boss Russell Martin opens up on transfer plans as he delivers updates on Dessers and Igamane
'It gives the impression to me that he's not too happy at Rangers, to be honest with you, and you can perhaps take that back to the end of last season when he wasn't starting.
'He's not a happy bunny, and I get the feeling that the culture in Scotland plays a part in that.
'If he's offered the chance to leave, I just feel he'd jump at it right now.
'I think [Dessers and Igamane] could both go. You look at Dessers' stats and they're very good. Teams will look at that.
'At 30 years old, he still has a few years ahead of him. If Rangers can get £5million, they take it.'
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