Ianis Hagi has been hit with a takedown at Alaves by his own boss as the Romanian continues La Liga life away from Rangers.

The playmaker was loaned out to the Spanish side in the summer transfer window after falling out of favour under Michael Beale. But with Philippe Clement now at the Rangers wheel, it’s an unknown quantity in terms of what the future holds for Hagi at Ibrox. For now he is in sunnier climes and his latest match was a last-gasp 1-0 defeat to 10-man Real Madrid.

Despite almost taking something from a daunting tussle with Jude Bellingham and co, that couldn’t save him from the ire of boss Luis Garcia, who went viral on social media afterwards for his apoplectic rage over Lucas Vazquez’ 92nd minute goal. He has vented over the attacker not stepping up to the plate in a miffed assessment of his side’s brutal defeat.

He told Marca: “Today was a game for him to have taken a step forward… and he hasn’t. He played a bad game, we have to recover and continue lifting him up. For me there are three games. Eleven against eleven we have been very good, we have read very well the way they wanted to play, we have been correct. Against ten we have not been good in attack, and then there is the last thing.

“They are mistakes that a soccer player cannot allow, and those points at the end of the season hurt us. Get up, learn and keep working.

“Today couldn’t be more painful and it couldn’t happen. Every point for us is life. You get to the 90th minute and you have to score. The ending makes me very angry, we played a game to score points. We have to learn, insist and get better”

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