{"id":282088,"date":"2025-07-22T08:58:10","date_gmt":"2025-07-22T08:58:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/282088\/"},"modified":"2025-07-22T08:58:10","modified_gmt":"2025-07-22T08:58:10","slug":"stuart-mccall-reveals-rangers-signing-he-wanted-at-sheffield-utd","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/282088\/","title":{"rendered":"Stuart McCall reveals Rangers signing he wanted at Sheffield Utd"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n  The former Ibrox star, now assistant at Preston North End, is a huge fan of the current <a href=\"https:\/\/www.glasgowtimes.co.uk\/sport\/rangers\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Rangers<\/a> midfielder, who plays a similar role to the one he did in the 90s.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  There is, however, one concern McCall has around his old club and their new boss, Russell Martin.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  He said: &#8220;I like some of his signings.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  &#8220;I\u2019ve seen Joe Rothwell down here and he\u2019s a good player, but my only concern with him is, does it mean Nico Raskin\u2019s going?\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  &#8220;I hope not because he\u2019s one I\u2019ve always liked \u2014 I looked at him with a view to bringing him to Sheffield United.&#8221;\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  <strong>Read more:<\/strong>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  McCall believes the midfield combination of Raskin, Rothwell, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.glasgowtimes.co.uk\/topics\/mohamed-diomande\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Mohamed Diomande<\/a> is a strong one, with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.glasgowtimes.co.uk\/topics\/connor-barron\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Connor Barron<\/a> as back-up.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  He also praised Thelo Aasgaard and Max Aarons as good additions.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  But the former Ibrox favourite warned that success will depend on the players&#8217; attitude and their ability to handle the scrutiny in Scotland.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  McCall, who worked with Martin on the coaching side with Scotland, is optimistic about the new manager&#8217;s potential at Rangers.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  He said: &#8220;I like Russell, I worked with him when I was involved on the coaching side with Scotland.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  &#8220;He thinks deeply about the game and he\u2019s shown that at Swansea and Southampton.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  &#8220;He has a specific way he wants to play and that\u2019s fine as long as the players buy into it.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  &#8220;It can be successful but it needs to have everyone on board.&#8221;\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  His comments came as Martin continues to reshape his squad ahead of the new season.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The former Ibrox star, now assistant at Preston North End, is a huge fan of the current Rangers&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":282089,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8817],"tags":[748,393,4884,1620,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-282088","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-sheffield","8":"tag-britain","9":"tag-england","10":"tag-great-britain","11":"tag-sheffield","12":"tag-uk","13":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114896063833755210","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/282088","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=282088"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/282088\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/282089"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=282088"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=282088"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=282088"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}