{"id":420300,"date":"2025-09-13T05:21:12","date_gmt":"2025-09-13T05:21:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/420300\/"},"modified":"2025-09-13T05:21:12","modified_gmt":"2025-09-13T05:21:12","slug":"nico-raskin-will-not-leave-rangers-before-turkish-window","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/420300\/","title":{"rendered":"Nico Raskin will not leave Rangers before Turkish window"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n  The 24-year-old midfielder, who has been linked with Turkish clubs Besiktas and Fenerbahce, is expected to remain in Glasgow for this term.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  This comes after The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.glasgowtimes.co.uk\/sport\/rangers\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Rangers<\/a> Review revealed that FC Copenhagen had explored a move earlier this month and that, despite tentative enquiries from clubs, no serious offer has been tabled for Raskin.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  The Belgian international had no intention of leaving the club despite being left out of the Old Firm draw with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.glasgowtimes.co.uk\/sport\/celtic\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Celtic<\/a> and was then left out of the squad for the Premiership fixture with Hearts.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  However, he has no intention of leaving the club.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  At his pre-match press conference on Friday morning, Rangers boss Russell Martin addressed Raskin&#8217;s situation and the competition he faces to earn a starting spot.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Martin said: &#8220;No, I just said I think everyone needs to be on the pitch with trust and feeling and clarity.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  &#8220;And that&#8217;s it.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  &#8220;And I think the most important thing is that Nico knows why.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  &#8220;The players know why.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  &#8220;And we want to move forward.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  &#8220;And we have to win football matches now.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  &#8220;And he&#8217;s part of a squad in training that needs to help that and put himself back in the squad and the team to help us win matches.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  &#8220;Well, it is resolved because he&#8217;s still here and he&#8217;s training with the group now.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  &#8220;So it&#8217;s fine.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  &#8220;It&#8217;s never a personal thing.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  &#8220;It&#8217;s always professional.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  &#8220;My job is to do what I feel is best for the team, for the club.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  &#8220;We&#8217;ve got a really good group now, a really good squad.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  &#8220;We&#8217;re so happy with it.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  &#8220;After the transfer window shut, I think we&#8217;re in such a stronger position.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  &#8220;I&#8217;m really excited about what this group can go on achieving now.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The 24-year-old midfielder, who has been linked with Turkish clubs Besiktas and Fenerbahce, is expected to remain in&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":420301,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7826],"tags":[748,918,4884,712,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-420300","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-glasgow","8":"tag-britain","9":"tag-glasgow","10":"tag-great-britain","11":"tag-scotland","12":"tag-uk","13":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115195313079984567","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/420300","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=420300"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/420300\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/420301"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=420300"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=420300"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=420300"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}