Robin Propper cost just £1.5million this week – leaving FC Twente sporting director Arnold Bruggink frustrated.
The Ibrox centre-back joined the club from the Eredivisie side to become the ninth signing ofsummer overhaul but it left a sour taste in Bruggink’s mouth having surrendered the club captain for a small price. According to the chief it was down to a clause in contract after they rejected a move for the player previously.Last year we stopped Robin from going to a top foreign club,” he said. “After that, we started talking about the possible what-if situations that could arise the next time a club came in for him. Then we sat down together and made a new agreement. The agreement was if a club came in for him before midnight on July 31 and paid the agreed amount, then he could go.
That’s how it was. And the transfer to Rangers only started two days before it. So for us, it’s the timing that’s the most annoying. It’s not great at all. And it’s not great for the coaches, the players, the supporters and the club. It still feels strange to me. Suddenly an important player – who was at the heart of the team – is gone. And our captain too.”
is on the lookout for a new club having handed in a transfer request this year but it remains to be seen where the Englishman will end up. Cardiff City are not currently in for the player and he’s been left out of Gers’ Champions League squad for Dynamo Kyiv which hints strongly at a m
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