Mircea Lucescu and Gică Hagi are putting pressure on both Ianis and the club he belongs to, Rangers, in terms of the minutes played by the tricolor international.
Philippe Clement promises to play Ianis Hagi more. Profimedia photo
Ianis Hagi was integral and managed a decisive pass in the victory against Cyprus, in the League of Nations. After the match, Mircea Lucescu said that he wanted to give him confidence and urged him to perform consistently for the club team. Moreover, the selector even urged him to leave Rangers, if he is not used there.
“I advised Ianis, how could I not?! It’s not the first time. I told him that I give him this chance (no – to play Cyprus), but he has to go to another team, where to play He played well with Cyprus and I congratulate him! He did his duty”declared Mircea Lucescu.
Gică Hagi: Ianis was born to play football, not to sit
The selector’s message was completed by Gică Hagi: “To prove it, you have to play and he is aware of that. Not that Mircea said! Mother, what news! So much has been said. First of all, he wants to play more and he has said so. He was born to play football, not to sit!”.
Ianis Hagi’s coach, Philippe Clement, answered the two before today’s match with Dundee United (17.00). He promised that the Romanian will get minutes at Rangers in the next period, but at the expense of the coach, who used his student a little in the previous action of the national team: 18 minutes in the tour with Cyprus and 6 with Lithuania.
“He wants to get minutes. Surely these steps will be taken in the near future. Ianis played 90 minutes (no under the tricolor, with Cyprus), an important thing for us. The last time he went to the national team he was hardly used, which was a bit of a waste of time.” Philippe Clement said, according to Rangers News.
