Rangers: Jose Cifuentes opens up on Ibrox exit, explains who sought him before Cruzeiro deal.
Jose Cifuentes has stated that a few of Russian teams tried to sign him in the January transfer window before to his Cruzeiro move.
The Ecuador international only came at Ibrox last August, but he was loaned out to the Brazilian club on a 12-month loan with the option to buy.
Cifuentes might have stayed in Europe with an unnamed Russian club, but the country’s continuing war with Ukraine meant it was not viable.
“There were two Russian teams who wanted to sign me,” he is reported as saying by The Scotsman [1 March].
“With the war that is going on there, it was something that could not be carried out because European teams are not allowed to receive money from Russian clubs at the moment.
“There was a team from the English Championship interested and a club from Turkey too. But it would have been a loan for five months which meant uprooting from family again after they had already had to adapt to Scotland, which would have been a difficulty.
“So I had to make the best decision for them and that’s why I’m here in Brazil. I made my debut for Cruzeiro last week and it was sunny.
“I didn’t experience the sun for the six months I was with Rangers. It was always frigid. But my fitness is good and I think I would adjust here easily.
“I like to play as an attacking midfielder, but positioning is something that I adapt to the team for who I am playing.”
Jose Cifuentes a forgotten man at Rangers already
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While Cifuentes has just initially departed on loan, it is fair to presume the midfielder’s time in Glasgow is up after six months.
In a summer of very mediocre transfer activity at best, Sam Lammers and Cifuentes were the greatest disappointments of the lot.
Plenty was anticipated of Cifuentes upon his arrival from Los Angeles FC, with the Gers seeing off plenty of interest for his signature.
However, he was unable to make himself vital to the side and Philippe Clement ultimately decided he was no longer needed.
Cifuentes made just six Scottish Premiership starts in total, and his name will certainly be forgotten by supporters a few years from now.
it is officially when his Ibrox term is supposed to expire, having secured a four-year contract last summer, but he will not be seeing it through.
The fact dozens of teams were interested in him in January says a lot, though, and there is no reason why he cannot immediately get his career back on track in South America.
In other Rangers news, Sky Sports has reported what Clement has got to say about Jack Butland’s impending England call-up.
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