Rangers star Glen Kamara isn’t the only player who underperformed v Celtic; but the Nice-linked midfielder is the only one who saw a reported £10m transfer collapse in the summer.
The Gers star, 27, has looked a shadow of the player that Steven Gerrard tied down on a new contract two summers ago and by the game, Kamara’s influence is diminishing.
There’s an air of suspicion that Glen might’ve been left a bit frustrated after signing that contract until 2025, the Arsenal Academy graduate seeing the plates shift at Ibrox ever since.
Out have gone two of the player’s closest Ibrox confidants in Calvin Bassey and Joe Aribo, whilst the man who signed him in Steven Gerrard left the building last season.
Against this backdrop, one of the club’s most valuable talents has gone from a fully-committed, possession-based midfielder with traits of a high level footballer to just another underperforming member of this Ibrox team.
Oh, and a serial loser to boot.
Why did Rangers keep hold of Glen Kamara?
Say what you want about keeping hold of Glen Kamara amid reports of £10m interest from France on Deadline Day, but the midfielder is part of a core group of players for whom disappointment and defeat are the norm.
Signed in season one of the Gerrard revolution, Glen Kamara has experienced the highs of 55 and the Europa League Final but has also been involved in domestic collapses and Celtic humiliations aplenty.
This weekend, the player’s uncommitted and predictable performance in the middle of the park against Celtic stank of a lack of self-belief and responsibility.
Glen is one of a number of players the Rangers support have seen let us down time and again, the club repeatedly putting their trust in players for whom the evidence suggests cannot win consistently enough.
A lack of quality can be excused, a lack of commitment cannot be; and that’s just the issue with Kamara.
There is a player of genuine quality there but his application and commitment to the cause has been severely lacking at times over the last two seasons.
The reasons for this may be complex, and footballers are human beings too, but there seems to be a genuine disconnect between the player and the club at the moment, as is the case with several others.
Glen Kamara has spoken openly about his desire to test himself away from Rangers – as early as September last year – so it begs the question, why have Rangers held on to him this long?
If Glen Kamara, or anyone else in the Rangers squad for that matter, want to leave the club, then please, just let them go and let us get on with building a team who can deliver for the supporters.
Meanwhile, a failure to improve has seemingly cost Rangers their chance of domestic dominance.
