Josh Windass’ views on the Rangers board show huge frustration, but he only has himself to blame for his Ibrox departure.
The Wigan Athletic star signed for the Latics in the summer transfer window. Windass was a deadline-day signing, despite initially getting set to face Maribor in the Europa League for Rangers.
Windass’ comments regarding his departure showed that he points the finger of blame to the board. The midfielder was a constant in the Rangers side over the last two years. He played under Mark Warburton, Pedro Caixinha, Graeme Murty, and Steven Gerrard.
Even this season, it seemed as though Gerrard quite liked the look of Windass. Out of the blue, however, he was sold to Wigan for £2million.
Speaking to talkSPORT, Windass stated the following:
“I was just about to get on the bus before the Maribor game and I got a text from someone I knew saying that Wigan have put a bid in and Rangers have accepted it. I don’t think it should have been accepted.
“The the offer shouldn’t have been accepted by the board but it is what it is and I’m happy to be where I am now.
“The manager told me I would be playing out wide and I prefer playing down the middle. For the sake of my own career I needed to play in a position where I can affect the game a lot more.”
Windass wasn’t good enough in the end
Windass may not agree, but in truth, Rangers had every right to sell him.
Despite showing flashes of brilliance during his time at Ibrox, he was never consistent enough. He clearly had the potential to be great, but he didn’t show it anywhere near often enough.
He did end the last campaign with an impressive 18 goals to his name. In truth, however, his overall displays were often found wanting. In the big games against Celtic in particular, he was extremely poor.
You could easily label Windass Rangers’ “nearly-man” of the last two seasons. He was consistently nearly breaking ground at the club, but never quite had the quality to do it.
What’s more, if the Englishman didn’t want to leave the club, then why didn’t he just turn down Wigan? Personal terms still had to be thrashed out. If he fancied himself to still make it at Rangers, he was more than capable of saying no thanks. Instead, he took the option to head down as opposed to fighting for his place at Ibrox.
He was perfectly entitled to do so, but Windass can’t then turn around and blame the board for his own inefficiencies. In the end, he joins a long list of Warburton signings that just weren’t good enough for the club.
We’ll all wish Windass the best. He gave it his all and wasn’t good enough. Parting shots, however, won’t be appreciated by the Gers faithful.
