Rangers are trying desperately hard to bring back Ryan Kent for another loan spell but with each passing week, the transfer is seemingly getting more complicated.
Both Leeds United and Aston Villa have pulled out of the race to sign the Liverpool winger which meant that the Gers were now the only destination for him.
So naturally, experts believed that the transfer would be wrapped up by the end of this month.
But reports on Wednesday have suggested that Ryan Kent no longer wants to move to Rangers for the next season and he is happy to wait it out until some other club comes along to sign him.
And while everyone had been pondering whether to believe this report or not, Steven Gerrard’s latest comments have surely indicated that the deal for Ryan Kent is truly going south with each passing day.
Suddenly, the Gers boss has changed his tone regarding the Liverpool lad and now he is talking like someone who has just been hit with a bunch of negative news.
Steven Gerrard said: “I suppose the fans will be desperate for a Kent update.
“But it’s a complicated one because he is Liverpool’s player and Liverpool aren’t back yet.
“I’m sure Jurgen will want to see Ryan and where he’s at. We’ll go from there and we’ll respect Liverpool on that one. But I can assure everyone we are doing everything we can to try and get Ryan back.
“The key thing that people need to understand is that Ryan has got to want this. It’s alright the fans wanting him, the staff wanting him, myself wanting him.
“But it’s Ryan’s decision. Ryan has got to want Rangers, he has got to want to come and be successful at Rangers. That is the question Ryan has got to ask himself.
“At the moment and where I stand, I have got to be careful about what I say about him because he’s not our player. We loved having him here and we’d love the chance to have him here again because we think he can continue to improve.
“But the reality is that we have to wait for Ryan to make a decision and, more importantly, Liverpool to think Rangers is the right place to continue his development.”
