Zelalem

[Frank Reynolds 3,359]

Has extended his loan until the end of the season:

Arsenal’s Gedion Zelalem will remain on loan at Rangers until the end of the season, manager Mark Warburton has stated.

Zelalem, 18, joined Rangers over the summer and has impressed his new boss after a string of accomplished performances for the Scottish Championship outfit.

‘Gedion is staying with us. We talked to Arsenal, that’s an on-going process,’ Warburton confirmed.

The teenager, who is regarded as one of the Gunners’ most promising youngsters, has made 11 appearances for Rangers since the start of the campaign.

[BridgeIsBlue 66,606]

Good news.

[RFC55 108,916]

You can see hes a good ball player but I just don't think he's suited up here

[Lidl 191]

Good. He's obviously a very talented player. He'll be very useful to us if he can add a better level of consistency to his game.

[legalbeagle 3,734]

Got to just hope that he has learned from what he has encountered so far and that we get some of the benefit of it.

[pcbear 10,913]

Underwhelmed by that, he has a bit of craft and guile about him but his pass rate completion is nowhere near good enough, if he makes a career in the EPL I will be surprised, same with Oduwa.

[Guest]

Could have taken or left him. Average player most of the time imo.

[rfc1990 1,140]

Shouldnt be an automatic starter for us just because he plays for Arsenal.

[1690tamRFC 5,001]

Underwhelmed by that, he has a bit of craft and guile about him but his pass rate completion is nowhere near good enough, if he makes a career in the EPL I will be surprised, same with Oduwa.

Completely agree with that, the past few weeks the amount of times he's lost the ball/given it away is outrageous

[Turnberry18 3,204]

He's working on his game, but he is some player. He makes holding the ball and keeping possession look so easy. A very good player in the making. He proved when we played Airdrie that when he releases the decisive pass then he can hurt the opposition; he needs to work on that more, and having more composure in front of goal. That pass for Waghorn's goal, on his debut, has been one of the highlights of the season.

[bluenose1975 1,287]

Happy with this but I think Law should start before him tomorrow

[weshallnotbemoved! 714]

Hopefully he isn't included in the 'new,' deals arithmetic. If he is staying, we need over and above him.

[eejay the dj 31,964]

If he plays tomorrow ,we become pedestrian and predictable .Our options are going to be limited .Tells me that we won't be making many signings in Jan

[Turnberry18 3,204]

If he plays tomorrow ,we become pedestrian and predictable .Our options are going to be limited .Tells me that we won't be making signings in Jan

Whatever the shortcomings are in our squad, he isn't one of them; so how that tells you we won't be making signings baffles me. I think we'll make two signings, at least. Zelalem is a young player who is developing, and he is a far better player than some people are making out.

[siddiqi_drinker 14,635]

Whatever the shortcomings are in our squad, he isn't one of them; so how that tells you we won't be making signings baffles me. I think we'll make two signings, at least. Zelalem is a young player who is developing, and he is a far better player than some people are making out.

Knackered this morning so thanks for saving me a lot of typing.

[THE_Ibrox_Preacher 2,812]

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[Walking On Water 35]

So far, the report card would read 'must do better'. Most disappointing signing from the summer thus far in my opinion, especially given the hype.

[Bigsasasfloppyhair 13,310]

Happy with this but I think Law should start before him tomorrow

And every other game!!!

[Reformation Bear 6,453]

If the message had been that he was returning to Arsenal I wonder if there would have been an outcry of protest at the loss of the player in this vital promotion season? I doubt it. So here's the question for Warburton, and a test of his judgement maybe:. For the run-in to the end of the season is the player going to stand up to the plate and deliver for Rangers in a promotion winning side: has he got the mental strength, the ability, the physical strength, the stamina, and the mindset to be a Rangers winner?

Having secured his services to the end of the season what doe Warburton do next with him? Its one thing having some experimental outings in the early fair weather part of the season when there is still time to make some course corrections in steering the way through a league campaign. But the time is now here when the team and subs selected for a game musst deliver - every game until the league is won. Point is this is the pressure pot bit of the season and time for carrying passengers or for experimenting is pretty much over. What we don't want is to look back over the second half of the season and find that it is not what we would want come May time and its down to Warburton persisting with experiments with young players where the pressure was not somthing they could bear at that age. That's whay its as much a test of Warburton's judgement as to how and when he deploys the player during the second half of the season. I hope the player comes out of his time at Rangers as a player who helped make a positive decisive difference.

[Ryju84 3,170]

He has a good quick touch and can often pick out a good pass.

I think we would all be calling Zelalem an amazing player if the ball was played to him, he played a quick pass / pinpoint pass outside the box to "a striker" and the striker takes a shot. Obviously they wouldnt always go in or be on target even but we would praise Zelalem for the assist and accuracy of his pass.

Instead the scenario is usually along the lines of ball to Zelalem, pass to McKay, back to Zelalem, finds Halliday, forward to Miller, back to Zelalem, to Waghorn, to McKay, to Zelalem... etc. And the rival teams can read it.

[PaulReid 184]

He's just not a player that excites me at all. Does nothing to change or win games. 4 assists and 0 goals from his position is a poor return. He can't or won't tackle.

[theweebluenose 4,332]

The boys got bags of talent but he's not quite at the level we need at the moment and you can tell his confidence has taken an absolute battering, especially since some of our fans like to get on his back quite quickly. I still think if we had a proper holding player it would make life easier for him and Holt.

[barcodebear 85]

I'll be surprised if he isn't in the Team tomorrow.

Warburton likes him as a player.

[centenarystand 2,227]

Some good comments on here regarding him. Tomorrow is must win and he wouldn't be in my starting eleven.

[BlueAvenger 10,240]

I would play Law tomorrow instead of Zelalem.