SO SAD;Philip Clement confirm the departure of Todd Cantwell few minutes ago

A month on from the confirmation of his transfer request, the reasons behind the Rangers man’s desire to leave have remained a little mysterious.

Philippe Clement said, after exiling Todd Cantwell from the first-team picture, that the £1.5 million signing from Norwich City was keen on ‘another challenge.

But, the question is, why? Cantwell had only spent one full season at Rangers when he informed the manager of his desire to leave.

And it’s not as if he was finding game time hard to come by either. The one-time Liverpool target played 44 games across all competitions and – with eight goals and seven assists – Cantwell had established himself as one of the more productive attacking options at Clement’s disposal despite criticism from a few pundits.

Unlike with some of Rangers’ other exit-linked players, however, offers appear to have been few and far between.

Philippe Clement addresses Todd Cantwell’s Rangers saga

Links with a Trabzonspor side who have already snapped up Borna Barisic and John Lundstram this summer have gone cold.

And with Cantwell still in the building, Rangers’ hopes of bringing in further reinforcements – Tiago Gouveia and Josip Brekalo are among those to be mentioned this week – are stuck on pause for the time being.

“If people leave, we need other people. In it is clear. Otherwise, we’re short in that position,” Clement said during Friday’s press conference, broadcast on Rangers’ YouTube channel.

“I don’t know which bids come in. I really don’t know, because I’m not interested in that. I’m busy with the squad, with the team.

“There’s no reason for me to know every bid that comes in for a player or for what amount, because I’m not at the end the one who makes the decisions about the money in the club.”