One of the key players in the midfield of the Finnish national team Glen Kamaran it has been a quiet season at Glasgow Rangers.
Kamara was already far from the comfort zone of his game since the beginning of the season, and he also suffered an ankle injury in October.
The 27-year-old Finn’s responsibility has decreased this season.
Looking at Kamara’s entire time with Rangers, he has played the fewest 90-minute games and started the fewest games in the starting line-up so far this season.
Because of all this, Kamara has been the subject of transfer rumours, but now it looks like he will be staying at Rangers.
Rangers are currently second in the Scottish Premier League, nine points behind local rivals Glasgow Celtic. Although the blue club of Glasgow has experienced a defeat last time at the beginning of November, there has been turmoil within the club throughout the season.
In terms of gameplay, the first group matches of the Champions League were the worst performances last fall. In them, Rangers alternately got their backs from Napoli, Liverpool and Ajax, with a goal difference of 2–13.
A lot of the difficult season is personified by the manager until November 21 Giovanni to van Bronckhorst. In the current season, the atmosphere in the Rangers dressing room was heated by van Bronckhorst’s tough way of leading.
The new Manager was named earlier Steven Gerrard’s worked as second man in Rangers Michael Beale. Beale is one of the big reasons why Kamara stays in Glasgow despite all the setbacks.
Challenges and setbacks
Glen Kamara’s autumn and winter have been filled with difficult moments.
He opened his season with two spots in the starting line-up between July and August. After that, the Finn found himself in the stands for one match and three times on the bench. Van Bronckhorst said that Kamara suffered from a knee problem.
Game-wise, Kamara did not find his right place at all under van Bronckhorst. The Dutchman played a lot with two upper and one lower players in the midfield, which meant that Kamara moved higher up the field. At the same time, he drifted further from his previous quarterback role, by John Lundstram alone responsible for anchoring the midfield.
Game changes were reflected in Kamara’s pass statistics.
His number of key assists has dropped to 0.8 per game in the Scottish Premiership, according to statistics service WhoScored. Last season, the corresponding figure was 1.3 assists per match.
Meanwhile, Kamara’s percentage of successful passes is currently 84% in the series, while last season he delivered his passes with 90.8% accuracy. The playmaking responsibility has withered, as has the playing time.
Five midfielders were ahead of Kamara in Rangers’ pecking order
Injuries have clearly been one factor weighing on Kamara. He was sidelined for six games in October due to an ankle injury that was worse than expected.
– He probably should have had surgery within the last couple of months, but he has played through his pain, Michael Beale, who became manager, said a couple of days before Christmas, in anticipation of the match against Ross County at the press conference (you will switch to another service).
Players against van Bronckhorst
The Scottish media said that one of the big reasons for van Bronckhorst’s firing was that he got into arguments with several players during the season and lost the players’ trust.
There was enough tension. Editor of The Athletic by Jordan Campbell by (you switch to another service) already on the last night of the training camp held in Portugal’s Algarve, the Dutch coach and the players had gotten together. Some of the older players had gotten into a fight with their manager because they had drunk more alcohol than was allowed by the team’s rules.
After this, van Bronckhorst’s intervals went as a striker known as a challenging person Alfredo Morelos with. The goalkeeper, who moved from HJK to Rangers, had to return to the “doghouse” due to injury and was only included in the starting line-up five times during the beginning of the season. Van Bronckhorst justified this with the player’s bad behavior.
The tensions between the Manager and the players eventually showed up in the games as well. Rangers captain in league game against St. Mirren James Tavernier shouted back at his manager, who had scolded him for not advancing with the ball.
In that match According to The Athletic (You will be transferred to another service) Kamara and van Bronckhorst also clashed.
According to The Athletic, Kamara watched the game near the players’ tunnel fully clothed after being substituted after the first half. Usually, in such a situation, the player watches the end of the match on the bench. After the match, the situation had heated up into a heated exchange between the two.
– I had to replace him because I think the team needed a change and more runs from midfield to the right position. That’s all, the manager acknowledged after the game.
Chamber attorney Aamer Anwar denied the allegations On Twitter (you will switch to another service).
– Kamara is extremely professional and has always respected the decisions made by his boss – his position is that there was no disagreement and all claims are based on speculation or lies.
Back to the familiar?
Michael Beale has now coached five games in blue shirts. Rangers have won four of these. Kamara has been in the starting line-up four times and played full minutes twice.
Kamara is a familiar man to Beale from his previous Rangers days. Beale, who has since started his own managerial career as Gerrard’s second-in-command at Aston Villa and at QPR, has praised Kamara in his statements and said that the two have a “fantastically good” relationship. Kamara got on well with Gerrard and Beale. Kamara previously said in ‘s mini-documentary that Liverpool legend Gerrard was the biggest reason for moving to Rangers.
– I would like him to always be at Rangers, who I coach or watch. In my opinion, Glen in his best version is too good to play for the teams that are chasing him, Beale, on the other hand, said after joining the club.
Yeah, those transfer rumors.
The chamber has been taken elsewhere from Scotland’s largest city for almost two seasons now. Alternately to France, Italy or England, among others. The reason has been the level of game performances, sometimes in a good light, this season in the eyes of Rangers supporters, often in a bad light.
A move abroad was imminent already when the summer transfer window closed. Nice-based OGC Nice, which plays in the French premier league, already had time to add Kamara to their lineup on their website, but the transfer closed at the last minute.
The move in January has been an even hotter topic after the events of the fall.
However, Beale’s arrival at the club changes things, as his tactical thinking and playing philosophy at Rangers are based a lot on Gerrard’s days. In that template, Kamara gets to play in his “right place”, as a second base player in the midfield.
If the Chamber can be repaired at the same time shaken self-confidence (you move to another service) and gets responsibility, that’s excellent news for Huuhkaj, who start the EC qualifiers in March.