Dick Advocaat has raced to the defence of Calvin Bassey amid calls for the former Rangers defender to be RELEASED by Ajax.
The Nigerian has struggled since swapping Glasgow for Amsterdam and his performance in their recent derby defeat to Feyenoord has come in for serious criticism. Ex-Dutch international Andy van der Meyde demanded they release him on a free transfer while Marco van Basten accused him of doing "everything in his power not to have the ball."
But those scathing verdicts have been shot down by former Rangers boss Advocaat, who came out of retirement for the fifth time last year to manage his home town club Den Haag at the age of 75. He was at pains to defend the ex-Ibrox hero, saying: "He was Rangers' best player last season.
