Nikola Katic says he will return to Rangers one day - and has even gone as far as telling their sporting director Ross Wilson to snap him up.
The Croatian defender ended his association with the Ibrox club last month as he left the Light Blue fringes for Swiss champions FC Zurich, who are currently competing in this season's Europa League. Rangers manager Giovanni van Bronckhorst explained in the summer that it was the right decision for Katic to leave but the centre-back says communication between him and the Dutchman was minimal.
That hasn't diminished his feelings for those at the Ibrox club though and he has told the Athletic that after his herculean effort to prove himself after a horror knee injury and loan at Hadjuk Split, he will return to Glasgow in 2024: “I will always have a connection to Rangers. I said to (sporting director) Ross Wilson on my last day that I’ll see him in two years when he buys me back!
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“They said we were to come back at maybe 80 per cent of our fitness but I was obsessed with my body fat as I wanted to come back 100 per cent.
"Day one was about me trying to prove myself to Van Bronckhorst. It’s nothing bad but I felt I didn’t get a chance as we didn’t communicate.
"I asked his coaches whether they could walk me through their requests and what they expect from their defenders, but I didn’t think they were that interested and I never got that information."
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