The primary concern is that he might no longer have his captain’s armband. Flip Helander will have been extremely disappointed to hear that Bashkim Kadrii will be leading the team out at the Odense Stadium on Friday night if he wanted to show that he was worthy of continuing as the captain of Odense Boldklub against the Scandinavian near-namesakes Randers of Rangers.
Helander won’t be walking onto the field with the wristband around his bicep, the Danish team has officially stated in a statement posted on their official website.
“We announced a new captain group in OB in February, allowing you to control who wears the captain’s armband from game to game,” the statement says, albeit it also states that the seasoned Helander is still a member of that leadership group.
Bashkim Kadrii assumes the captain’s armband for the game tonight as part of this.
There’s no rush, Bashkim. With OB barely two points above Vejle in the relegation zone, Odense’s Super League future is all that is at risk. Helander was substituted out of the game against Velje in the first half earlier this month because head coach Soren Krogh believed that after his early booking, a red card would be given.
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“I think this (the change of captaincy) can release more energy in the playing squad to ensure that we are also in the Super League for next season,” says Krogh. Therefore, for tonight’s game against Randers FC, Bashkim Kadrii will don the captain’s armband.
A number of well-known players, including Helander, the former defender for Bologna, left Rangers after their contracts expired in July 2023. Neither Ryan Kent nor Alfredo Morelos have had much luck with their new teams either; the former has only made eight league appearances for Fenerbahce, while the latter has encountered some well-known problems at Santos in Brazil.
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At least when it comes to getting game time, Helander is having more success than his former Ibrox teammates. The injury issues that ultimately ended the Sweden international’s career at Rangers are now firmly in the past as he has started each of the previous 16 league games.
Helander’s fitness has returned, but it’s not easy to get back to his pre-injury level.
Bjorn Wesstrom, the director of football at Odense, tells Fyens Stiftstidende, “It has been a lot for him.” “Filip Helander is going through a trying time.
It is obviously challenging to be the team captain and center back when you struggle with self-acceptance. For him, it’s been a lot. Our goal is to see if we can extract more information from him.
Maybe now that he’s not under the pressure of captain, Helander will feel a little less heavy.
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Observe Alfredo Morelos’ attempt to highlight Santos’ fitness; Rangers supporters have witnessed this before.
We’ve heard this before, Ridvan Yilmaz reportedly coming close to joining Galatasaray a few months ago before Rangers’ aborted pursuit of a replacement – from Owen Beck to Jefte Vital – encouraged them to keep hold of a player who is doing his level best now to suggest he could yet be a big part of Philippe Clement’s plans going forward.
If Yilmaz is the future, however, then Borna Barisic looks increasingly like a man who’s best days lie in the past.
The long-serving Croatian will be a free-agent in July. And the clamour for him to put pen to paper on fresh terms has diminished considerably since 2023 crossed over into 2024, Barisic losing his place to Yilmaz and then struggling at both ends of the pitch during the rare times he has been included in Clement’s XI.
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Galatasaray ultimately lost out on Yilmaz, but rivals in the Super Lig Trabzonspor are expected to avoid a similar fate when attempting to sign Barisic.Negotiations had been halted, according to reports earlier this month, by a change in Super Lig regulations regarding the number of international players at each team.
Speaking to A Spor, a local journalist named Yunus Emre Sel believes that any problems have been overblown because Barisic’s presence is expected to become official shortly.
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The agreement is currently being formally (announced). No signatures are present. However, the transfer has “a button” in front of it.
“At this time, there is nothing standing in Trabzonspor’s way.”
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Rangers will need to find a new left-sided full-back if Yilmaz decides to stay into the summer and Clement does not think Dujon Sterling is a long-term solution on the flank.Having reached an agreement with Fluminense in January before the Brazilian was compelled to remain—almost against his will—on loan at APOEL Nicosia, the Gers appear poised to rekindle their interest in Jefte.
Gijs Smal, who led the Eredivisie in assists in 2023–24, is expected to sign a contract with Feyenoord, the reigning Dutch champions, after his FC Twente contract expires.
The former technical director of Twente, Jan Streuer, told ESPN, “I assume (he will leave), because we cannot reach an agreement with him.”
We know what we can afford at Twente. Streuer continues, “If that is too much, you have to say no,” stating that Smal’s departure from the Stadion Galgenwaard is currently “99 percent” certain.
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Rangers required a Lawrence Shankland-caliber player.
Even if it felt like the right move at the time, we only signed Mohamed Diomande, Oscar Cortes, and Fabio Silva before the transfer window closed.
The latter was brought in to provide support in the middle, but he has ended up playing out on the wing due to fitness and injury concerns.
Additionally, he has never scored goals frequently.
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The main concern has been whether or not the Portugal Under 21 international was the correct player and the one we needed. He has appeared more impressive in the middle than on the wings.
Lawrence Shankland was the player who appeared to have been the one who could have changed things.
This question has returned after a poor run of results, but there’s a good reason we didn’t.
Rangers’ decision to buy no more players during the January transfer window was also clarified by Philippe Clement:
Regarding the striking position, all the talk is that Fabio has already showed nice things and is still adapting, which is natural, and that Cyriel [Dessers] has made significant progress in the last three months.
“We will not risk Danilo for two or three weeks, but he will be in the building next season, so we have to take those things into account. Kemper [Roofe] is still in the building, and I expect him to be fit this season. We will see if Danilo is back or not at the end of the season.”
“We also have Zak Lovelace, who has a promising future despite missing three months due to injury.
We might have six or seven strikers, but you have to keep in mind that you can’t use them all at once.
Rangers failed to force Shankland to move.
Saying that we should have signed x, y, or z is all well and good, but it isn’t feasible if the funds aren’t available.
We signed three players on loan with various possibilities for a reason, even though Shankland was worth more than £3 million.
Nils Koppen and Philippe Clement had to be adaptable in January because to Beale’s summertime spending.
I would even say that Silva, who Kappen loaned to PSV Eindhoven and watched succeed, was the best player we had at our disposal.
Halfway through the season, what club in their right mind sells its goal-scoring number nine, especially ones that fit within our budget?
Teams are vying for championships or trying to get into Europe.
Simply put, Clement’s need for a goal scorer is not the whole story.
It will be a different situation in the summer, and I doubt that players who have barely registered double figures will be back.
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