Andy King admits it’s ‘frustrating’ not playing more regularly for Rangers

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Rangers midfielder Andy King hasn’t featured much since arriving at Ibrox.

Rangers loanee Andy King has told the Glasgow Evening Times that it ‘has been frustrating’ to not feature on a regular basis since arriving at Ibrox.

The Gers were busy over the summer in terms of bringing in new signings, and even after landing the coup of Joe Aribo, moved for another midfielder.

Steven Gerrard looked at his options, and despite having Aribo, Glen Kamara, Steven Davis, Ryan Jack and Greg Docherty, one more player was wanted for the engine room.

Gerrard went for more experience this time, landing King on loan from Leicester City for the season having found himself down the pecking order under Brendan Rodgers.

King, 30, only managed 170 minutes of first-team action last season as a loan spell with Derby County was hampered by injury, and he’s now looking to get back to his best.

The Welsh international has only played just over 50 minutes for Rangers though, despite being with the club for more than a month now.

King will no doubt come in handy this season, but he has admitted that it has been ‘frustrating’ not to play more regularly, even if he loves being at Ibrox.

King added that Gerrard is taking things slow with him given that his last start came in February, and with strong competition for places, he knows he faces a battle to get into the Rangers side.

“There is a lot of competition in midfield but I knew that before I came,” said King. “Coming from a Premier League team, it’s not unusual for me. I spoke to the gaffer before signing and some of the lads were already 12 games in. I had only just finished pre-season with Leicester so I was always going to be playing catch up.”

“We have only lost one game so it’s hard to take people out when you are winning. But the manager knows I am fully ready to go when he needs me. February was the last time I started a league game, so it’s been a while. It’s been frustrating but I love being here and the gaffer is giving me a taster,” he added.