Glasgow Rangers summer signing Ovie Ejaria left Ibrox just a few months into his loan spell at Ibrox.
Ejaria took many by surprise by heading back to his parent club just a few months into a season-long loan with the Gers. The Daily Record reported at the time that the physicality was a key reason behind his desire to leave Ibrox.
The youngster was a regular fixture in Steven Gerrard’s side during his time with the Light Blues. And Sutton insisted that the midfielder has made a terrible mistake and let the Rangers boss down by returning to Liverpool already.
“I think he’s a bit of a disgrace to be honest,” he told BT Sport. “He didn’t seem to have the stomach for it. He’s come up here to get football. Steven Gerrard has given him football. I think he’s let Steven Gerrard down.
“What’s he going to do? Go back in the under-21s? He was at a big club playing regular football, getting an opportunity, under pressure, everything you want as a young player and I just don’t get it.”
If the reports are accurate, then it is certainly extremely disappointing that Ejaria decided that Scottish football was not for him. Unfortunately for the 21-year-old, he looks to have a mountain to climb if he wants to get into the Liverpool side anytime soon, so leaving Rangers appears to be a bad move.
He struggled to impress at Sunderland last season and was seemingly doing a decent job of proving himself with the Gers. Although he was not a player that making the kind of waves that fellow loanee Ryan Kent has made at times, Gerrard’s faith in him throughout his spell did tell a story.
But Rangers now go into January looking to replace the youngster when the window opens. And Ejaria will be hoping that he can get his career back on track elsewhere and prove that he made the right decision. Sutton is clearly yet to be convinced.
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