Ibrox side Glasgow Rangers look set to sign the young star.
Barry Ferguson has told PLZ Soccer that Jake Hastie should have turned down Rangers.
Rangers look set to sign the Motherwell winger at the end of this season [BBC Sport] for a nominal fee, with his contract expiring at Fir Park.
Hastie has enjoyed an excellent breakthrough season with the Premiership side, netting seven goals in 13 starts across all competitions.
But he is only 20 years old and Gers legend Ferguson, who used to captain the Ibrox side, believes that the move to the big time might be coming a bit too early for him.
He told PLZ Soccer: “The young boy’s made a decision, do I think it’s the right one? I personally don’t. I’d rather he did what his teammate did, [David] Turnbull, stay there, get good experience and get a lot of games under your belt. But listen, the boy’s made a decision.”
Suffice to say that Rangers fans aren’t all that happy with Ferguson’s comments. Here’s how some of them reacted:
You can understand Ferguson’s reluctance to agree that Hastie is making the right decision. After all, he’s a left-sided attacker and Steven Gerrard already has plenty of them – and of course Jordan Jones, who will move to Glasgow this summer.
By August, Gerrard could have Jones, Hastie, Jamie Murphy, Glenn Middleton and Eros Grezda fighting for the left-wing role and Hastie might be a big prospect, but that’s a hell of a lot of competition.
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