Niko Katic left in tears by Rangers exit as he claims Gio van Bronckhorst 'didn't communicate' with him

dailyrecord.co.uk:

Niko Katic doesn’t believe he was given a chance to prove himself under Giovanni van Bronckhorst and is convinced he could have helped with Rangers’ Achilles heel of defending set-pieces which has contributed to them shipping eight goals in their last two games.

The Croat joined Zurich before the end of the transfer window after finally admitting defeat in his bid to continue his Ibrox love affair.

Katic, though, believes he was fighting a losing battle as his style simply didn’t fit under van Bronckhorst and that when he asked the Dutchman’s coaching staff for specific instructions on what they wanted from him he “didn’t think they were that interested”.Steven Gerrard signed the 25-year-old from Slaven Belupo in his first season in charge and, while he didn’t play in the title-winning campaign due an injury which wrecked that entire season, believes he helped create a culture at the club which led to the historic title success in 2021.

But after returning in the summer from a loan spell at Hajduk Split he faced a make or break summer and he could see the writing was on the wall.