Loading ...Edu ''to thrive in heat of title run-in''
As Rangers search for solutions to their title predicament, they have been
urged to put their faith in the $5million man yet to be granted a proper opportunity to
prove his value.
Maurice Edu cost that round sum, about £2.6m in August from FC Toronto, before sterling began its exchange-rate plunge, but the American international has started only two games this term – the last back in October.
Even when Kevin Thomson’s cruciate-ligament injury robbed Rangers of a natural holding midfielder in November, Edu did not receive the call to step up and fill his place.
Now, however, it’s understood the player is winning his battle to convince the Ibrox management team that he is worthy of more exposure as the club seek to claw back a seven-point deficit against Celtic.
Former U.S. national coach Bruce Arena, now David Beckham’s boss at LA Galaxy, is in no doubt that Edu would thrive under the pressure of the ‘must-win’ situation currently confronting Rangers as they prepare to face Inverness Caley Thistle on Sunday.
Arena has watched the 22-year-old develop from his formative days at the University of Maryland and believes the time is right for Walter Smith to trust Edu’s ability to add more steel to his side.
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