Kevin van Veen drops Rangers transfer bombshell as he claims ‘they still want me’ despite REJECTING summer move

Van Veen says he knocked Rangers back in the summer but believes they are still keen to sign him.

While Kevin van Veen’rejected’ a summer transfer to Ibrox, he claims Rangers are still interested in signing him from Groningen.

With 29 goals in 44 games the previous season, the Dutch striker was a sensation for Motherwell. Before his move back home to the Netherlands materialized, he was linked to a move to Rangers under Michael Beale.

It hasn’t all gone according to plan when he moved to Groningen in the Dutch second division. After his daughter was born in December of last year, he was given special leave after he had a run of goals in September and October but lost his spot in the starting lineup towards the conclusion of the season.

He’s back now and hoping to force his way in to face Bochum in a mid-season friendly on Saturday. And Van Veen has been speaking to local media where he directly addressed apparent interest from Rangers.

He was asked directly about potentially joining Philippe Clement’s team, and reckons he could get a move to any club in the Scottish Premiership if he wanted.

And he also claims to have directly rejected an approach from Gers in the summer.

He said: “Even though I rejected them in the summer, there is still interest. But there are more clubs that find a striker who scored 29 goals last season interesting.

I can contact clubs in the entire Scottish League directly, but they all want to loan me while FC Groningen prefers to sell.

“It is difficult for many Scottish clubs to come close to what FC Groningen paid for me in terms of a transfer fee and that is a problem.

I thought very carefully about my move and the consequences last summer. I don’t want to be a failure. In Scotland I’m still a hero, I can’t even go shopping normally.

“I also want to show Groningen who I am. If that is ultimately not possible, life goes on. If an opportunity comes along that is good for the club and for myself, we have to act. But we are still a long way from that.”

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