RANGERS have hit back at former Ibrox star Barrie McKay after he claimed he was mistreated by manager Pedro Caixinha before he quit the club to join Nottingham Forest.
The winger was reunited with former boss Mark Warburton at the City Ground earlier this month as he brought the curtain down on his Light Blues career.
Rangers decided to cash in on the 22-year-old after he turned down offers to extend his deal beyond the end of the campaign. That contract would have seen him become one of the highest paid players at the club if he had signed on the dotted line.
McKay this week lifted the lid on his relationship with manager Pedro Caixinha after he fell down the pecking order in the final weeks of the season and was then left out of the squad for the Europa League clashes with Progres Niederkorn.
The Scotland international claimed that he ‘wasn't being treated the way any human being should be treated’ before he quit Ibrox to agree a four-year deal with the Championship outfit.
But an Auchenhowie source told Herald Sport: “Barrie was made a contract offer that would have doubled his wages and made him one of the highest paid players at the club. But he chose not to sign it and instead moved on this summer.
“Rangers wanted to keep him but it became apparent that he didn’t want to be at the club. His statistics in training showed that his attitude wasn’t right and that he didn’t want to be here.”
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