Mervan Celik's move to Rangers has become subject to controversy as the midfielder's former club claim they are still owed compensation.
Midfielder's former club claim money is owed by Scottish club
Mervan Celik's move to Rangers has become subject to controversy as the midfielder's former club claim they are still owed compensation.
The 21-year-old joined Gers from GAIS in the January transfer window as a free agent after his contract expired at the end of the season.
However, the Swedish club are now claiming that Rangers still owe them compensation but are trying to avoid paying it.
Under FIFA ruling the Gothenburg club are entitled to a sum in the region of £240,000 for the time they have invested in the player's development, provided they have made an attempt to keep Celik on their books.
Desperate
But GAIS believe that Rangers are taking a gamble on not paying the fee for the winger and have labelled the club as 'desperate'.
"We've done everything exactly as we should. We could not have done any more," GAIS director Mats Persson said.
"Our assistant manager Kjell Pettersson has spoken to Mervan and he thinks it's sad that we've come to this. We have not yet passed the date when Rangers had to pay the fee, so now we wait and see.
"There wasn't even a loophole. Rangers took a chance that we would not have a receipt to prove we offered him a contract. But it feels more like a desperate attempt to avoid paying."
Versatile
Meanwhile Celik's new teammate Alejandro Bedoya has backed the attacking midfielder to become an Ibrox success once he has had time to settle into life at the club.
"From what I saw of him in the Swedish season he's a player who creates things out of nothing sometimes and we could use that flair as well as his work rate," he added.
"I played against him a couple of times and he came here on the back of a really good season. He might not be in the best form coming in because he's had a long close season.
"He's another versatile player and I think he can fit in anywhere across those three forward positions and in midfield as well.
"He's just coming off a long off-season so I don't know how much he's feeling that right now, but it will take him a bit of time to adjust too because he's still a young guy."
