Rangers fans slating January signing need to wise up

The signing of £40M man Amad Diallo was in a wave of hype and fever, given his value and age, and the fact we’d somehow managed to secure him, but the 19-year old hasn’t lived up to the billing yet and is clearly struggling at the moment with life at Ibrox.

Now, let’s be sensible here – he’s literally a boy, and as far as we know, he’s up here completely on his own. We’re sure the club has the support networks in place, but his family isn’t with him.

For a very young man, this is a major change in his life, and a major upheaval, and it’s probably safe to say he’s not quite settled.

But what doesn’t help him is grown men (and women) slating him as garbage, criticising his every move and offering little support aside being convinced he’s a dud and we shouldn’t have signed him.

Let’s be clear – we pursued Andreas Skov Olsen for over two years only for the Danish winger to choose Bruges instead. Instead, we signed a rising star of world football, a 19-year old Ivory Coast international who cost Man Utd what is potentially an end fee of £40M. We 100% needed a right winger and we got a lad with a hell of a reputation.

If one of these men has a bit more potential, it isn’t Skov Olsen.

We’re not being delusional – we know Diallo hasn’t done it yet in Scottish football, and the game north of the border has reduced world class stars into rubble before, so he’s in perfectly decent company.

But giving up on him as many fans appear to have isn’t really the way forward.

The kid needs one or two confidence-building matches to show his prowess, and get the boo boys off his back.

But then, they shouldn’t really be on it, should they?