Derek Cornelius has lashed out at Rangers head coach Danny Rohl, accusing the German of "disrespecting" him.
And he insists Rangers had enough talent to win the title. The stopper is preparing to play for Canada at the World Cup, which they will co-host next month.
But his time at Ibrox was marred by a stand-off with Rohl, with the Ibrox manager revealing back in March he had held 'private' conversations with the 28-year-old, who didn't feature since then.
Cornelius had his loan spell ended early so he could prepare with Canada, and the Marseille star didn't kick a ball with Rangers since November, but played three times for his country after that.
And now the player has broken his silence on what went wrong at Rangers, after revealing he was unimpressed with the way the German treated him. Cornelius said: "I felt very disrespected.
"I said to them, ‘I can help this team' in some way, whether that’s starting, whether it’s five minutes to hold on to a lead, or whether that’s having a conversation with a guy - a younger player - saying, ‘Don’t worry about the pressure, just focus on your job.’ Whatever.
"But I wasn’t given a solid reason as to why I was not considered. It was tough. It was really tough. I was hoping the situation would change.
"Maybe if the manager saw the way I’ve been training for the last two, three weeks, he could have changed his mind, but it wasn’t the case and it’s disappointing.
"I honestly feel like we had enough talent and enough ability to go on and win a title.”
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And Cornelius, in an interview in his homeland, revealed Rohl effectively froze him out of the team after he recovered from an injury. He recalled: "I was out for an extended period of time, but excited to come back and was looking forward to it.
"There were no conversations between me and the manager during that time, which was fine. I think I came back into team training maybe twice or so and then after the second training, I was called into the manager's office and he basically just told me that from now until the end of the season, you’re not going to be part of the squad.
"And I just felt that was really unfair. I felt like I deserved the opportunity to work my way back into the team."
But Cornelius, who will line up with Celtic star Alistair Johnston at the World Cup, believes the whole season at Rangers made him mentally stronger. He said: "I injured my hamstring and I started laughing about the prognosis because I didn't believe it would be for that long.
"But the doctor told me it was no joke and that was a tough one to hear. It was the biggest injury I’ve had in my career and possibly the most important year in my career, before a World Cup.
"To hear you’re going to be sidelined for so long, it was, it was hard, but I can only deal with what was in front of me. All my clubs came with their different challenges.
"I look back, and I say, ‘You know, you’ve been through this, this, this and this. You are going to get through this as well.'
"The World Cup at home means a different kind of pressure that we have to deal with. If we don’t get any points in the group stage it’s a big disappointment.
"And I personally like those expectations that are now being put on the team, because we’re finally getting recognised as a good team, as a solid team and we need to perform now."
