Rangers sporting director Ross Wilson has heaped praise on Kai Kennedy for showing 'maturity' and 'humility' during his refreshed contract talks with the club.
Despite looking to be on his way out of Ibrox last summer, things turned around and Kennedy signed a new two-year deal to extend his stay at Rangers.
He'll spend the rest of this season on loan at Raith Rovers in the Championship as he looks to help them earn promotion to the Premiership.
And Wilson insists there has been a lot of 'unfair narrative' around Kennedy's future at Rangers and both he and Steven Gerrard are excited to see his contribution for the rest of the campaign.
He told the Rangers website: “Firstly, I am pleased that we have confirmed Kai’s future with Rangers. There has been a lot written about Kai, much of it creating an unfair narrative around him.
“I have been really clear that with respect to our young players’ contracts we will reward talent and provide opportunities, but such rewards at Rangers must be earned and achieved. We felt that Kai received questionable advice previously and halted our discussions.
“Kai, with the support of his family, acknowledged he had listened to wrong advice, and Steven [Gerrard] and I admired his reflection, humility and maturity.
“Kai consistently stated during all of our conversations that his ultimate ambition is to be a successful Rangers player and we are pleased we have a clear plan that allows him to move towards achieving the ambition he has held since joining our Academy as a young lad.
“He has progressed beyond our B Team and he needs to develop and influence strongly at first-team level now. We were pleased with his performances at Inverness and thank John Robertson for his work with Kai.
“For personal reasons, Kai wanted to be closer to his family during Covid times and we look forward to monitoring his contribution to Raith Rovers in their pursuit of promotion.”
