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The Ridvan Yilmaz Rangers transfer 'puzzler' that has questions left to be answered says Ibrox hero

Neil McCann reckons Giovanni van Bronckhorst and Rangers have questions to answer over Ridvan Yilmaz with the BBC pundit claiming his absence is a 'puzzler'.

The Light Blues shelled out on a deal that could reach £5million to bring the full-back in from Besiktas this summer as part of the Dutchman's transfer overhaul in his first full window as boss. The likes of Antonio Colak, Tom Lawrence, Rabbi Matondo, John Souttar, Ben Davies and Malik Tillman have followed him in the door this season as the Ibrox men bid to win back the Premiership title they lost to rivals Celtic last term.

Yilmaz arrived to bring added competition to Borna Barisic with many believing the Turkey international would be installed into the starting line-up. However, he's only made three appearances in total with his only 90 minutes coming in the Premier Sports Cup win over Queen of the South - showing an impressing piece of trickery during the showdown.

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The 21-year-old watched on again as Napoli ran out 3-0 winners at Ibrox to condemn Rangers to a second defeat in their Champions League section and a third heavy defeat on the bounce after losing out by four goals to both Celtic and Ajax in the previous games.

And McCann has labelled his transfer 'puzzling' and says Rangers fans will be starting to ask questions over what is going on.

He told BBC Scotland: "Giovanni and Rangers have questions to answer.

"Yilmaz is the puzzler for me because that was a lot of money.

"He's been on the bench all the time but surely he's close to getting game time?

"Barisic has done okay but there are deficiencies in his game.

"But when are we going to see the little left-back? I don't know.

"These are the sort of questions that will fall on Giovanni's desk because of the defeats and losing so many goals.

"Rangers fans will start questioning what is going on."

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