Ianis Hagi is ninth in the list of players under-25 in terms of ‘expected threat’ according to Football Scotland.
The digital wing of the Daily Record demonstrates the same tunnel vision as the legacy newspaper as they serve up comforting moonbeams for a very narrow and not so lucrative target audience.
Rather than taking a fresh new look at the game Football Scotland appears desperate to provide comforting tales for Gordy, Stewarty, Billy and Cameron with Hagi a good name to shoehorn into a story to hit the not so lucrative Romanian market.
Signed on loan in January 2020 then converted into a permanent deal in the summer the surname is still churning out content in inverse relationship to achievements on the park.
Ianis Hagi Alaves record as Rangers loan star ranked with Erling Haaland and Kylian Mbappe on one stat ??
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Football Scotland reports:
In Spain so far, the 25-year-old has two goals, although both came in the Copa Del Rey. In the league, he has played eight games with one assist registered so far. But he is starting most games and that will help him build fitness and confidence.
These ‘on the surface’ stats don’t always tell the full story and there is a metric which shows he is not too far behind superstars like Erling Haaland and Kylian Mbappe.
According to Wyscout, Hagi places ninth for players 25 and under for ‘expected threat’. His is 0.78 with Haaland and Mbappe the top two with 1.06 apiece.
When your manager signs Todd Cantwell and Sam Lammers to play in your position only a complete idiot wouldn’t realise that his face no longer fits.
Hagi went overboard on social media over his love for all things staunch but after coming on as a substitute against Morton he was sent on loan to Alaves.
So far he has yet to complete a full 90 minutes in La Liga, five times he has been substituted with three appearances off the bench.
Despite those bang average stats the Record and Football Scotland will be linking the Romanian ace with a big money move in January if he manages to string together three successive passes to his own team-mates.
CLICK HERE for the underwhelming Alaves stats for Hagi Junior.
One stat??? Having hair??
— ?? ???? ?????? (@From1888) November 8, 2023
Same size of football boots.
— ???????????? (@kevin05132952) November 8, 2023
Ok daily record
— Stephen (@StephenFTQ) November 8, 2023
Wore the same numbers at youth level
— Adrian ?444 (@AdrianClarke74) November 9, 2023
what is it, most breaths in one minute
— fred (@fredh511) November 9, 2023
Wore the same numbers at youth level
— Adrian ?444 (@AdrianClarke74) November 9, 2023
Media have got the order to start hyping up the players they want to move on in January
But who in their right mind would listen to or pay for to read the Scottish Football Media !