Russell Martin receives backing amid Nico Raskin and Rangers transfer row
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Charlie Grace
Fri 12 September 2025 20:44, UK
Russell Martin has gained the backing of one former Scottish Premiership forward, for his stance in the ongoing row with Nico Raskin.
Martin has had a poor start to life at Rangers, drawing all four of the club’s opening Scottish Premiership games.
A positive performance in Rangers’ 0-0 draw at home to Celtic bought Martin some time, after some catastrophic early season form.
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“Raskin has clearly undermined the manager either in the dressing room or the training pitch for him to do this.”
Nicolas Raskin has five Belgium caps to his name(Credit Imago)
In his pre match press conference Martin said: “He has a duty to make sure he earns the trust of all his other teammates, coaching staff and staff in the building,” in reference to why Raskin won’t feature against Hearts.
Fans had been calling for Martin to be sacked by Rangers following the club’s humiliating 9-1 aggregate defeat to Club Brugge in Champions League qualifying.
Three 1-1 draws in their opening three matches of the Scottish Premiership season had further put Martin in the mire at Ibrox.
Rangers 2025-26 Scottish Premiership resultsvs Motherwell1-1vs Dundee1-1vs St Mirren1-1vs Celtic0-0Rangers’ early season form
However, Martin’s side played well against Celtic in the first Old Firm game of the season, and there were signs of progress for the 39-year-old to take from the performance.