Rangers forward Hamza Igamane refused to come off the bench during the club’s 1-1 draw against St Mirren as Russell Martin continues to look for his first win in charge of the Scottish giants.
The Scottish side had to find a late equaliser as they trailed until the 78th minute when Findlay Curtis saved the match.
The Glaswegian outfit were put behind after Jonah Ayunga’s opener came just 30 minutes into the game. The draw means the team has taken just three points from three matches, as boos rang out at full-time time with Martin leading Rangers to their worst domestic start in 36 years.
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To compound the manager’s misery, he later revealed that Igamane point-blank refused to come as the team was trailing. He revealed: “Hamza told me he was injured. So, we had a bid for Hamza this week, we rejected it, and all was fine.
Russell Martin has led Rangers to their worst domestic start in 36 years
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"He trained fine yesterday, warmed up fine, I turned around to him at 60 minutes because I wanted two strikers on the pitch - that's why Gass [Gassama] Danny [Danilo]- ended up there, and Hamza told me he is injured."
He was then questioned on whether he felt Igamane was 'effectively refusing to play', Martin remarked: "I don't know. I have to trust him, but we'll see."
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Igamane’s status at the Ibrox is still questionable as the striker looks for a move in the transfer window.
Martin revealed there isn’t much he can do to combat the issue with the window still open, adding: “The issue is that the transfer window is still open and there are people with one eye out and one eye in.
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Hamza Igamane refused to come off the bench on Sunday in another blow to Russell Martin's regime
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"We need people to be all in all the time at this football club, we really need that.
"There are too many people uncertain, who are still trying to think, 'Maybe there's something there' for them.
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"The window needs to shut quickly and in-house we have to make sure we have people that really, really want to be here.
"I'm calm about it. Kevin [Thelwell] and Patrick [Stewart] are aware of it, and we will see where it goes."
The Rangers boss wants the transfer window to be over amid a shoddy start to the season
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He ended his interview after being asked whether Igamane will have a future at Ibrox, to which he replied: "It's 15-20 minutes after the game, so I don't know where it goes. We will have to wait and see."
Martin will be hoping for a better performance for his team midweek, when they take in Club Brugge in the second leg of their Champions League Qualifying match. They trail 3-1 after the first leg.