Borna Barisic looks certain to end his six-year spell at Rangers this summer - with Trabzonspor becoming the latest side to target his services.
The Croatian left-back is out of contract in June and can join another club on a free. Dinamo Zagreb, Hellas Verona and Roma have all previously been linked with the 31-year-old during the January transfer window.
But reports in Turkey now claim that Trabzonspor, who are currently third in the Turkish league table, have been tracking Barisic for some time and say an agreement is 'close'.
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Barisic joined Rangers from Osijek back in 2018, and become ever-present in the Light Blues' side under Steven Gerrard, Gio van Bronckhorst and Michael Beale. However, current manager Philippe Clement has often opted to play Ridvan Yilmaz in his place this season, leaving Barisic on the bench.
Speaking about the defenders future last month, Clement stated: “I don’t know about any decision. Borna is training very well and is hungry to play. He has just come back from injury. So he will make his next steps in the next few weeks. No decision has been made.”
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