Originally published at: https://www.rangersnews.uk/news/rangers-have-moved-on-from-david-bates-amid-hamburg-exit-talk/
There may be conflicting reports about the future of Hamburg defender David Bates, but one thing is for certain – Rangers have moved on from the towering defender. The former Raith Rovers centre-half left Ibrox for Germany a season ago and initially excelled at the Volkparkstadion. But with new boss Deiter Hecking in charge at…
Never bought into this " Ginger Ramos" nonsense or that he was wanted by big clubs in England .Bates is a big honest pro who did well enough in a poor Rangers team but was never good enough if we were going to get back to where we want to be . His move to a German team was used as a negative headline to beat us with , but in truth it was a second tier side who have now blown promotion .His Scotland caps too show just how bad that squad is rather than how good he is .Good Luck to the guy whatever he does but he is no way good enough to come back to Ibrox.