Couhaib Driouech is back in training with PSV Eindhoven just days after Rangers pulled the plug on a transfer over fears he would be out for up to six weeks.
Failed £7m Move
Ibrox chiefs had lined up a £7million deal for the Moroccan winger as they sought to fulfil boss Derek McInnes' demand for fresh attacking talent. The 24-year-old even travelled to Glasgow to take in Gers' Europa League clash with Jagiellonia Bialystok last Thursday after agreeing personal terms on a four-year contract.
But the deal fell through following the wide man's medical and the Dutch side were furious, claiming the 24-year-old had returned to the club “deeply upset”.
Quick Return to Training
Now Driouech has been pictured in training at the club’s Philips Stadium, which appears to back up their own view that the injury was minor.
PSV technical director Earnie Stewart said at the time of the transfer collapse: “I don’t understand it. He went there with a minor injury. They are making this decision based on immediate availability, whereas it was a four-year contract. It is a minor injury; surely you can still enjoy someone for 200 weeks after that? They estimate the period he will be unable to play to be much longer than we do. From what I understood, six weeks. So we think it is considerably shorter. Couhaib is deeply upset by it. It is very unfortunate. He was left in uncertainty for 48 hours. We are now getting a disillusioned player back. That is not nice.”
