Gerrard comments on relationship with Liverpool and interest in Solanke

Steven Gerrard says Ovie Ejaria’s failed spell at Rangers will not affect the club’s relationship with Liverpool and says that he has received no word on the Dominic Solanke’s availability in January.

Ejaria has returned to Liverpool after his loan spell with Rangers was terminated after it was revealed he wasn’t entirely happy in Scotland.

And Gerrard now says that he doesn’t believe the 21-year-old’s failed loan spell will not damage Rangers’ chances of temporarily signing players from the Merseyside outfit again in the future.

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“It will have no effect at all,” he said. “Liverpool thanked us for giving Ovie an opportunity. We gave him the platform to play football – 25 games, 11 in Europe. He wore the No 10 jersey for Rangers in front of 51,000 fans. That’s an incredible opportunity for a young kid who’s frustrated at not getting game time at Liverpool.

“Liverpool were very respectful and thankful to us for that opportunity and the feeling’s mutual because they gave us the opportunity to play him in all these games. There was no fall-out.

“Does Ovie leaving free up cash for bringing in new players? It makes us a little bit lighter so possibly, yeah.

“I don’t know if I will be looking at loans or longer-term deals in January… It might be a mix.

“But in an ideal situation players will come here for longer than a loan. That’s always the priority – to find players who are going to come here for a long time.”

On being linked with Dominic Solanke, Gerrard said: “I haven’t heard Dominic Solanke say he wants to leave Liverpool. I haven’t heard Liverpool say they want him to leave, so there’s nothing really to say about it.”

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