MARTIN O’NEILL has revealed the reason why Joe Worrall was allowed to stay at Rangers past January. The Nottingham Forrest boss wanted to bring the defender back to the City Ground but was unable to complete a deal with the Gers to recall Worrall.
Speaking to Nottinghamshire Live, he said: “He is doing well there, which is good. “I think that whatever arrangement was made, he ended up playing the required number of games for Rangers to keep him at the club.
Worrall has already made 20 starts for the Light Blues and has cemented his place in Steven Gerrard’s plans. But O’Neill insisted the central defender would be involved with Forrest if he had cut his loan spell short.
He said: “Otherwise he would have been here and there is a fairly decent chance he would have been playing for us. “I wasn’t around at the time and I can understand how these arrangements are made. But there was no way back for us, in that aspect.
We will get on with it. I think he would have been around the scene now, in this moment. “He is somebody we will very much look forward to working with next season. Absolutely. Very much so."
Speaking to Nottinghamshire Live, he said: “He is doing well there, which is good. “I think that whatever arrangement was made, he ended up playing the required number of games for Rangers to keep him at the club.
Worrall has already made 20 starts for the Light Blues and has cemented his place in Steven Gerrard’s plans. But O’Neill insisted the central defender would be involved with Forrest if he had cut his loan spell short.
He said: “Otherwise he would have been here and there is a fairly decent chance he would have been playing for us. “I wasn’t around at the time and I can understand how these arrangements are made. But there was no way back for us, in that aspect.
We will get on with it. I think he would have been around the scene now, in this moment. “He is somebody we will very much look forward to working with next season. Absolutely. Very much so."