Barrie McKay has accused Pedro Caixinha, the Rangers manager, of having forced him out of Ibrox and failing to treat him the way “any human being” deserves.
McKay joined his former boss Mark Warburton at Nottingham Forest in a £500,000 deal earlier this month. Many Rangers fans thought he was worth far more but, soon after Caixinha arrived in March, it was clear he was unimpressed by the once-capped Scotland international.
“There was a change of manager and his opinion was different,” said McKay, 22, in an interview with BBC Radio Nottingham. “I wasn’t being treated the way any human being should be treated.”
Asked if it had been hard to leave Rangers, the club he had been with all of his career, McKay said: “Not really, with the way things went with the manager and the way I was being treated and stuff. It made the decision easy for me when the gaffer [Warburton] got on the phone.
“The way things happened up there is more disappointing. I spoke to my family, spoke to my girlfriend, spoke to my agent and I think it was just the right time. I’m a big boy and will get on with it.”
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He said of his move: “It is a big step in my career. It is kind of coming out my comfort zone.”