Gheorghe Hagi has launched a furious attack on Romania boss Edi Iordanescu for snubbing his Rangers star son Ianis for the national team.

Hagi junior is back playing for Rangers after 13 months out with a serious knee injury, but Ibrox boss Michael Beale is easing him back slowly with mostly sub appearances.

He wasn't included for Romania's squad for their matches against Andorra and Belarus and that's infuriated the former Barcelona and Real Madrid legend who 124 caps for Romania and managed them too.

He said: "I don't want the Romanian public to be misinformed here. The fact is the national manager called Ianis when he was injured to tell him he is a very important player for the team.

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"Now Ianis is fit, he apparently cannot get into the team. He was not even named on the preliminary list.

"It's clear to me Ianis is obviously not that important to the team. If he was, he would certainly have been called up.

"When the player is told directly that it is very important, I wonder why he is then missing?

"It's simple - he is clearly not that big a deal for the manager."

Hagi made the last of his 24 appearances for his country two years ago.

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