Jelavic committed to Rangers

07 October 2011 15:25
ikica Jelavic admits he would love to play in England one day but has assured fans he has no plans to quit Rangers just yet.[LNB] The striker was the subject of a £6.5million bid from Leicester, and reported interest from Fenerbahce, but the Scottish champions were able to retain the services of one of their key players.[LNB]Jelavic believes Rangers will retain the Scottish Premier League title again this season and revealed how the prospect of more silverware ensured he would remain at Ibrox.[LNB]"In all honesty, I am very happy here," the Croatian told Rangers Monthly.[LNB]"While there was a good offer from Leicester, that is not a club I want to move on to if I am to leave.[LNB]"Fenerbahce's proposal was really interesting but I wanted to stay at Rangers because we have a very good chance of winning the title again this season.[LNB]"At the moment, I'm really not thinking about any new clubs. I enjoy it in Glasgow, my family are happy here too and I still have three years on my contract.[LNB]"For me, the best league in Europe is in England and I would like to play there one day, although Spain and Germany are also very attractive.[LNB]"It is natural that I should want to play in the best competitions, and it would be nice to do that at some point, but I'm really not thinking about any of that at the moment."[LNB]Jelavic netted an impressive 19 goals in his debut campaign despite spending almost four months on the sidelines through injury.[LNB]His tally stands at six this season and, although conceding he was slow off the mark, the striker insists he has even more to offer this term.[LNB]He said: "There is still lots of scope for progression and improvement. With every new year, you need to get better.[LNB]"You might start a season and get the first five games in the side because of what you did in the last campaign but if you're not scoring you will be out again.[LNB]"I feel I need to prove myself all over again and, as a striker, my job is to score many goals and to keep the team at a high level. Hopefully I can keep doing that.[LNB]"I am starting to feel better because I didn't start this season the way I wanted to.[LNB]"I am not so satisfied with my form overall but it is getting there now.[LNB]"I had a few little injuries before but, game by game, I hope to be better than I was last season."[LNB]Former Celtic striker Chris Sutton this week claimed Rangers were fragile and that injury to a key player, such as Jelavic, could scupper their title ambitions.[LNB]But Jelavic believes their 4-2 win over the Hoops in the first Old Firm derby of the season was enough to suggest that Rangers will go on to claim a fourth successive SPL championship.[LNB]He said: "Between us and Celtic, I think we are the better team and we showed that in our game with them last month. We just destroyed them.[LNB]"We showed good team spirit and we let everyone see we are a team which can go on to win the title again because we were better than Celtic.[LNB]"Our squad is bigger and stronger than it was last season.[LNB]"We are in front at the moment and that is good but the competition is long and we must keep things going. I feel we will do that."

Source: Team_Talk