Jamie Murphy admits he is still disappointed to be frozen out by boss Steven Gerrard at boyhood heroes Rangers.
A horror knee injury in 2018 would deal a major body blow to Murphy's Ibrox career and kept him out for well over a year.
By the time he returned Gerrard was at the helm, and he struggled to catch the eye the now Aston Villa boss.
The Scotland cap was shipped out on loan to Burton Albion midway through the 2019-20 season, before he was shipped out to Hibs on loan the following summer.
It was a disappointing end to a move that promised so much and it was one Murphy had dreamed about since he was a young boy growing up.
However, the Mansfield winger admits he couldn't sit in the stands and wait for the nod from Gerrard.
Murphy told PLZ: "It was difficult, there is no two ways about it.
"You dream of playing for that club. You want to stay and you want to win trophies, but circumstances just dictate what happens.
"I've always been about playing football. I've never went anywhere where I thought i wasn't going to play.
"When I was at Brighton when I thought I wasn't going to play, I moved.
"At Rangers when it got to the point after my injury that I knew I wasn't going to play, I was like, we should find someone and get playing, and get back to enjoying it again."
