Rangers loanee Malik Tillman has opened the door to a permanent transfer from Bayern Munich after impressing under Michael Beale at Ibrox.
Tillman endured a mixed start to life at Rangers after joining from the Bundesliga giants on loan last summer under Gio van Bronckhorst, but since the arrival of the Londoner the 20-year-old has captured his best form and could see the Ibrox side trigger their £5million option for a permanent deal if Bayern decides to sell him.
Asked about the possibility of remaining at Ibrox, he said: "I just want to play as much as possible. To me it’s relatively unimportant where that is. I feel comfortable here, in fact very comfortable. I bring my performances which I think Rangers are really happy with. But I could also imagine the same with the people at Bayern. We'll see – the outcome’s open."
Tillman also broke his silence on the controversial goal he scored against Partick Thistle. Beale allowed the Scottish Championship side to cancel out Tillman's goal after the 20-year-old took advantage of a break in play after picking up a knock, with Thistle star Kevin Holt set to return the ball to the Ibrox hosts. But the US international misread the situation and snatched the ball off midfielder Holt before stroking past keeper Jamie Sneddon.
The visitors were furious and mobbed the Rangers star as he looked to celebrate, before Scott Tiffoney was allowed to walk the ball into the net and make it 2-2, with James Sands scoring a late winner for the cup holders. Speaking to Kicker, Tillman explained his side of the story for the first time – insisting he had missed that build up to the planned pass back while receiving treatment.
He said: "The thing was that I was fouled and treated and didn't realise that my team-mate Antonio Colak then played the ball wide. When the others then threw in, I thought it would go on as normal.
"And it didn't look to me like the defender wanted to hit the ball over to us either. So I took the ball from him and scored the goal."
The Bayern Munich loanee was asked about the response of the Partick Thistle players. He responded: "Then I realised that something was wrong. My teammates explained it to me."
Pushed on if there was talks with the Jags' players after the game to clear the air, Tillman continued: "We let them score the goal to make it 2-2 straight away, so that settled it for me. And we still won the game fairly. I really didn't want to have anything to do with these players anymore, because when they all came running up to me, they didn't act in the right way as human beings. So what was said there."
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