Wolfsburg have no interest in recalling Rangers ace Vaclav Cerny this transfer window and have slapped a £6.75 million price tag on him....because of 35,000 job cuts at German car giants Volkswagen.
The Czech international again underlined his importance to the Ibrox side this week with the crucial second goal as Rangers beat Union Saint Gilloise to reach the Last 16 of the Europa League following a 2-1 win.
Cerny has been a key player for Philippe Clement's side since signing from the Bundesliga side on a season-long loan in July.
He still has two-and-a-half years left of his deal at Wolfsburg and admitted last month he wasn't sure if he had a future at the club.
However, the decision appears to have been taken out of his hands because of financial problems at Wolfsburg.
The club are owned and subsidised by Volkswagen, who have their headquarters in the Lower Saxony city.
However, they recently announced plans to lay off around 35,000 of their workforce - a quarter of their entire total - to save an estimated £3.5 billion over the next five years.
Those cutbacks have filtered their way back to the football club, who will make severe cuts and trim their playing staff too.
And reports in Germany have indicated Cerny will be up for sale for £6.75 million when he returns to Germany in the summer.
Wolfsburg sports director Sebastian Schindzielorz said: "We want to use resources more efficiently at VfL Wolfsburg.
"Our responsibility is to use the economic means we have sensibly, also in view of the situation at our parent company VW."
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Wolfsburg have already made cuts by axing their second team bus and have stopped players and employees from automatically receiving a luxury Volkswagen Touareg car which can cost up to £100,000.
And Wolfsburh have reportedly decided to put their three loan players - Cerny, Swiss star Cedric Zesiger at Augsburg and French star Nicolas Cozza at Nantes - up for sale on their return.
Cerny, 27, has scored 13 goals for Rangers in 31 starts in all competitions this season so far.
