Todd Cantwell is a 'maverick' and has some amount of freedom playing for Rangers.
That is the view of the ex-Norwich City midfielder's former coach Jimmy Unwin, who nurtured the Englishman through his youth career at Carrow Road. Cantwell's boyhood club signed him first in 2008 as a youth player before he eventually made over 120 appearances for the Canaries. The 25-year-old had a stellar season in the English Premier League in the 2019/20 campaign but seemed to fall on hard times following that spell.
In came Michael Beale and Rangers to offer the attacking player a career lifeline and he has made an impression on Ibrox fans already. Cantwell opened his account with a goal against Motherwell and his former mentor believes the position he takes up in the Rangers team gives him unlimited freedom.
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He told the Rangers Review: "I played him in centre-midfield. For me, he's stagnated a little bit in his career because has been moved wide instead.
"He’s not always had that freedom he now has at Rangers.
"He was so hungry to make it as a footballer. Todd's a maverick and he wants to be different. I love that about him."
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