Rhys McCabe today revealed he never wanted to leave Rangers during the summer – but felt that he had no choice.

The midfielder said that nobody from the club ever contacted him to explain what his options might be, and that lack of dialogue resulted in him objecting to his contract being transferred from Rangers Football Club plc to The Rangers Football Club, the company set up by Charles Green's consortium.

Speaking for the first time since leaving in July, McCabe says he felt he was being railroaded into making a decision when he did not know what the club's future would be.

A week before pre-season training was due to start, he received a letter from the club telling him that if he accepted his wages and attended Murray Park, that would effectively be agreeing for his contract to transfer over. He has now joined Sheffield Wednesday, and made his debut last Saturday – a 2-2 draw with Derby – but admits he would like to play for Rangers again at another stage in his career.

"I never wanted to leave," he said. "[Rangers] were waiting on the SFA getting back to them and votes being held. Would it be First Division, Second Division, Third Division, having a team at all? So we thought we would wait to see what would happen.

"I'm still a Rangers fan, I still check on results every week. We were at [Hillsborough] doing a charity day when Rangers played Brechin and I went into one of the boxes to watch the game on television. It all happened too quickly and there was a lack of communication, so I had to make a decision."

McCabe was one of eight players who objected to their contracts transferring over. Some, like Steven Naismith, Steven Whittaker and Allan McGregor, had release clauses in their deals, but McCabe would have been tied to Rangers until 2015.

He understands why supporters were frustrated at his decision, but insists it was not made because he had another club lined up.

Instead, he trained with his friends for a month. It was later in July before he spoke to clubs in England who were keen to sign him, including Everton.

"I was doing my Rangers off-season programme," he said. "I was joining in with my friends' training, just keeping myself active. I still wore my heart-rate monitor, to make sure I was working to the right standards.

"I owe a lot to people at Rangers, coaches like Bobby Russell and Alan Kernaghan, and the older players like Lee McCulloch, who helped me.

"I'll keep supporting them, I'll never change this and, who knows, maybe one day I'll get to go back."