Watch Cyriel Dessers first Rangers press conference in full as 'massive' club get new Ibrox signing rubbing his hands
dailyrecord.co.ukCyriel Dessers admits he knew nothing of Celtic's interest in him three years ago, but revealed he WAS in talks with Rangers.Former Hoops boss Neil lennon admitted that the Gers' new £4.5million man was on his radar while Parkhead boss during Covid.
Dessers had just finished as the joint-top scorer in the Eredivise and was attracting interest from across Europe. And while he admits he wasn't aware of Celtic being keen on securing his services, he was in contact with their Glasgow rivals as far back as then.A deal wasn't possible, but club and player remained in contact and finally, Michael Beale was able to bring in the hitman from Cremonese this summer.
he replaces the departed Alfredo Morelos and will be expected to plunder enough goals to allow Rangers to least mount a serious Scottish Premiership title challenge and prove that good things do come to those who wait.He said of Lennon's comments: "No, I didn't know anything about that at the time.
I spoke a couple of times with Rangers in the past years and the contact has always been close. So I'm happy to finally be here now after it was finally possible to make a deal."If you score goals, you will probably be on some clubs' radar.
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