Super Eagles striker reveals Rangers beat Italian, Dutch, Belgian clubs to his signature 

Rangers new boy Cyriel Dessers was on media duties on Tuesday and one of the questions he was asked was to reveal the identities of the other clubs interested in his signature before agreeing terms with the Light Blues. 

The Nigeria international became Rangers sixth summer signing last week, after Jack Butland, Kieran Dowell, Sam Lammers, Dujon Sterling and Abdallah Sima.

Although the transfer fee has not been disclosed, it has been widely reported that Cremonese will receive a guaranteed fee of five million euros plus 1.5 million euros in performance-related add-ons. 

Dessers had been on the radar of Rangers since he emerged the top scorer in the Dutch Eredivisie with fifteen goals in 2019-2020 season but a deal did not materialize until this month.

The former Heracles Almelo goal poacher admitted that he was wanted by Belgian, Dutch and Italian clubs this summer but decided to pick Rangers over his other suitors.

"It's not easy to call the names of the clubs that wanted me this summer, I don't think they will be happy if I do that," Dessers told reporters at the press conference. 

"Of course, I had some options to stay in Italy, there were also some other options again in Belgium and the Netherlands. I don't think it's smart to name the clubs here.

"Rangers is massive and I like what is happening here, the group, players already here and the manager who has a really good idea of what he wants on and off the pitch is fundamental for me.

"That's why I made the choice, I looked at the training ground, I looked at the stadium, I looked at how the club wants to work very professionally, and that's something I was looking for so it was pretty easy chooice actually."

Dessers previously played for Dutch clubs Heracles Almelo, NAC Breda, FC Utrecht and Feyenoord, and in Belgium with Oud-Heverlee Leuven, Lokeren and Racing Genk.

Ifeanyi Emmanuel 

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