Abdallah Sima admits he's 'very honoured' to join Rangers as he spoke as an Ibrox star for the first time.
Michael Beale has made the 22-year-old - who will wear the No19 shirt this campaign - his fifth summer recruit after the signings of Sam Lammers, Kieran Dowell, Dujon Sterling and Jack Butland. More faces are expected to arrive in Govan this summer with a number of fringe men heading the other way to join the likes of Alfredo Morelos, Ryan Kent and Scott Arfield in departing Ibrox after their contracts expired.
Sima is no stranger to Rangers or Ibrox having faced his new club in the Europa League while at Slavia Prague and he has history with new Celtic boss Brendan Rodgers by netting against his Leicester City side in the same competition. The attacker is very excited to get started with his new team as they gear up for the campaign ahead with a return to pre-season today.
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Speaking after signing for the club, Sima told the Rangers official website: “Rangers is a big club with a big history. I played here for Slavia Prague two or three years ago and when I came here I liked it so for me it is very exciting to join Rangers.
“I spoke with Michael Beale and it was a very natural conversation, he told me about Rangers and about how we will be playing. I already knew a bit about how Rangers play so when they called me I was very honoured.”
Boss Beale added: “We are delighted to have Abdallah join us for the forthcoming season. He is a player I’m excited to work with, he has excellent variety in his game and can fulfil a number of attacking positions in our team.
“He has recently turned 22-years-old and has experienced playing in three domestic top divisions, in the Europa League and is a senior international for Senegal. We met a few weeks ago and discussed at length his alignment to our style of play and his future development as a player.
“He is someone I have followed closely since his breakthrough in the Czech Republic and I am extremely pleased to have Abdallah join the squad at the very start of pre-season.
“I would also like to say thank you to the staff at Brighton who have been excellent since our initial contact a number of weeks ago.”
