Hannes van der Bruggen always thought Rabbi Matondo would make the perfect Kompany man for Anderlecht.
And the Cercle Brugge skipper is adamant the forgotten Ibrox ace can still do the business for Rangers. Van der Bruggen spent 10 months playing beside the Welsh winger during last year’s season-long loan from Schalke, a spell that saw Matondo emerge as the Jupiler Pro League’s hottest import. The speedster’s performances created such a stir in the Belgian market that all the country's top clubs were queuing up to do a deal.
His Cercle captain reckoned the 22-year-old would have been an ideal acquisition for domestic giants Anderlecht and even pitched a proposed hook up with Manchester City legend Vincent Kompany, who at that point was in charge of the Brussels big guns. In the end, it was Rangers who successfully negotiated a £2.5million fee to bring Matondo to Scotland but that hasn’t been much return on that investment so far for the Ibrox side.
