Serbian defender Rade Dugalic admits he's gutted a move to Rangers fell through and he still doesn't know why.
The 30-year-old stopper almost signed for the Ibrox side a few years ago under Steven Gerrard and current Ibrox boss Michael Beale, who was an assistant at the time. Dugalic, a 6ft 4in former Radnicki Nis star, was playing in the Russian top flight with FC Tosno at the time, when Rangers tried to sign him in a shock move.
And Dugalic, who now plays in China with Meizhou Hakka after a stint with Kairat Almaty, admits he would have loved to play for Rangers. He said: “Yes, there was an opportunity to play for Rangers. They were very interested in me. I was waiting for the situation in Scotland to be resolved, but for whatever reason, it dragged on for too long. I was so desperate to sign I even got in touch with John Arne Riise, who was friends with Gerrard, to see if he could help push the deal through.
