How Joe Rothwell can transform Rangers into set-piece kings as stunning career stats revealed
And he'll be bringing an invaluable trait with him to the Scottish Premiership...
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Joe Rothwell spent last season at Leeds and is poised to now join Rangers
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Rothwell played under Russell Martin at Southampton in 2024
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The Ibrox club have agreed a fee with Bournemouth
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Martin expects to be 'so pleased' with next Rangers signings
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39 minutes ago
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Aarons aims to show 'best version of me' at Ibrox
Max Aarons says he wants to show Rangers fans "the best version of me" during his loan spell at Ibrox next 25-year-old full-back has joined from Bournemouth having also had a loan spell at Valencia last broke into the Norwich City side as a highly-rated youngster, with then manager Daniel Farke once saying he would not sell him "even for £100m".The England Under-21 international joined Bournemouth in a £7m move in 2023 but found his first-team opportunities limited in recent admits this latest loan move comes at a crucial time in his career."I wasn't getting the games at Bournemouth last season that I was happy with," he said."Obviously I went on loan to Valencia and it was a similar situation there. So I think this is one that I'm coming in here off the back of maybe not having played as many games as I wanted to last season."I drew a line under that and I'm coming in here and hopefully Rangers fans will definitely see the best version of me."Aarons says the prospect of working under manager Russell Martin, with whom he played alongside at Norwich, helped sell the idea of moving to Rangers."The size of this club - you know about it even despite being English and playing in England most of my career," he said."You know about Rangers and you know the size of this football club."And then, when that matched up with this manager, who I know very well but I haven't worked under him before, everything I've heard from the way he is and his staff as well, I think it just matches up perfectly."I think we can have a real successful season. That's why I came here."Obviously I played with the manager here. It crossed over a little bit and then he actually came on loan here as a player."That was when I first broke through at Norwich. So we had a really good relationship back then and, especially with Matt Gill, the assistant here. He was my under-18s and under-21s coach."I think everything just matched up perfectly and it was something I really wanted to do."
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