Evening Telegraph (First Edition)
Mexican duo in at Ibrox
PEDRO Caixinha has further strengthened his squad with the signings of Mexican pair Carlos Pena and Eduardo Herrera as he prepares his Rangers side for the upcoming season.
Pena and Herrera, both Mexico internationals, are Caixinha’s seventh and eighth signings respectively this summer and will join up with the squad for pre-season.
The Gers returned to training earlier this month and have so far played three private games at their Auchenhowie training base — notching one win and two draws — as they look to get their season off to a positive start in the Europa League against Progres Niederkorn of Luxembourg next Thursday.
The club confirmed they had finalised deals to bring in attacking midfielder Pena and striker Herrera on three-year deals after paperwork was completed for the duo to rejoin Caixinha — who they worked with at Santos Laguna.
With the new season fast approaching, Caixinha said: “I am pleased with the progress we’ve made this pre-season.
“There have been a lot of training sessions, a lot of very good training sessions where the boys are really identifying how we want them to perform in each moment of the game.
“That becomes clearer and more understandable when they have got into the game situation in the two matches we have played.
“We will continue to prepare, we still have one more game against St Johnstone and the games give you a clear idea to assess which areas you need to improve and that is what I am doing at the moment.
“I am happy with the process and the way the players understand what we want from the game and they are putting in that effort, not only individually but collectively which means the team spirit is getting there.”