BLOND AMBITION
BENFICA WING ACE DALCIO CAN’T CAMOUFLAGE HIS DESIRE TO WIN TITLES WITH RANGERS AFTER SEALING YEAR LOAN AT IBROX
RANGERS new boy Dalcio has backed himself to keep his cool in the Ibrox pressure-cooker.
The winger finally put pen-to-paper yesterday on a season-long loan from Benfica as Pedro Caixinha continues to build for a more rigorous assault on the Premiership.
Just 21-years-old, Dalcio can play in a variety of positions but has already been targeted to provide width in attack in Glasgow.
The Portugal Under20 cap is delighted to get the deal done and is confident he
can live up to the expectations of a Rangers support desperate for some success.
He said: “I realise the club has the need to win and the supporters always want the club to win, but I will leave the pressure off the field before I go on it.
“People have already told me to get used to the rain and weather, but I am prepared to live with that!
“I want to improve myself, but the main thing is to help the club and my team-mates get the titles the club needs this year.
“You can count on me to give 100 per cent on the field. I am a player who can play in many different positions, but I have no single one I prefer.
“I can play wherever the gaffer tells me to and the important thing is to help the team achieve its goals.
“I am a little bit anxious. It is a new team with new team-mates, but I believe everything will run well.”
As well as being attracted to the size of the Glasgow club, Dalcio was lured to Scotland by the prospect of working under fellow Portuguese Caixinha, who has clearly made an impression on the 21-year-old.
“The gaffer was a real influence on me too. I know he is really competitive and ambitious, and that was the reasons I wanted to join him,” he said.
“The manager has said he is here to help me and to improve me. On the club, we need to put it on top where it belongs.
“Regarding Rangers, I heard about the club of course when I was young and a player playing with the youth teams.
“They came to Lisbon for tournaments and they would always bring lots of fans with them to support them.
“On Scottish football, I don’t know too much but I know there are two big clubs.
“Rangers and Celtic, and mainly the way the people love football and support their teams.”