Rangers seal Cummings loan with option to buy

Rangers have signed Nottingham Forest’s Jason Cummings on loan until the end of the season and have an option to buy the striker.

Cummings joined Forest from Hibernian in the summer, but has struggled to establish himself and was left out of the squad on Saturday for Aitor Karanka’s first match in charge.

At the end of his loan spell, Rangers have the option to strike a permanent deal for the 22-year-old, who has scored four goals in 17 club appearances this term.

Cummings made his Scotland debut in a 1-0 defeat to Holland in November.

“I’m absolutely delighted to come to such a massive club,” Cummings told RangersTV.

“Once I knew they were interested, there was no question in my mind that I wanted to sign for them.”

Rangers look set to add Norwich’s Russell Martin on loan today, but they have work to do to secure the signature of Kilmarnock winger Jordan Jones.

The 32-year-old Martin has not featured for Norwich since a 4-0 defeat to Millwall on August 26.

Kilmarnock manager Steve Clarke, however, has described Rangers’ bid for Jones as “nowhere near acceptable”.

Killie turned down a reported £350,000 offer for the 23-year-old, who is under contract until the summer of 2019.

Clarke said: “There’s been a bid, nowhere near acceptable. I would be a little bit sad if I was the player, to be honest, that the bid was so low.

“It was an easy one for the club to turn down.”

Rangers also made an inquiry over Hamilton midfielder Greg Docherty last week after completing loan deals for Sean Goss and Jamie Murphy.

● Former Kilmarnock manager Lee McCulloch has been appointed assistant manager of Polish side Lechia Gdansk.

Jason Cummings has joined Rangers after being out of the picture at the City Ground.