Caixinha believes new addition will help bring leadership to midfield
myself to keep myself ticking over so when I come back I’m in good condition. There are only a few weeks before you could potentially be playing a competitive match again so I’m just obviouslytrying to take it all in.”
Caixinha expressed his happiness at securing a player to fill the position of holding mid- fielder which has been a problem area for Rangers for some time.
“We identified in him something that we need in our midfield,” said Caixinha. “Which is leadership and understanding the game in terms of being the balance player who builds from the back, who switches the play, who releases the fullbacks and allows all the offensive players to go up the park with more freedom. That is what we identified in Ryan but we also have other players who we want to be competing for that position, and to have a winning team we also think it is really important to start being competitive for every position in the team.
“But I’ m very happy that Ryan is our first Scottish signing. I believe 25 is a great age for him to come here. He had three years as captain of Aberdeen and has that experience, and he understands what it means to represent Rangers.
“I think we have all the points together to get the best from Ryan and to get the best from all the players that are coming. As I said after Bruno joined the club, we want to have a group of players who can create a big team and a team which always has desire to win on the pitch.”