Rangers’ new signing set to consult former Celtic boss over life in Glasgow
Andy King will seek advice from Leicester manager Brendan Rodgers about life in Scottish football after signing for Rangers.
The former Celtic boss told King he was free to go out on loan and the Wales international has signed a seasonlong deal at Ibrox.
King said: “I’ve not really spoken to him about coming here specificallybutiwilldo.aman who was so successful in Scottish football with the titles he won, I will call him and ask him about life in Glasgow, what Scottish football’s like and stuff like that. But I have not really had the chance to do that.”
King had no concerns about Rodgers sanctioning the move to Celtic’s rivals.
“No, not at all,” the midfielder said. “I am really grateful for him being clear with me a couple of weeks ago.
“He said it was up to me to try to find a new challenge and fortunately I have managed to do that – a massive challenge at a massive football club and one I am delighted to be at.”
King has had loan spells with Swansea and Derby over the past 18 months, the latter being cut short by an ankle injury in February this year.
The 30-year-old, whose Leicester contract expires next summer, said: “I had a conversation a couple of weeks ago with Leicester, before the last pre-season friendly game, and they were saying after last season, when I was injured, I need to go and try to play more regular games.
“They were pretty clear with me and I was grateful for the manager telling me that and giving me a bit of time. And once I heard about Rangers’ interest obviously it was the only place I wanted to come and I’m delighted to be here now.”
King scored two goals in nine starts and 16 substitute appearances during Leicester’s Premier League-winning campaign of 2015-16 and the lure of competing for more silverware was a major factor in his move.
When asked how he could better his English title success, he said: “It’s obviously a hard one but it’s a fresh challenge. I have won the top flight in England so I want to come to Scotland and do the same.
“With Rangers potentially playing European football, and competing for trophies, that was really big for me. I didn’t just want to go somewhere and see out a few years and play for nothing almost.
“I wanted to come here and have a real chance to try to win various amounts of silverware and hopefully play in European competitions. That was a massive pull for me.”
have areas that can hurt you, they are well drilled, have good footballers and can score goals. But we have to focus on ourselves and how we are going to get about them, and if we turn in the performances we have done in the last few league games, I am confident we will be in the next round.”
Livi were without the injured Hakeem Odoffin, Lee Miller, Cece Pepe, Ibrahima Savane and Scott Robinson at Mcdiarmid Park, and the likes of Ricki Lamie and Steven Lawless missed some training sessions this week. “There are one or two carrying knocks and bumps,” Holt said.
“It’s part of being at Livingston. We play and train at intensity levels that some boys are going to pick up knocks and injuries. But we don’t ever apologise for it because they know what they are coming into. It’s a dog-eat-dog world and we embrace it.”