Rossiter nets £10k-a-week deal at Ibrox
JORDAN ROSSITER will net £10,000 a week after putting pen to paper on a four-year contract at Rangers. The England Under-19 international arrived in Glasgow yesterday to complete the formalities of a move first revealed by Sportsmail. A cross-border transfer, the move will cost the Ibrox club a sum in the region of £250,000. Had the Liverpool academy kid signed for another English side, the fee would have run into the millions. Well known to Ibrox head of recruitment Frank McParland, the 19-year-old Scouser was a spectator in the Rangers end for the 2008 UEFA Cup Final in Manchester, telling the club website: ‘I am made up to be here. It is a great club with a lot of history. You look at the likes of Rangers’ teams and players over the years and I am really looking forward to
From Back Page getting started. I know Frank McParland from my Liverpool days and working at the academy with him and he is a great fella. I am looking forward to working with him again and getting started here.’ Udinese, Spurs and Arsenal were all credited with an interest and Rangers regard the capture of the midfielder for a cut-price fee as a coup ahead of a tilt at the Premiership title next season. ‘Jordan is an outstanding young England youth international who will be an excellent addition to the Rangers squad,’ said manager Mark Warburton. ‘It is a pleasure to welcome him to the club.’ With cash flow in the Premiership set to rise by £5million, however, Sportsmail understands the Rangers board have authorised a 40-per-cent increase to the wage bill to fund a challenge to champions Celtic — paving the way to land Rossiter. The highly rated teenager signed for Liverpool at the age of six and made his debut for the Under-18 team on his 15th birthday. Compared by Liverpool icon Robbie Fowler to Steven Gerrard, the midfielder made five appearances for the first team and featured in the Europa League before first-team involvement dried up under Jurgen Klopp. Now, he is eager to make an impression at Ibrox. ‘I have come from a massive club like Liverpool to another massive club like Rangers, so it is a great feeling for me and an honour,’ continued Rossiter. ‘Frank McParland didn’t need to sell the club to me, it doesn’t need much selling. You look at Murray Park, which is a great training facility and then Ibrox; I walked into Ibrox and I was a bit taken aback by it. ‘I walked in and saw all the mahogany walls and it’s nice and old. You can tell it is a stadium with a lot of history and I’m sure there will be a lot more made there in the future. ‘Rangers is a massive club and I don’t think people realise down south how big a club it really is. ‘I think I have always known and so have my family. It is just a great opportunity to carry on learning my trade.’