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There’s never a bad time to join Rangers, insists Dorrans

GRAHAM DORRANS last night insisted there was never a bad moment to become a Rangers player as he signed a three-year deal with his boyhood club.

Completion of his protracted transfer from Norwich City, for a fee in the region of £1.2million including add-ons, provided a shot of good news for Ibrox fans still reeling from the humiliating Europa League exit to Luxembourg minnows Progres Niederkorn.

The absence of European football means Pedro Caixinha’s ninth summer signing will have to wait for the Premiership opener against Motherwell on August 6 to make his competitive debut.

Dorrans is looking forward to that moment and made it clear he was thrilled by the chance to help the fortunes of a club so close to his heart.

Asked why he felt this was the right time to return to Scottish football, Dorrans said: ‘I don’t think there is ever a wrong time to come to a football club like this.

‘The size of this football club is incredible — I’ve obviously had great times down in England, especially at West Brom, but

growing up, I knew I always wanted to come to this football club and when the chance came around I jumped at it. ‘It’s no secret I grew up a Rangers fan. I always wanted to come here. ‘When the chance came around, I was straight on the phone to my agent to try and get things sorted. Thankfully, we are there and we can move forward now. ‘It feels incredible. It has been a long couple of weeks but to finally get it over the line is an incredible feeling. ‘I just can’t wait to get the boots on and get started.’ Dorrans watched from afar as Rangers finished third in last season’s Premiership, 39 points adrift of unbeaten champions Celtic. ‘Last season was a little bit disappointing, we were so many points behind Celtic, so hopefully we can be much more competitive in the league next year and maybe get some of the trophies and take it from there,’ the 30-year-old former West Brom midfielder told Rangers TV. ‘I grew up watching successful Rangers teams — people like (Jorg) Albertz, (Brian) Laudrup, (Paul) Gascoigne and even people like Barry Ferguson — good footballers — and watching teams like that was the buzz I got when I was younger. It was great to come and see that.’