Derek Ferguson, who supports the team’s decision to bring Oscar Cortes back following an injury sustained while on loan with the team last season, believes that Cortes is the kind of dynamic player that Rangers need.
After Rangers Review claimed on June 1st that Lens was demanding a contract worth approximately £4 million, the Light Blues confirmed on June 3rd that the Colombian winger had signed a fresh one-year loan deal with an obligation to sign him for another four years next summer.
Ferguson is a huge admirer of the “brave” young player’s style of play and is certain that the seven games the 20-year-old played at Ibrox following his arrival in January before injury proved he has the talent to be worth re-signing.
“I find him endearing in every way,” he revealed exclusively to Ibrox News.
“Are you curious about something? Although he wasn’t the biggest, he was brave in that he would put his head in situations where he would get wounded.
“I adore the way he plays football. He takes opponents on and has excellent delivery when he plays in that wide left position.
“He was just unlucky.” His season was obviously ruined by that seemingly harmless injury he sustained when stretching for a ball at Kilmarnock.
“But in that brief time wearing a blue jersey, there was plenty to enjoy, so if there was a chance to loan him out again, why not? I see a player there, in my opinion, and occasionally you see players who have been out of the game for a while return motivated and eager to prove themselves.
“It quite excites me to get him because we need that type. The fans want that type to excite you. Yep that will do for me.”
Oscar Cortes was hurt on the Rangers; can he recover?
Although Cortes’ return won’t be inexpensive in the end, it will help prevent the existing team from deteriorating before Clement and Nils Koppen can improve it this summer.
Although his seven appearances for Rangers in all competitions only yielded one goal and two assists, the young player immediately established himself as a threat, and if he can continue where he left off, he should be a valuable asset.
The fact that he was anxious to stay in Glasgow and play for the Belgian team [Rangers Review, 3 June] should give hope that he can do so, as a relationship has obviously been established.
He was first brought in to replace fellow loanee Abdallah Sima, who was injured, and he appeared to be doing so right away. Since the Brighton forward may not return, the Colombian may now be assigned to that duty on a longer-term basis.
