Cyriel Dessers explains why he snubbed Rangers transfer interest amid Nils Koppen showdown talks

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Cyriel Dessers insists he never wanted to leave Ibrox - despite Rangers receiving TEN January offers for the in-form striker.The Nigerian international started the transfer window playing second fiddle to Hamza Igamane.

But by the end the pair had struck up a deadly double act, with Dessers contributing six goals and an assist in the space of just five games.

But it could have been oh so different had Gers been prepared to cash in on the 30-year-old last month.And they had plenty of opportunities to move Dessers on, with the former Feyenoord frontman’s agent Stijn Francis claiming there were 10 clubs in touch with bids to whisk him out of Glasgow.

But with most of them involving initial loan periods, Rangers refused to do business. And that was just fine as far as Dessers was concerned.He said: “If we look at the full picture because it's not only at the end or what my agent said obviously, at the beginning of the month I was not playing a lot.